Testing IT
This pragmatic guide provides a testing framework for software professionals looking to improve product quality and to reduce timescales, effort, and cost. It covers all aspects of testing for software developed or modified in-house, modified or extended legacy systems, and software developed by a third party. The reader can customize the framework to match the particular testing requirements of any particular organization. Packed with a series of real-world case studies, the book also provides a comprehensive set of standard testing document templates, proformas, and checklists for the reader to use in projects.
- This is the only comprehensive guide to testing software applications and systems
- This is the only off-the-shelf, ready-to-use framework for testing
- Contains electronic files of ready-made forms and checklists which can be altered to suit any customer or company
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"This realistic guide covers all aspects of testing for both in-house and third -party development software. I heartily recommend that any test professional looking for a easier life gets a copy of this book." unknown
Product details
January 2005Adobe eBook Reader
9780511032066
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50 b/w illus.
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Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction
- Part I. The Classical View of Testing:
- 2. An overview of testing
- 3. Testing techniques
- 4. The management of testing
- 5. Unit testing
- 6. Integration testing
- 7. System testing
- 8. Systems integration testing
- 9. User acceptance testing
- 10. Operations acceptance testing
- 11. Regression testing
- 12. Usability testing
- 13. Improving the testing process
- 14. Maintenance of the testing framework
- 15. The testing of object-oriented and component based applications
- Part II. Case Studies:
- 16. The British Library testing framework
- 17. Reuters Product Acceptance Group
- 18. Crown Quality Assurance Group
- 19. Wine Society acceptance testing framework
- 20. ADP Acceptance Testing bespoke software process
- Appendices
- 21. Terms of reference for testing staff
- 22. Testing guides
- 23. Test plan document template
- 24. Test specification document template
- 25. Test script template
- 26. Test result record form template
- 27. Test log template
- 28. Test certificate template
- 29. Re-use pack checklist
- 30. Equivalence partition example
- 31. Boundary analysis example
- 32. State transition example
- 33. Automated testing tool selection criteria
- 34. Usability testing overview
- 35. Testing process health check
- 36. Test summary report template
- Glossary
- Index.