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A Practitioner's Guide to Software Test Design

by: Copeland, Lee

A Practitioner's Guide to Software Test Design

by: Copeland, Lee

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9781580537919
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Format: Hardcover
Copyright: 12/01/2003
Publisher: Artech House

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Summary

Here's a comprehensive, up-to-date and practical introduction to software test design. This invaluable book presents all the important test design techniques in a single place and in a consistent, and easy-to-digest format. An immediately useful handbook for test engineers, developers, quality assurance professionals, and requirements and systems analysts, it enables you to: choose the best test case design, find software defects in less time and with fewer resources, and develop optimal strategies that help reduce the likelihood of costly errors. It also assists you in estimating the effort, time and cost of good testing.

Dedication

iii

Preface

xiii

Today's Testing Challenges

xiii

Structure and Approach

xiv

Audience

Appreciation

xvi

Some Final Comments

xvi

Acknowledgements

xvii

References

xvii

The Testing Process

(14)

Testing

(2)

Current Challenges

(1)

Test Cases

(3)

Inputs

(1)

Outputs

(1)

Order of Execution

(1)

Types of Testing

(1)

Testing Levels

(2)

The Impossibility of Testing Everything

(1)

Summary

(1)

Practice

(1)

References

(2)

Case Studies

(4)

Why Case Studies?

(1)

Brown & Donaldson

(1)

Stateless University Registration System

(2)

Section I -- Black Box Testing Techniques

(120)

Definition

(1)

Applicability

(1)

Disadvantages

(1)

Advantages

(1)

References

(1)

Equivalence Class Testing

(16)

Introduction

(4)

Technique

(5)

Examples

(2)

Applicability and Limitations

(1)

Summary

(1)

Practice

(1)

References

(3)

Boundary Value Testing

(10)

Introduction

(2)

Technique

(3)

Examples

(1)

Applicability and Limitations

(1)

Summary

(1)

Practice

(1)

References

(1)

Decision Table Testing

(12)

Introduction

(1)

Technique

(4)

Examples

(4)

Applicability and Limitations

(1)

Summary

(1)

Practice

(1)

References

(1)

Pairwise Testing

(32)

Introduction

(4)

Technique

(24)

Orthogonal Arrays

(4)

Using Orthogonal Arrays

(15)

Allpairs Algorithm

(3)

Final Comments

(2)

Applicability and Limitations

(1)

Summary

(1)

Practice

(1)

References

(1)

State-Transition Testing

(22)

Introduction

(1)

Technique

(16)

State-Transition Diagrams

(10)

State-Transition Tables

104

(1)

Creating Test Cases

105

(5)

Applicability and Limitations

110

(1)

Summary

110

(1)

Practice

111

(3)

References

114

(1)

Domain Analysis Testing

115

(12)

Introduction

116

(2)

Technique

118

(3)

Example

121

(2)

Applicability and Limitations

123

(1)

Summary

123

(1)

Practice

124

(1)

References

125

(2)

Use Case Testing

127

(12)

Introduction

128

(2)

Technique

130

(1)

Example

131

(4)

Applicability and Limitations

135

(1)

Summary

135

(1)

Practice

136

(1)

References

136

(3)

Section II -- White Box Testing Techniques

139

(42)

Definition

140

(1)

Applicability

140

(1)

Disadvantages

141

(1)

Advantages

142

(1)

Control Flow Testing

143

(24)

Introduction

144

(1)

Technique

145

(15)

Control Flow Graphs

145

(2)

Levels of Coverage

147

(7)

Structured Testing / Basis Path Testing

154

(6)

Example

160

(4)

Applicability and Limitations

164

(1)

Summary

165

(1)

Practice

165

(1)

References

166

(1)

Data Flow Testing

167

(14)

Introduction

168

(1)

Technique

169

(7)

Static Data Flow Testing

171

(5)

Dynamic Data Flow Testing

176

(1)

Applicability and Limitations

176

(1)

Summary

177

(1)

Practice

177

(2)

References

179

(2)

Section III -- Testing Paradigms

181

(38)

Paradigms

182

(1)

Test Planning

183

(1)

References

183

(2)

Scripted Testing

185

(16)

Introduction

186

(4)

IEEE 829 Document Description

190

(6)

Test Plan

190

(2)

Test Design Specification

192

(1)

Test Case Specification

193

(1)

Test Procedure Specification

193

(1)

Test Item Transmittal Report

194

(1)

Test Log

194

(1)

Test Incident Report

195

(1)

Test Summary Report

196

(1)

Advantages of Scripted Testing

196

(2)

Disadvantages of Scripted Testing

198

(1)

Summary

199

(1)

References

200

(1)

Exploratory Testing

201

(10)

Introduction

202

(3)

Description

205

(3)

Advantages of Exploratory Testing

208

(1)

Disadvantages of Exploratory Testing

209

(1)

Summary

209

(1)

References

210

(1)

Test Planning

211

(8)

Introduction

212

(1)

Technique

212

(5)

Summary

217

(1)

Practice

218

(1)

References

218

(1)

Section IV -- Supporting Technologies

219

(26)

The Bookends

220

(1)

Defect Taxonomies

221

(14)

Introduction

222

(1)

Project Level Taxonomies

223

(3)

SEI Risk Identification Taxonomy

223

(2)

ISO 9126 Quality Characteristics Taxonomy

225

(1)

Software Defect Taxonomies

226

(6)

Beizer's Taxonomy

226

(2)

Kaner, Falk, and Nguyen's Taxonomy

228

(1)

Binder's Object-Oriented Taxonomy

229

(1)

Whittaker's ``How to Break Software'' Taxonomy

230

(1)

Vijayaraghavan's eCommerce Taxonomy

231

(1)

A Final Observation

232

(1)

Your Taxonomy

232

(1)

Summary

233

(1)

References

234

(1)

When to Stop Testing

235

(10)

The Banana Principle

236

(1)

When to Stop

236

(5)

Coverage Goals

237

(1)

Defect Discovery Rate

238

(1)

Marginal Cost

239

(1)

Team Consensus

239

(1)

Ship It!

240

(1)

Some Concluding Advice

241

(1)

Summary

242

(1)

References

242

(3)

Section V -- Some Final Thoughts

245

(4)

Your Testing Toolbox

246

(1)

References

247

(2)

Appendix A -- Brown & Donaldson Case Study

249

(10)

Appendix B -- Stateless University Registration System Case Study

259

(16)

Bibliography

275

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A Practitioner's Guide to Software Test Design

A Practitioner's Guide to Software Test Design

9781580537919

158053791X

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