Testing in Software Development

Name: Testing in Software Development
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ISBN: 9780521337861

ISBN-10: 0521337860

ISBN-13: 9780521337861

Edition: 1986

Authors: Martyn A. Ould, Charles Unwin

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With the increasing application of software in systems, especially safety- or even life-critical systems, it is no longer sufficient for the software developer to rely solely on testing the code produced. Testing must begin with the specification of requirements, continue on the design and finally on the implemented system. This book gives guidance on how testing can be carried out at each of the stages of software development. It does this by looking at the development process from four viewpoints: that of the intended user of the system, of its designers, of its programmers, and of the manager responsible for development. The product of each stage of development is individually examined…

Book details

List price: $35.99
Copyright year: 1986
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 12/18/1986
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 136
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.330
Language: English

BONNIE KIME SCOTT is Professor of English and Women's Studies at the University of Delaware. She is the author of Joyce and Feminism, James Joyce, and New Alliances in Joyce Studies; she is the editor of The Gender of Modernism. She is editing the letters of Rebecca West.



Preface



Introduction



The Manager's View of Testing



The need to manage testing



Management's role



Why are there errors in software?



Three key ideas



An eight-point programme for managers



A model of the software development process



The four views of testing



Introduction



The manager's view



The user's view



The designer's view



The programmer's view



System development and testing



Introduction



Static testing



Dynamic testing



Testability



Verification and validation



Translating the life-cycle diagram into a project plan



Change management



Configuration management



Change control



Version control



Record-keeping and traceability



Special management concerns in testing



Educating staff



Contractual requirements and testing objectives



Establishing a budget for testing



Planning the tests



Establishing a method



Starting early



Testing through the life of the system



Measurement and data collection



The User's View of Testing



Introduction



Testing the Requirements Expression



Introduction



Criteria for testing a Requirements Expression



Techniques for testing a Requirements Expression



Testing the System Specification



Introduction



How does one test a System Specification?



Qualifying a System Specification



Validating a System Specification



The ideal form of a System Specification



Testing the System for Trial



Introduction



The Acceptance Test



Testing functional statements



Testing constraints



Testing attributes



The format of an Acceptance Test Plan



Testing an Acceptance Test



The Designer's View of Testing



The system design process



Testing the design



What to test for in a system design



Test methods for a system design



Integration testing



Introduction



The scope of integration



The objectives of integration



The organisation of integration



The Integration Test Plan



Integration Test Specifications



Test software



System testing



The Programmer's View of Testing



Introduction



Testing the Module Specification



Introduction



Testing the quality of the Module Specification



Verification of the Module Specification



Testing the Unit Test Plan



Introduction



Checking the quality of the Unit Test Plan



Requirements-directed generation of test data



Design-directed generation of test data



Unit Testing



Introduction



Checking the quality of coded units



Verification of coded units



Supporting techniques


Bibliography


Index