Practitioner's Guide to Software Test Design

Name: Practitioner's Guide to Software Test Design
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ISBN: 9781580537919

ISBN-10: 158053791X

ISBN-13: 9781580537919

Edition: 2003

Authors: Lee Copeland

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A comprehensive, up-to-date and practical introduction to software test design. This book presents all the important test design techniques in a single volume and in a consistent and easy-to-digest format.

Book details

List price: $75.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Artech House, Incorporated
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Size: 7.25" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.650
Language: English



Dedication


Preface


Today's Testing Challenges


Structure and Approach


Audience


Appreciation


Some Final Comments


Acknowledgements


References



The Testing Process


Testing


Current Challenges


Test Cases


Inputs


Outputs


Order of Execution


Types of Testing


Testing Levels


The Impossibility of Testing Everything


Summary


Practice


References



Case Studies


Why Case Studies?


Brown & Donaldson


Stateless University Registration System



Black Box Testing Techniques


Definition


Applicability


Disadvantages


Advantages


References



Equivalence Class Testing


Introduction


Technique


Examples


Applicability and Limitations


Summary


Practice


References



Boundary Value Testing


Introduction


Technique


Examples


Applicability and Limitations


Summary


Practice


References



Decision Table Testing


Introduction


Technique


Examples


Applicability and Limitations


Summary


Practice


References



Pairwise Testing


Introduction


Technique


Orthogonal Arrays


Using Orthogonal Arrays


Allpairs Algorithm


Final Comments


Applicability and Limitations


Summary


Practice


References



State-Transition Testing


Introduction


Technique


State-Transition Diagrams


State-Transition Tables


Creating Test Cases


Applicability and Limitations


Summary


Practice


References



Domain Analysis Testing


Introduction


Technique


Example


Applicability and Limitations


Summary


Practice


References



Use Case Testing


Introduction


Technique


Example


Applicability and Limitations


Summary


Practice


References



White Box Testing Techniques


Definition


Applicability


Disadvantages


Advantages



Control Flow Testing


Introduction


Technique


Control Flow Graphs


Levels of Coverage


Structured Testing/Basis Path Testing


Example


Applicability and Limitations


Summary


Practice


References



Data Flow Testing


Introduction


Technique


Static Data Flow Testing


Dynamic Data Flow Testing


Applicability and Limitations


Summary


Practice


References



Testing Paradigms


Paradigms


Test Planning


References



Scripted Testing


Introduction


IEEE 829 Document Description


Test Plan


Test Design Specification


Test Case Specification


Test Procedure Specification


Test Item Transmittal Report


Test Log


Test Incident Report


Test Summary Report


Advantages of Scripted Testing


Disadvantages of Scripted Testing


Summary


References



Exploratory Testing


Introduction


Description


Advantages of Exploratory Testing


Disadvantages of Exploratory Testing


Summary


References



Test Planning


Introduction


Technique


Summary


Practice


References



Supporting Technologies


The Bookends



Defect Taxonomies


Introduction


Project Level Taxonomies


SEI Risk Identification Taxonomy


ISO 9126 Quality Characteristics Taxonomy


Software Defect Taxonomies


Beizer's Taxonomy


Kaner, Falk, and Nguyen's Taxonomy


Binder's Object-Oriented Taxonomy


Whittaker's "How to Break Software" Taxonomy


Vijayaraghavan's eCommerce Taxonomy


A Final Observation


Your Taxonomy


Summary


References



When to Stop Testing


The Banana Principle


When to Stop


Coverage Goals


Defect Discovery Rate


Marginal Cost


Team Consensus


Ship It!


Some Concluding Advice


Summary


References



Some Final Thoughts


Your Testing Toolbox


References



Brown & Donaldson Case Study



Stateless University Registration System Case Study


Bibliography