The Testing Network - An Integral Approach to Test Activities in Large Software Projects

Content

The Project

1.1 Purpose and Contents of This Book

Introduction to Testing

2.1 Testing Challenges

2.2 The Significance of Requirements

2.3 The Nonconformity Problem

2.4 Test Artifacts

2.5 Testing Predictability

2.6 Software Development Methods

2.7 The Testing Value Chain (TVC)

Test Methods and Technology

3.1 Different Views of Testing

3.2 Dynamic Test Methods

3.3 Static Test Methods

3.4 Ways to Test

3.5 Test Technology

The Test Domain

4.1 Topology of the Test Domain

4.2 Data and Time Aspects

4.3 Table-Driven Systems (TDS)

4.4 Critical Technical Parameters

Test Processes

5.1 The Testing Network – Process Technology

5.2 Core Testing Processes

5.3 Test Support Processes

5.4 Test Neighbor Processes

Test Platforms and Tools

6.1 The Integrated Test Platform

6.2 TD for QC

6.3 The Leading Commercial SA Tools

6.4 The Leading Commercial Testing Tools

The Analysis of Defect Root Causes

7.1 The Methodological Approach

7.2 Causal Chains Explained

7.3 Data-Dependent Testing

7.4 Frequent Causes of Problems

7.5 Software Aging

7.6 The Investigation of a Technical Problem

Measuring Test Efforts

8.1 Overall Project Progress Measurement

8.2 Test Progress Reporting (TPR)

Test Issues

9.1 Risk Management

9.2 IPC Management

Conclusion

Useful Aids

A.1 Templates

A.2 Checklists

Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance

Test Platforms and Tool Providers

Acronyms

Glossary

Bibliography

Links

Index

Acknowledgements

Copyrights and Trademarks