Software Testing and Continuous Quality Improvement

✍ Scribed by William Lewis

• Year: 2000
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 657
• Edition: 2nd
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book helps accelerate the development of high quality software using continuous process improvement. The book starts with an overview of basic quality principles and how you can apply the continuous improvement cycle to software testing. It then reviews waterfall life cycle testing, followed by an extensive RAD testing methodology for client/server and the internet. The final section provides a comprehensive analysis of modern testing tools.

✦ Table of Contents

Front cover......Page 1
About the Author......Page 6
Acknowledgments......Page 8
Contents......Page 10
Introduction......Page 34
Section I: Software Quality in Perspective......Page 38
Part 1. Quality Assurance Framework......Page 40
Part 2. Overview of Testing Techniques......Page 56
Part 3. Quality Through a Continuous Improvement Process......Page 66
Section II: Life Cycle Testing Review......Page 76
Part 4. Overview......Page 78
Part 5. Verifying the Requirements Phase......Page 98
Part 6. Verifying the Logical Design Phase......Page 104
Part 7. Verifying the Physical Design Phase......Page 109
Part 8. Verifying the Program Unit Design Phase......Page 113
Part 9. Verifying the Coding Phase......Page 117
Section III: Client/Server and Internet Testing Methodology......Page 123
Part 10. Development Methodology Overview......Page 125
Part 11. Information Gathering (Plan)......Page 143
Part 12. Test Planning (Plan)......Page 155
Part 13. Test Case Design (Do)......Page 183
Part 14. Test Development (Do)......Page 199
Part 15. Test Execution/ Evaluation (Do/Check)......Page 203
Part 16. Prepare for the Next Spiral (Act)......Page 209
Part 17. Conduct the System Test......Page 217
Part 18. Conduct Acceptance Testing......Page 237
Part 19. Summarize/Report Spiral Test Results......Page 245
Section IV: Modern Testing Tools......Page 261
Part 20. Introduction to Testing Tools......Page 263
Part 21. Methodology to Evaluate Testing Tools......Page 309
Section V: Testing in the Maintenance Environment......Page 319
Part 22. Overview of Software Maintenance......Page 321
Part 23. Enhancement/Defect Requirements Analysis (Plan)......Page 345
Part 24. Preliminary Maintenance Test Planning (Plan)......Page 357
Part 25. Enhancement Prototype Design (Plan)......Page 371
Part 26. Completed Maintenance Test Planning (Plan)......Page 377
Part 27. Maintenance Test Case Design (Do)......Page 397
Part 28. Maintenance Test Development (Do)......Page 413
Part 29. Maintenance Test Execution/ Evaluation (Do/Check)......Page 417
Part 30. Prepare for the Next Test Cycle (Act)......Page 423
Part 31. Maintenance System Testing......Page 431
Part 32. Maintenance Acceptance Testing......Page 433
Part 33. Maintenance Summary Test Report......Page 435
Part 34. System Installation......Page 437
Section VI: Modern Maintenance Tools......Page 441
Part 35: Introduction to Maintenance Tools......Page 443
Appendix A: Spiral Testing Methodology......Page 495
Appendix B: Software Quality Assurance Plan......Page 503
Appendix C: Requirements Specification......Page 505
Appendix D: Change Request Form......Page 507
Appendix E: Test Templates......Page 509
Appendix F: Checklists......Page 529
Appendix G: Integrating Testing into Development Methodology......Page 555
Appendix H: Software Testing Techniques......Page 561
Glossary......Page 629
Bibliography......Page 635
Index......Page 641
Back cover......Page 657