Toward a cooperative software testing process

✍ Scribed by Manoochehr Ghiassi

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1998
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 85 KB
• Volume: 8
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0960-0833
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1689(199812)8:4<177::aid-stvr167>3.0.co;2-c

✦ Synopsis

This paper presents a case study examining the implementation of a change from 'independent Software Quality Assurance testing' to 'cooperative testing' and the resulting impact on the software life cycle. The same test tools have been used, so that any change can be primarily attributed to the process change. In the new process, bugs are caught and addressed earlier in the cycle. Additionally, early integration of the systematic test process coupled with a change in ownership, improved infrastructure and a more formal auditing of test plan execution has produced higher quality software with a more predictable release schedule. The new process has resulted in a higher rate of bug detection and correction during testing, as well as fewer bug reports from the field.