Software Testing Fundamentals  

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• 1. Table of Contents

• 2. BackCover

• 3. Software Testing Fundamentals-Methods and Metrics

• 4. Introduction

  What This Book Is About

• 5. Industry and Technology Trends: Why I Think It s Time to Publish This Book

  Industry and Technology Trends: Why I Think It s Time to Publish This Book

• 6. Changing Times

  Changing Times

• 7. Scope of This Book and Who Will Find It Useful

  Scope of This Book and Who Will Find It Useful

• 8. How This Book Is Organized

  How This Book Is Organized

• 9. The Standard for Definitions in This Book

  The Standard for Definitions in This Book

• 10. Chapter 1: The State of Software Testing Today

  Overview

• 11. A Quick Look at How We Got Where We Are

  A Quick Look at How We Got Where We Are The 1980s: The Big Blue and Big Iron Ruled The 1990s: PCs Begin to Bring Computing to Every Desktop Enter: The Web The Current Financial Climate Guess What? The Best Methods Haven t Changed

• 12. The Challenges a Tester Faces Today

  The Challenges a Tester Faces Today No Specification Means No Testing Being First to Market: MarketEntrepreneurial Pressures Not to Test The Lack of Trained Testers Standards Reduce the Amount of Testing Required

• 13. Summary

  Summary

• 14. Chapter 2: Maintaining Quality Assurance in Today s Software Testing Environment

  Overview

• 15. What s Wrong with This Picture?

  What s Wrong with This Picture?

• 16. Problems with Traditional Quality Assurance

  Problems with Traditional Quality Assurance Traditional Definitions of Quality That Are Not Applicable Some Faulty Assumptions

• 17. What s Not Working: The Traditional Tools for Controlling Quality

  What s Not Working: The Traditional Tools for Controlling Quality Traditional QA and Testing Tools Can t Keep Up The Paper Problem

• 18. Solution: Improving the Quality Process

  define software quality describe importance of quality in quality control & software testing

• 19. Summary

  Summary

• 20. Chapter 3: Approaches to Managing Software Testing

  The I-Feel-Lucky Approach to Software Development

• 21. Some Myths about Art, Science, and Software

  Some Myths about Art Science and Software Myths about Art Myths about Science Myths about Software

• 22. The Engineering Approach

  The Engineering Approach Accountability and Performance How to Determine a Factor of Safety

• 23. The Eclectic Approach to Integration and Testing: Balancing Art and Engineering

  The Eclectic Approach to Integration and Testing: Balancing Art and Engineering The Top-Down Approach versus the Bottom-Up Approach

• 24. Current Testing Strategies

  Current Testing Strategies Top-Down Broad-Focused Integration Testing Organizational Strategies for Locating the Test Group

• 25. The Best Approach

  The Best Approach

• 26. Summary

  Summary

• 27. Chapter 4: The Most Important Tests (MITs) Method

  Highlights

• 28. Overview of MITs

  estimating worksheet for testing effort Boeing s methods for tracking and status reporting

• 29. The Steps for the MITs Method

  The Steps for the MITs Method Complimenting Your Development Methodologies

• 30. Real-World Example: Heavyweight, Middleweight, and Lightweight Development Efforts

  Real-World Example: Heavyweight Middleweight and Lightweight Development Efforts Overview of the Project Integrating the Entire System

• 31. Summary

  Summary

• 32. Chapter 5: Fundamental Metrics for Software Testing

  Overview

• 33. Measures and Metrics

  Measures and Metrics Craft: The Link between Art and Engineering Operational Definitions: Fundamental Metrics

• 34. What to Measure in Software Testing

  What to Measure in Software Testing Fundamental Testing Metrics: How Big Is It? Bugs Metrics to Measure the Test Effort How Much Did It Cost to Test It? Metrics to Measure Performance: Was It Worth It?

• 35. Summary

  Summary

• 36. Chapter 6: The Test Inventory

  Overview

• 37. The Goal: A Successful Test Effort

  The Goal: A Successful Test Effort

• 38. Planning for Adequate Testing: How Much Is Enough?

  Planning for Adequate Testing: How Much Is Enough? Planning for an Adequate Test Effort

• 39. Determining the Scope of Testing: How Big Is It?

  Determining the Scope of Testing: How Big Is It? Test Units One Test Script: Many Types of Tests Using Historical Data in Estimating Effort

• 40. Reasons for Using an Inventory

  Reasons for Using an Inventory

• 41. The Sources of the Tests on the Inventory

  The Sources of the Tests on the Inventory Tests Based on Requirements Analytical Methods Nonanalytical Methods

• 42. Summary

  Summary

• 43. Chapter 7: How to Build a Test Inventory

  Starting with the Requirements Sample Inventory from the Structured RAD Project Preliminary Inventory from a Web Project

• 44. Identifying and Listing the Test Environments

  Identifying and Listing the Test Environments Testing a Large System Testing Multiple Environments

• 45. Adding Detail and Process Layers

  Adding Detail and Process Layers The Interviews: What and How to Prepare Conducting the Interviews Analyzing the Results: Lessons Learned Being Ready to Act on What You Learn

• 46. Summary

  Summary

• 47. For Further Exploration

  For Further Exploration Product A Product B

• 48. Chapter 8: Tools to Automate the Test Inventory

  Overview

• 49. The Evolving Test Inventory

  The Evolving Test Inventory The Process in Brief Inventory in PowerPoint Inventory in a Document Inventory in a Spreadsheet Inventory in a High-Function Web Site

• 50. Summary

  Summary

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