The Testing Network (eBook)

Content 5
The Project 12
1.1 Purpose and Contents of This Book 13
Introduction to Testing 18
2.1 Testing Challenges 18
2.2 The Significance of Requirements 26
2.3 The Nonconformity Problem 34
2.4 Test Artifacts 40
2.5 Testing Predictability 42
2.6 Software Development Methods 51
2.7 The Testing Value Chain (TVC) 61
Test Methods and Technology 66
3.1 Different Views of Testing 66
3.2 Dynamic Test Methods 70
3.3 Static Test Methods 75
3.4 Ways to Test 81
3.5 Test Technology 93
The Test Domain 120
4.1 Topology of the Test Domain 120
4.2 Data and Time Aspects 132
4.3 Table-Driven Systems (TDS) 154
4.4 Critical Technical Parameters 163
Test Processes 166
5.1 The Testing Network – Process Technology 166
5.2 Core Testing Processes 170
5.3 Test Support Processes 207
5.4 Test Neighbor Processes 216
Test Platforms and Tools 222
6.1 The Integrated Test Platform 222
6.2 TD for QC 228
6.3 The Leading Commercial SA Tools 241
6.4 The Leading Commercial Testing Tools 243
The Analysis of Defect Root Causes 246
7.1 The Methodological Approach 247
7.2 Causal Chains Explained 255
7.3 Data-Dependent Testing 273
7.4 Frequent Causes of Problems 285
7.5 Software Aging 298
7.6 The Investigation of a Technical Problem 304
Measuring Test Efforts 308
8.1 Overall Project Progress Measurement 308
8.2 Test Progress Reporting (TPR) 310
Test Issues 334
9.1 Risk Management 334
9.2 IPC Management 350
Conclusion 354
Useful Aids 358
A.1 Templates 358
A.2 Checklists 364
Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance 374
Test Platforms and Tool Providers 378
Acronyms 384
Glossary 392
Bibliography 428
Links 432
Index 438
Acknowledgements 446
Copyrights and Trademarks 448