Software Testing and Quality Assurance Theory and Practice

by Naik, Kshirasagar; Tripathy, Priyadarshi

• ISBN13: 9780471789116
• ISBN10: 0471789119
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-08-18
• Publisher: Wiley-Spektrum

Summary

A superior primer on software testing and quality assurance, from integration to execution and automationThis important new work fills the pressing need for a user-friendly text that aims to provide software engineers, software quality professionals, software developers, and students with the fundamental developments in testing theory and common testing practices.Software Testing and Quality Assurance: Theory and Practice equips readers with a solid understanding of: Practices that support the production of quality software Software testing techniques Life-cycle models for requirements, defects, test cases, and test results Process models for units, integration, system, and acceptance testing How to build test teams, including recruiting and retaining test engineers Quality Models, Capability Maturity Model, Testing Maturity Model, and Test Process Improvement ModelExpertly balancing theory with practice, and complemented with an abundance of pedagogical tools, including test questions, examples, teaching suggestions, and chapter summaries, this book is a valuable, self-contained tool for professionals and an ideal introductory text for courses in software testing, quality assurance, and software engineering.

Author Biography

KSHIRASAGAR NAIK, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. Previously, he was a software development engineer for Wipro Technologies in Bangalore, India. Dr. Naik has contributed to numerous journal and conference publications in the area of software testing.

PRIYADARSHI TRIPATHY, PhD, is a Senior Manager at NEC Laboratories America, Inc., in Princeton, New Jersey, where he designs, coordinates, and conducts software testing for grid-based storage appliances. Dr. Tripathy has worked in the field of software testing and quality assurance for Nortel Networks, Cisco Systems, and Airvana, Inc. He has also contributed to numerous publications in the area of software testing.

Table of Contents

Preface

List of Figures

List of Tables

Basic Concepts and Preliminaries

Quality Revolution

Software Quality

Role of Testing

Verification and Validation

Failure, Error, Fault, and Defect

Notion of Software Reliability

Objectives of Testing

What Is a Test Case?

Expected Outcome

Concept of Complete Testing

Central Issue in Testing

Testing Activities

Test Levels

Sources of Information for Test Case Studies

White-Box and Black-Box Testing

Test Planning and Design

Monitoring and Measuring Test Execution

Test Tools and Automation

Test Team Organization and Management

Outline of Book.References.Exercises

Theory of Program Testing

Basic Concepts in Testing Theory

Theory of Goodenough and Gerhart

Theory of Weyuker and Ostrand

Theory of Gourlay

Adequacy of Testing

Limitations of Testing

Summary.Literature Review.References.Exercises

Unit Testing

Concept of Unit Testing

Static Unit Testing

Defect Prevention

Dynamic Unit Testing

Mutation Testing

Debugging

Unit Testing in extreme Programming

JUnit: Framework for Unit Testing

Tools for Unit Testing

Summary.Literature Review.References.Exercises

Control Flow Testing

Basic Idea

Outline of Control Flow Testing

Control Flow Graph

Paths in a Control Flow Chart

Path Selection Criteria

Generating Test Input

Examples of Test Data Selection

Containing Infeasible Paths

Summary.Literature Review.References.Exercises

Data Flow Testing

General Idea

Data flow Anomaly

Overview of Dynamic Data flow Testing

Data Flow Graph

Data Flow Terms

Data Flow Testing Criteria

Comparison of Data Flow Test Selection Criteria

Feasible Paths and Test Selection Criteria

Comparison of Testing Techniques

Summary.Literature Review.References.Exercises

Domain Testing

Domain Error

Testing for Domain Errors

Sources of Domain

Types of Domain Errors

ON and OFF Points

Test Selection Criterion

Summary.Literature Review.References.Exercises

System Integration

Concept of Integration Testing

Different Types of Interfaces and Interface Errors

Granularity of System Integration Testing

System Integration Techniques

Software and Hardware Integration

Test Plan for System Integration

Off-the Shelf Component Integration

Summary.Literature Review.References.Exercises

System Test Categories

Taxonomy of System Tests

Basic Tests

Functionality Tests

Robustness Tests

Interoperability Tests

Performance Tests

Scalability Tests

Stress Tests

Load and Stability Tests

Reliability Tests

Regression Tests

Documentation Tests

Regulatory Tests

Summary.Literature Review.References.Exercises

Functional Testing

Functional Testing Concepts of Howden

Complexity of Applying Functional Testing

Pairwise

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