Software Testing Testing Across the Entire Software Development Life Cycle

by Everett, Gerald D.; McLeod, Raymond

• ISBN13: 9780471793717
• ISBN10: 047179371X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-07-16
• Publisher: Wiley-IEEE Computer Society Pr

Summary

Software Testing presents one of the first comprehensive guides to testing activities, ranging from test planning through test completion for every phase of software under development, and software under revision. Real life case studies are provided to enhance understanding as well as a companion website with tools and examples.

Author Biography

Gerald D. Everett, PhD, is IBM Certified in Instruction and Mentoring. He received his doctorate in computer science from the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Everett's experience spans more than thirty-five years of software development, testing, and consultative services. His technology solutions have been deployed nationally and internationally.

Raymond McLeod Jr., PhD, is Adjunct Professor at the University of Texas at Austin, teaching courses in information systems and marketing. He has authored or coauthored several publications and was chair of the ACM Special Interest Group for Computer Personnel Research (SIGCPR).

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xv
Overview of Testing	p. 1
Introduction	p. 1
Objectives and Limits of Testing	p. 2
The Value Versus Cost of Testing	p. 11
Relationship of Testing to the Software Development Life Cycle	p. 16
Tester Versus Developer Roles in Software Testing	p. 22
Putting Software Testing in Perspective	p. 25
Summary	p. 25
The Software Development Life Cycle	p. 29
Introduction	p. 29
Methodologies and Tools	p. 29
The Evolution of System Development Life Cycles	p. 30
The Phased Development Methodology	p. 33
The Preliminary Investigation Stage	p. 37
The Analysis Stage	p. 43
The Design Stage	p. 46
The Preliminary Construction Stage	p. 50
The Final Construction Stage	p. 54
The Installation Stage	p. 56
Putting Phased Development in Perspective	p. 57
Summary	p. 57
Overview of Structured Testing	p. 59
Introduction	p. 59
Checklist Mentality for Software Testers	p. 60
SPRAE-A Generic Structured Testing Approach	p. 61
Putting the Overview of Structured Testing in Perspective	p. 65
Testing Strategy	p. 66
Introduction	p. 66
The Chess Pieces for Testing Strategies	p. 66
The Two-Dimensional Testing Strategy Chess Board	p. 70
The Three-Dimensional Testing Strategy Chess Board	p. 75
Putting the Testing Strategy into Perspective	p. 77
Test Planning	p. 79
Introduction	p. 79
The Test Plan	p. 79
Test Cases	p. 83
Writing Your Test Plan and Test Cases in the Real World	p. 88
Test Document Standards	p. 90
Putting Test Planning in Perspective	p. 91
Static Testing	p. 93
Introduction	p. 93
Goal of Static Testing	p. 93
Candidate Documents for Static Testing	p. 94
Static Testing Techniques	p. 96
Tracking Defects Detected by Static Testing	p. 98
Putting Static Testing in Perspective	p. 98
Functional Testing	p. 99
Introduction	p. 99
Functional Test Cases from Use Cases	p. 100
An Approach to Functional Testing	p. 103
An Approach to Regression Testing	p. 106
Detailed White Box Testing Techniques	p. 107
Detailed Black Box Testing Techniques	p. 112
Summary	p. 119
Putting Functional Testing in Perspective	p. 121
Structural (Non-functional) Testing	p. 122
Introduction	p. 122
Interface Testing	p. 123
Security Testing	p. 124
Installation Testing	p. 125
The Smoke Test	p. 125
Administration Testing	p. 126
Backup and Recovery Testing	p. 126
Putting Structural Testing in Perspective	p. 127
Summary	p. 127
Performance Testing	p. 129
Introduction	p. 129
Workload Planning Techniques	p. 130
Workload Execution Techniques	p. 134
Component Performance Testing	p. 135
Round Trip Performance	p. 136
Putting Performance Testing in Perspective	p. 147
Summary	p. 148
The Testing Environment	p. 150
Introduction	p. 150
Simulations	p. 151
Benchmarking	p. 151
Testing Environments	p. 152
The Goal of a Testing Environment	p. 152
Good Testing Environments and Why They Should Be Used	p. 155
Bad Testing Environments and Why They Should Be Avoided	p. 156
Putting the Testing Environment in Perspective	p. 157
Summary	p. 157
Automated Testing Tools	p. 159
Introduction	p. 159
Brief History of Automated Testing Tools for Software	p. 160
Test Tool Record/Playback Paradigm	p. 162
Test Tool Touchpoint Paradigms	p. 164
Test Tool Execution Pardigm	p. 168
The Benefits that Testing Tools Can Provide	p. 169
The Liabilities that Testing Tools Can Impose	p. 173
Putting Automated Testing Tools in Perspective	p. 174
Summary	p. 175
Analyzing and Interpreting Test Results	p. 176
Introduction	p. 176
Test Cases Attempted Versus Successful	p. 176
Defect Discovery Focusing on Individual Defects	p. 179
Defect Discovery Focusing on the Defect Backlog	p. 181
Defect Discovery Focusing on Clusters of Defects	p. 182
Prior Defect Discovery Pattern Usefulness	p. 187
The Rayleigh Curve-Gunsights for Defect Discovery Patterns	p. 196
More Defect Tracking Metrics	p. 200
Putting Test Results in Perspective	p. 201
Summary	p. 201
A Full Software Development Lifecycle Testing Project	p. 203
Introduction	p. 203
Preliminary Investigation Stage	p. 204
Analysis Stage	p. 206
Design Stage	p. 213
Preliminary Construction Stage	p. 219
Final Construction Stage	p. 229
Implementation Stage	p. 232
Postimplementation Stage	p. 232
Case Study Closure	p. 233
Testing Complex Applications	p. 235
Introduction	p. 235
1-Tier Applications	p. 235
2-Tier Applications	p. 237
3-Tier Applications	p. 241
n-Tier Applications	p. 246
Putting Testing Complex Applications in Perspective	p. 249
Summary	p. 249
Future Directions in Testing	p. 250
Introduction	p. 250
Future Directions in Software Development That Could Increase the Need for Testing Professionals	p. 250
Software Testing Challenges Already Upon Us	p. 251
Software Testing Near Future Challenges	p. 252
Software Testing Challenges To Come	p. 252
Putting Future Testing Directions in Perspective	p. 253
Summary	p. 254
References	p. 255
Index	p. 259
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