A Practitioner's Guide to Software Test Design

Here’s a comprehensive, up-to-date and practical introduction to software test design. This invaluable book presents all the important test design techniques in a single place and in a consistent, and easy-to-digest format. An immediately useful handbook for test engineers, developers, quality assurance professionals, and requirements and systems analysts, it enables you to: choose the best test case design, find software defects in less time and with fewer resources, and develop optimal strategies that help reduce the likelihood of costly errors. It also assists you in estimating the effort, time and cost of good testing.

Numerouscase studies and examples of software testing techniques are included, helpingyou to fully understand the practical applications of these techniques. Fromwell-established techniques such as equivalence classes, boundary valueanalysis, decision tables, and state-transition diagrams, to new techniqueslike use case testing, pairwise testing, and exploratory testing, the book isan indispensable resource for testing professionals seeking to improve theirskills and an excellent reference for college-level courses in software testdesign.

Contents:

Introduction - Book Context and Goals. Book Structure.

TheTesting Process - Testing Is. Current Challenges. Test Cases Are—Input, Output,Order of Execution. Types of Testing: Black Box, White Box, Grey Box. TestLevels: Unit, Integration, System, Acceptance. The Impossibility of TestingEverything.

CaseStudies - Why Case Studies. Brown & Donaldson: Online Brokerage System.Stateless University Registration System.

Black Box Testing Techniques - Definition. Applicability.Advantages and Disadvantages.

EquivalenceClass Testing - Introduction. Technique. Examples. Applicability. Summary.Exercises.

BoundaryValue Testing - Introduction. Technique. Examples. Applicability. Summary.Exercises.

Decision Table Testing - Introduction. Technique.Examples. Applicability. Summary. Exercise.

PairwiseTesting - Introduction. Technique: Orthogonal Arrays and the All-PairsAlgorithm. Examples. Applicability. Summary. Exercises.

State-TransitionTesting - Introduction. Technique: State-Transition Diagrams and State-TransitionTables. Examples. Applicability. Summary. Exercise.

DomainAnalysis Testing - Introduction. Technique. Examples. Applicability. Summary.Exercise.

UseCase Testing - Introduction. Technique. Examples. Applicability. Summary.Exercise.

WhiteBox Testing Techniques - Definition. Applicability. Advantages andDisadvantages.

ControlFlow Testing - Introduction. TechniqueControl Flow Graphs, Levels of Coverage,and Basis Path Testing. Examples. Applicability. Summary. Exercise.

DataFlow Testing - Introduction. Technique: Static and Dynamic Data Flow Testing.Examples. Applicability. Summary. Exercises.

Testing Paradigms - Definition. Applicability. Advantagesand Disadvantages.

ScriptedTesting - Introduction.IEEE 829 Document Descriptions. Applicability. Advantagesand Disadvantages. Summary.

ExploratoryTesting - Introduction. Technique. Examples. Applicability. Summary.

TestPlanning - Introduction. Technique. Summary.Exercises.

SupportingTechnologies - Introduction.

DefectTaxonomies - Technique: Project Level Taxonomies and Defect Level Taxonomies.Summary.

WhenTo Stop Testing - Techniques: Coverage Goals, Defect Discovery Rate, MarginalCost, and “Ship It!”. Summary

SomeFinal Thoughts - Your Testing Toolbox.

CaseStudies.

Bibliography.

LeeCopelandis a consultant in the areas of testing methodologies, test management and website testing at Software Quality Engineering. He has more than twenty-fiveyears experience as an information systems professional specializing insoftware development and process improvement.