Pragmatic Software Testing : Becoming an Effective and Efficient Test Professional.

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A hands-on guide to testing techniques that deliver reliable software and systemsTesting even a simple system can quickly turn into a potentially infinite task. Faced with tight costs and schedules, testers need to have a toolkit of practical techniques combined with hands-on experience and the right strategies in order to complete a successful project. World-renowned testing expert Rex Black provides you with the proven methods and concepts that test professionals must know. He presents you with the fundamental techniques for testing and clearly shows you how to select and apply successful st.

Cover; Title Page; Dedication; Copyright; About the Author; Credits; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; What Kind of Book Is This?; What Topics Will I Cover?; Can I Skip Topics?; Can I Practice with Realistic Exercises?; Does It Matter That I Have (or Haven't) Read Another Book on Testing?; Part I: Goals, Strategies, and Tactics; Chapter 1: What Does It Mean to Be Pragmatic?; Chapter 2: Triangle Test Exercise; Exercise: The Triangle Test; Your Solution for the Triangle Test; Author's Triangle Test Solution; Chapter 3: Aligning Testing with the Project; Why Do Organizations Test?

Perspectives on TestingTesting in Context; Common Test Phases and Objectives; Testing Throughout the Organization; The V Model; Evolutionary and Incremental Models; The Spiral Model; Regrettably Common Model: Code and Fix; Testing Maintenance Releases; System Integration; Hardware/Software Development; The Test Process; Chapter 4: Understanding Test Strategies, Tactics, and Design; Aligning Mission, Strategies, and Tactics; Analytical Test Strategies; Model-Based Test Strategies; Methodical Test Strategies; Process-Oriented Test Strategies; Dynamic Test Strategies

Philosophical Test StrategiesRegression; Three Other Regression Strategies; Tactics: Categories of Testing Techniques; Strategic and Tactical Considerations; The Test System; Classic Principles for Test Design; Phases of Test Development; Synopsis of Test Strategies, Tactics, and Design; Part II: Risk-Based Testing; Chapter 5: Understanding Risks to System Quality; Categories of Quality Risks; Transactions; Regression; Can You Think of Other Quality Risks?; Chapter 6: Aligning Testing with Quality Risks; Prioritize Risks to System Quality; Testing, Customer Usage, and System Configurations

Approaches for Quality Risks AnalysisInformal Quality Risk Analysis; Tips for Risk Analysis; Challenges of Risk Analysis; Chapter 7: Quality Risk Analysis Exercise; My Solution; Comments on My Solution; A Funny Thing Happened to Me on the Way to the Quality Risks...; Bonus Exercise; Template; My Solution; Comments on My Solution; Bonus Example: Grays and Blues Quality Risk Analysis; Part III: Static Testing; Chapter 8: Reviews and Other Static Tests; Testing Requirements and Designs; Reviews Costs and Benefits; Types of Reviews; Reviews for Verification and Validation

Reviews as a Way to Improve the Process, Improve the System, and Reduce CostsReviews as a Way to Achieve Consensus and Understanding; The Review Process, Roles, and Responsibilities; Deliverables and Ground Rules from Reviews; Common Requirements and Design Bugs; Reviewing (and Testing) Documentation; Other Static Tests; Answers to the Three Questions about Static Testing; Chapter 9: Review Exercise; Reviews; Your Solution; My Solution; Comments on My Solution; Bonus Exercise: Reviewing Triangle Requirements Title Page; The Requirements Bugs You Found; My Solution: Requirements Bugs

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