1 - Introduction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 September 2009
Summary
Hmm, The Wheel you say! Well, I don't wish to belittle your achievement, but I've traveled far and wide and I've seen a great many of these things invented by a great many people in a great many different caves!
Big Ugg, Neander Valley, 35,000 B.C.Purpose of the Book
This book provides comprehensive and rigorous guidance to workers in the field of software testing for researching or setting up a software testing process within organizations.
The book provides advice and guidance on all aspects of the testing process, including:
▲ The need to test software and the approach to testing
▲ Specific details of testing techniques with worked examples
▲ The planning and management of testing projects
▲ Testing roles and responsibilities
▲ Comprehensive details of the testing phases
▲ Extensive testing document templates, proformas, and checklists
▲ Recommendations for testing process improvement and the role and use of metrics
▲ The testing issues facing developers of Object-Oriented and Component-Based systems.
The book covers the testing of software from a number of sources, including software developed or modified in-house, software that represents the modification or extension of exisiting legacy software systems, and software developed on behalf of an organization by a third party.
The book also covers the acceptance testing of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) software procured by an organization, or COTS software that has undergone development either internally or by a third party on behalf of an organization.
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- Testing ITAn Off-the-Shelf Software Testing Process, pp. 1 - 4Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2001