Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Testing IT
- 1 Introduction
- Part 1 The Traditional Testing Process
- Part 2 The Testing Process in the Real World: Illustrative Case Studies
- Part 3 The Appendices
- A Terms of Reference for Testing Staff
- B Testing Guides
- C Test Plan Document Template
- D Test Specification Document Template
- E Test Script Template
- F Test Result Record Form Template
- G Test Log Template
- H Test Certificate Template
- I Re-use Pack Checklist
- J Test Summary Report Template
- K Equivalence Partition Example
- L Boundary Analysis Example
- M State Transition Example
- N Automated Testing Tool Selection Criteria
- O Usability Testing Overview
- P Testing Process Health Check
- Q The Testing of Object-Oriented Software
- References
- Glossary
- Index
P - Testing Process Health Check
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 September 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Testing IT
- 1 Introduction
- Part 1 The Traditional Testing Process
- Part 2 The Testing Process in the Real World: Illustrative Case Studies
- Part 3 The Appendices
- A Terms of Reference for Testing Staff
- B Testing Guides
- C Test Plan Document Template
- D Test Specification Document Template
- E Test Script Template
- F Test Result Record Form Template
- G Test Log Template
- H Test Certificate Template
- I Re-use Pack Checklist
- J Test Summary Report Template
- K Equivalence Partition Example
- L Boundary Analysis Example
- M State Transition Example
- N Automated Testing Tool Selection Criteria
- O Usability Testing Overview
- P Testing Process Health Check
- Q The Testing of Object-Oriented Software
- References
- Glossary
- Index
Summary
Introduction
This appendix contains a list of criteria to be used in performing a testing process health check and a suggested approach to conducting the task.
The testing process health check could be used in a number of ways:
▲ To baseline the current state of testing within an organization prior to introducing a formal testing process
▲ To monitor the progress of the adoption of a formal testing process and to identify areas that were satisfactory and areas that could be improved
▲ As part of a process-improvement program (see Chapter 13 – Improving the Testing Process).
The criteria used in the testing process health check are grouped under the following high-level headings:
▲ Testing and the Software Development Process
▲ Testing Process
▲ Roles and Responsibilities
▲ Testing Phases.
These groups and their individual criteria are described in full in the following sections respectively. Section P7 contains an optional scheme for scoring the various criteria if a more quantitative approach is required.
A checklist is provided at the end of this appendix, which can be copied and used as a memory aid during the testing process health check. This check list is also available from the following URL: <us.cambridge.org/titles/052179546X>.
Terminology
The term “subject” is used to denote the person, project, department, or organization that is the target of the testing process health check. It could refer to a third-party organization whose testing process needs to be assessed or it could be used internally within the host organization.
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- Testing ITAn Off-the-Shelf Software Testing Process, pp. 279 - 286Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2001