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Pragmatic Software Testing
Becoming an Effective and Efficient Test Professional
Taschenbuch von Rex Black
Sprache: Englisch

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A hands-on guide to testing techniques that deliver reliable software and systems

Testing 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 strategies to test a system with budget and time constraints.

Black begins by discussing the goals and tactics of effective and efficient testing. Next, he lays the foundation of his technique for risk-based testing, explaining how to analyze, prioritize, and document risks to the quality of the system using both informal and formal techniques. He then clearly describes how to design, develop, and, ultimately, document various kinds of tests. Because this is a hands-on activity, Black includes realistic, life-sized exercises that illustrate all of the major test techniques with detailed solutions.

By the end of this book, you'll know more about the nuts and bolts of testing than most testers learn in an entire career, and you'll be ready to put those ideas into action on your next test project.

With the help of real-world examples integrated throughout the chapters, you'll discover how to:
* Analyze the risks to system quality
* Allocate your testing effort appropriately based on the level of risk
* Choose the right testing strategies every time
* Design tests based on a system's expected behavior (black box) or internal structure (white box)
* Plan and perform integration testing
* Explore and attack the system
* Focus your hard work to serve the needs of the project

The author's companion Web site provides exercises, tips, and techniques that can be used to gain valuable experience and effectively test software and systems.

Wiley Technology Publishing Timely. Practical. Reliable.

Visit the author's Web site at [...]
A hands-on guide to testing techniques that deliver reliable software and systems

Testing 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 strategies to test a system with budget and time constraints.

Black begins by discussing the goals and tactics of effective and efficient testing. Next, he lays the foundation of his technique for risk-based testing, explaining how to analyze, prioritize, and document risks to the quality of the system using both informal and formal techniques. He then clearly describes how to design, develop, and, ultimately, document various kinds of tests. Because this is a hands-on activity, Black includes realistic, life-sized exercises that illustrate all of the major test techniques with detailed solutions.

By the end of this book, you'll know more about the nuts and bolts of testing than most testers learn in an entire career, and you'll be ready to put those ideas into action on your next test project.

With the help of real-world examples integrated throughout the chapters, you'll discover how to:
* Analyze the risks to system quality
* Allocate your testing effort appropriately based on the level of risk
* Choose the right testing strategies every time
* Design tests based on a system's expected behavior (black box) or internal structure (white box)
* Plan and perform integration testing
* Explore and attack the system
* Focus your hard work to serve the needs of the project

The author's companion Web site provides exercises, tips, and techniques that can be used to gain valuable experience and effectively test software and systems.

Wiley Technology Publishing Timely. Practical. Reliable.

Visit the author's Web site at [...]
Über den Autor
Rex Black is a 20-plus-year software and systems engineering veteran, and President and Principal Consultant of RBCS, Inc., a leader in software, hardware, and systems testing. He is the author of Managing the Testing Process as well as numerous articles. Black is also President of both the International Software Testing Qualifications Board and the American Software Testing Qualifications Board.
Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments xiii

Introduction xv

Part I Goals, Strategies, and Tactics 1

Chapter 1 What Does It Mean to Be Pragmatic? 3

What Do Effective and Efficient Mean? 3

What Effects Do You Want? 4

What Is the Right Level of Efficiency? 4

Avoiding Redundancy 4

Reducing Cost 5

What Software Testing Isn't...But Is Often Thought to Be 6

Five Phases of a Tester's Mental Life 7

Other Founding Views on Testing 8

Testing as a Form of Quality Risk Management 9

So What Is the Test Team All About? 9

What Does "Quality" Mean to You? 10

Chapter 2 Triangle Test Exercise 13

Exercise: The Triangle Test 13

Your Solution for the Triangle Test 14

Your Solution for the Triangle Test (Continued) 15

Author's Triangle Test Solution 15

Chapter 3 Aligning Testing with the Project 19

Why Do Organizations Test? 19

Perspectives on Testing 20

Testing in Context 20

Common Test Phases and Objectives 21

Testing Throughout the Organization 21

The V Model 23

Evolutionary and Incremental Models 25

The Spiral Model 28

Regrettably Common Model: Code and Fix 28

Testing Maintenance Releases 29

System Integration 30

Hardware/Software Development 32

The Test Process 32

Chapter 4 Understanding Test Strategies, Tactics, and Design 35

Aligning Mission, Strategies, and Tactics 35

Analytical Test Strategies 36

Model-Based Test Strategies 37

Methodical Test Strategies 38

Process-Oriented Test Strategies 38

Dynamic Test Strategies 39

Philosophical Test Strategies 40

Regression 41

Regression Strategy 1: Repeat All Tests 42

Regression Strategy 2: Repeat Some Tests 42

Three Other Regression Strategies 43

Tactics: Categories of Testing Techniques 44

Strategic and Tactical Considerations 46

The Test System 47

Classic Principles for Test Design 50

Phases of Test Development 51

Synopsis of Test Strategies, Tactics, and Design 52

Part II Risk-Based Testing 53

Chapter 5 Understanding Risks to System Quality 55

Categories of Quality Risks 56

Functionality 56

Performance and Reliability 57

Stress, Capacity, and Volume 59

States 59

Transactions 60

Installation and Deinstallation 61

Operations 62

Maintenance and Maintainability 63

Regression 63

Usability and User Interface 64

Data Quality 65

Error and Disaster Handling and Recovery 66

Date and Time Handling 67

Localization 68

Configuration and Compatibility 69

Networked, Internetworked, and Distributed 69

Standards and Regulatory Compliance 70

Security 70

Timing and Coordination 71

Documentation 71

Can You Think of Other Quality Risks? 72

Chapter 6 Aligning Testing with Quality Risks 73

Prioritize Risks to System Quality 73

Testing, Customer Usage, and System Configurations 74

Approaches for Quality Risks Analysis 76

Informal Quality Risk Analysis 78

Tips for Risk Analysis 81

Challenges of Risk Analysis 82

Chapter 7 Quality Risk Analysis Exercise 85

My Solution 86

Comments on My Solution 91

A Funny Thing Happened to Me on the Way to the Quality Risks... 92

Bonus Exercise 95

Template 96

My Solution 100

Comments on My Solution 101

Bonus Example: Grays and Blues Quality Risk Analysis 102

Part III Static Testing 105

Chapter 8 Reviews and Other Static Tests 107

Testing Requirements and Designs 107

Reviews Costs and Benefits 108

Types of Reviews 109

Reviews for Verification and Validation 109

Reviews as a Way to Improve the Process, Improve the System, and Reduce Costs 110

Answers to the Three Questions about Static Testing 114

Reviews as a Way to Achieve Consensus and Understanding 115

The Review Process, Roles, and Responsibilities 116

Deliverables and Ground Rules from Reviews 117

Common Requirements and Design Bugs 118

Reviewing (and Testing) Documentation 119

Other Static Tests 120

Chapter 9 Review Exercise 123

Reviews 123

Your Solution 124

My Solution 128

Comments on My Solution 132

Bonus Exercise: Reviewing Triangle Requirements Title Page 132

Triangle Requirements Review Using Wiegers's List 132

The Requirements Bugs You Found 134

My Solution: Requirements Bugs 137

Comments on My Solution 139

Part IV Behavioral Testing 141

Chapter 10 Equivalence Classes and Boundary Values 143

Equivalence Partitioning 144

Boundary Value Analysis 144

Integer 145

Real Numbers 147

Character and String 149

Date 152

Time 154

Currency 155

Beyond Functional Classes and Boundaries 157

Chapter 11 Equivalence Classes and Boundary Values Exercise 159

Functional Boundaries and Classes 159

My Solution and Comments 161

Nonfunctional Boundaries and Classes 166

Omninet Marketing Requirements Document (v0.3) 166

Omninet System Requirements Document (v0.2) 168

Chapter 12 Use Cases, Live Data, and Decision Tables 169

Use Cases and Scenario Tests 169

Nouns and Verbs, Adjectives and Adverbs 172

Live Data and Customer Tests 173

Decision Tables 174

Chapter 13 Decision Table Exercise 177

Decision Table Tests 177

My Solution and Comments 178

Decision Tables and Boundary Values 181

My Solution and Comments 183

Building a Decision Table for Testing 188

My Solution and Comments 190

Chapter 14 State Transition Diagrams 197

Describing Systems with States Using State Transition Diagrams 197

State Tables 199

Printer Server State Transition Diagram 200

Chapter 15 State Transition Diagram Exercise 203

Kiosk States 203

My Solution and Comments 204

ATM State Models 211

My Solution and Comments 212

Grays and Blues and State Transition Diagrams 213

My Solution and Comments 214

Chapter 16 Domain Testing 217

Combinatorial Explosions 217

A Domain Example Using Frequent-Flyer Programs 218

Possible Domain Test Values 220

An Aerospace Example 221

When Domain Rules Change 223

Domain Analysis Summary 224

Complex Domain Testing Example 225

A General Rule for Complex Domains 228

Chapter 17 Domain Testing Exercise 233

My Solution and Comments 234

Chapter 18 Orthogonal Arrays and All Pairs 239

Combinatorial Explosions 239

Orthogonal Arrays and All-Pairs Tables 241

Two Orthogonal Arrays 241

Selecting an Orthogonal Array 243

Applying Orthogonal Arrays to a Complicated Real-World Example 244

All-Pairs Tables 258

Other Thoughts on Configuration Testing 259

Chapter 19 Orthogonal Arrays Exercise 261

My Solution and Comments 263

Chapter 20 Reactive Testing 267

General Facts about Reactive Tests 267

Error Guessing, Attacks, and Bug Taxonomies 268

Bug Hunting 269

Exploratory Tests 270

Checklists 271

Other Sources of Inspiration for Reactive Testing 273

Advantages and Disadvantages 274

A Case Study of Exploratory Testing 276

Part V Structural Testing 279

Chapter 21 Control-Flow Testing 281

Code Coverage 282

McCabe Cyclomatic Complexity 284

Chapter 22 Control-Flow Testing Exercise 287

My Solution and Comments 288

Chapter 23 Data-Flow Testing 293

Chapter 24 Data-Flow Testing Exercise 297

My Solutions and Comments 298

Chapter 25 Integration Testing 307

Drivers and Stubs 308

Integration Techniques 309

Backbone Integration 311

McCabe Basis Paths for Integration 313

Enhanced Hex Converter Program 316

Call Flow 318

Chapter 26 Integration Basis Test Exercise 321

My Solution and Comments 323

Part VI Appendices 325

Appendix A Omninet: The Internet Everywhere Marketing Requirements Document 327

1 Scope 329

1.1 Terms, Acronyms, and Abbreviations 329

1.2 Applicable Documents 330

2 Required release date 330

3 Description of requirements 330

3.1 General technical requirements 330

3.1.1 Welcome 330

3.1.2 Payment 330

3.1.3 Internet Browser 331

3.1.4 Performance 331

3.1.5 Localization 331

3.1.6 Content Control 331

3.1.7 Session Termination 331

3.1.8 Confidentiality 332

3.2 Administration 332

3.2.1 Software Updates 332

3.2.2 View Kiosks 332

3.2.3 View Users 333

3.2.4 Modify User 333

3.2.5 Terminate User 333

Appendix B Omninet: The Internet Everywhere System Requirements Document 335

Functionality System Requirements 336

Reliability System Requirements 340

Usability System Requirements 341

Efficiency System Requirements 342

Maintainability System Requirements 343

Portability System Requirements 344

Design Models 345

Omninet System Architecture 345

Payment Processing Decision Table 346

Kiosk Module Flow 347

Kiosk State-Transition Diagram 348

Kiosk State-Transition Table 348

Kiosk OS/Browser/Connection Speed Configuration Orthogonal Array...

Details
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: 384 S.
ISBN-13: 9780470127902
ISBN-10: 0470127902
Sprache: Englisch
Herstellernummer: 14512790000
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Black, Rex
Hersteller: Wiley
John Wiley & Sons
Maße: 235 x 191 x 21 mm
Von/Mit: Rex Black
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.03.2007
Gewicht: 0,719 kg
Artikel-ID: 102128000
Über den Autor
Rex Black is a 20-plus-year software and systems engineering veteran, and President and Principal Consultant of RBCS, Inc., a leader in software, hardware, and systems testing. He is the author of Managing the Testing Process as well as numerous articles. Black is also President of both the International Software Testing Qualifications Board and the American Software Testing Qualifications Board.
Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments xiii

Introduction xv

Part I Goals, Strategies, and Tactics 1

Chapter 1 What Does It Mean to Be Pragmatic? 3

What Do Effective and Efficient Mean? 3

What Effects Do You Want? 4

What Is the Right Level of Efficiency? 4

Avoiding Redundancy 4

Reducing Cost 5

What Software Testing Isn't...But Is Often Thought to Be 6

Five Phases of a Tester's Mental Life 7

Other Founding Views on Testing 8

Testing as a Form of Quality Risk Management 9

So What Is the Test Team All About? 9

What Does "Quality" Mean to You? 10

Chapter 2 Triangle Test Exercise 13

Exercise: The Triangle Test 13

Your Solution for the Triangle Test 14

Your Solution for the Triangle Test (Continued) 15

Author's Triangle Test Solution 15

Chapter 3 Aligning Testing with the Project 19

Why Do Organizations Test? 19

Perspectives on Testing 20

Testing in Context 20

Common Test Phases and Objectives 21

Testing Throughout the Organization 21

The V Model 23

Evolutionary and Incremental Models 25

The Spiral Model 28

Regrettably Common Model: Code and Fix 28

Testing Maintenance Releases 29

System Integration 30

Hardware/Software Development 32

The Test Process 32

Chapter 4 Understanding Test Strategies, Tactics, and Design 35

Aligning Mission, Strategies, and Tactics 35

Analytical Test Strategies 36

Model-Based Test Strategies 37

Methodical Test Strategies 38

Process-Oriented Test Strategies 38

Dynamic Test Strategies 39

Philosophical Test Strategies 40

Regression 41

Regression Strategy 1: Repeat All Tests 42

Regression Strategy 2: Repeat Some Tests 42

Three Other Regression Strategies 43

Tactics: Categories of Testing Techniques 44

Strategic and Tactical Considerations 46

The Test System 47

Classic Principles for Test Design 50

Phases of Test Development 51

Synopsis of Test Strategies, Tactics, and Design 52

Part II Risk-Based Testing 53

Chapter 5 Understanding Risks to System Quality 55

Categories of Quality Risks 56

Functionality 56

Performance and Reliability 57

Stress, Capacity, and Volume 59

States 59

Transactions 60

Installation and Deinstallation 61

Operations 62

Maintenance and Maintainability 63

Regression 63

Usability and User Interface 64

Data Quality 65

Error and Disaster Handling and Recovery 66

Date and Time Handling 67

Localization 68

Configuration and Compatibility 69

Networked, Internetworked, and Distributed 69

Standards and Regulatory Compliance 70

Security 70

Timing and Coordination 71

Documentation 71

Can You Think of Other Quality Risks? 72

Chapter 6 Aligning Testing with Quality Risks 73

Prioritize Risks to System Quality 73

Testing, Customer Usage, and System Configurations 74

Approaches for Quality Risks Analysis 76

Informal Quality Risk Analysis 78

Tips for Risk Analysis 81

Challenges of Risk Analysis 82

Chapter 7 Quality Risk Analysis Exercise 85

My Solution 86

Comments on My Solution 91

A Funny Thing Happened to Me on the Way to the Quality Risks... 92

Bonus Exercise 95

Template 96

My Solution 100

Comments on My Solution 101

Bonus Example: Grays and Blues Quality Risk Analysis 102

Part III Static Testing 105

Chapter 8 Reviews and Other Static Tests 107

Testing Requirements and Designs 107

Reviews Costs and Benefits 108

Types of Reviews 109

Reviews for Verification and Validation 109

Reviews as a Way to Improve the Process, Improve the System, and Reduce Costs 110

Answers to the Three Questions about Static Testing 114

Reviews as a Way to Achieve Consensus and Understanding 115

The Review Process, Roles, and Responsibilities 116

Deliverables and Ground Rules from Reviews 117

Common Requirements and Design Bugs 118

Reviewing (and Testing) Documentation 119

Other Static Tests 120

Chapter 9 Review Exercise 123

Reviews 123

Your Solution 124

My Solution 128

Comments on My Solution 132

Bonus Exercise: Reviewing Triangle Requirements Title Page 132

Triangle Requirements Review Using Wiegers's List 132

The Requirements Bugs You Found 134

My Solution: Requirements Bugs 137

Comments on My Solution 139

Part IV Behavioral Testing 141

Chapter 10 Equivalence Classes and Boundary Values 143

Equivalence Partitioning 144

Boundary Value Analysis 144

Integer 145

Real Numbers 147

Character and String 149

Date 152

Time 154

Currency 155

Beyond Functional Classes and Boundaries 157

Chapter 11 Equivalence Classes and Boundary Values Exercise 159

Functional Boundaries and Classes 159

My Solution and Comments 161

Nonfunctional Boundaries and Classes 166

Omninet Marketing Requirements Document (v0.3) 166

Omninet System Requirements Document (v0.2) 168

Chapter 12 Use Cases, Live Data, and Decision Tables 169

Use Cases and Scenario Tests 169

Nouns and Verbs, Adjectives and Adverbs 172

Live Data and Customer Tests 173

Decision Tables 174

Chapter 13 Decision Table Exercise 177

Decision Table Tests 177

My Solution and Comments 178

Decision Tables and Boundary Values 181

My Solution and Comments 183

Building a Decision Table for Testing 188

My Solution and Comments 190

Chapter 14 State Transition Diagrams 197

Describing Systems with States Using State Transition Diagrams 197

State Tables 199

Printer Server State Transition Diagram 200

Chapter 15 State Transition Diagram Exercise 203

Kiosk States 203

My Solution and Comments 204

ATM State Models 211

My Solution and Comments 212

Grays and Blues and State Transition Diagrams 213

My Solution and Comments 214

Chapter 16 Domain Testing 217

Combinatorial Explosions 217

A Domain Example Using Frequent-Flyer Programs 218

Possible Domain Test Values 220

An Aerospace Example 221

When Domain Rules Change 223

Domain Analysis Summary 224

Complex Domain Testing Example 225

A General Rule for Complex Domains 228

Chapter 17 Domain Testing Exercise 233

My Solution and Comments 234

Chapter 18 Orthogonal Arrays and All Pairs 239

Combinatorial Explosions 239

Orthogonal Arrays and All-Pairs Tables 241

Two Orthogonal Arrays 241

Selecting an Orthogonal Array 243

Applying Orthogonal Arrays to a Complicated Real-World Example 244

All-Pairs Tables 258

Other Thoughts on Configuration Testing 259

Chapter 19 Orthogonal Arrays Exercise 261

My Solution and Comments 263

Chapter 20 Reactive Testing 267

General Facts about Reactive Tests 267

Error Guessing, Attacks, and Bug Taxonomies 268

Bug Hunting 269

Exploratory Tests 270

Checklists 271

Other Sources of Inspiration for Reactive Testing 273

Advantages and Disadvantages 274

A Case Study of Exploratory Testing 276

Part V Structural Testing 279

Chapter 21 Control-Flow Testing 281

Code Coverage 282

McCabe Cyclomatic Complexity 284

Chapter 22 Control-Flow Testing Exercise 287

My Solution and Comments 288

Chapter 23 Data-Flow Testing 293

Chapter 24 Data-Flow Testing Exercise 297

My Solutions and Comments 298

Chapter 25 Integration Testing 307

Drivers and Stubs 308

Integration Techniques 309

Backbone Integration 311

McCabe Basis Paths for Integration 313

Enhanced Hex Converter Program 316

Call Flow 318

Chapter 26 Integration Basis Test Exercise 321

My Solution and Comments 323

Part VI Appendices 325

Appendix A Omninet: The Internet Everywhere Marketing Requirements Document 327

1 Scope 329

1.1 Terms, Acronyms, and Abbreviations 329

1.2 Applicable Documents 330

2 Required release date 330

3 Description of requirements 330

3.1 General technical requirements 330

3.1.1 Welcome 330

3.1.2 Payment 330

3.1.3 Internet Browser 331

3.1.4 Performance 331

3.1.5 Localization 331

3.1.6 Content Control 331

3.1.7 Session Termination 331

3.1.8 Confidentiality 332

3.2 Administration 332

3.2.1 Software Updates 332

3.2.2 View Kiosks 332

3.2.3 View Users 333

3.2.4 Modify User 333

3.2.5 Terminate User 333

Appendix B Omninet: The Internet Everywhere System Requirements Document 335

Functionality System Requirements 336

Reliability System Requirements 340

Usability System Requirements 341

Efficiency System Requirements 342

Maintainability System Requirements 343

Portability System Requirements 344

Design Models 345

Omninet System Architecture 345

Payment Processing Decision Table 346

Kiosk Module Flow 347

Kiosk State-Transition Diagram 348

Kiosk State-Transition Table 348

Kiosk OS/Browser/Connection Speed Configuration Orthogonal Array...

Details
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: 384 S.
ISBN-13: 9780470127902
ISBN-10: 0470127902
Sprache: Englisch
Herstellernummer: 14512790000
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Black, Rex
Hersteller: Wiley
John Wiley & Sons
Maße: 235 x 191 x 21 mm
Von/Mit: Rex Black
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.03.2007
Gewicht: 0,719 kg
Artikel-ID: 102128000
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