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(More customer reviews)This book contains material that is (or should be) familiar to software testing professionals. What makes it unique is how this material is cast into a framework, based on the SW-CMM, for software testing. Before describing the contents of the book some background is in order. The author is one of the driving forces behind the testing maturity model (TMM), and the foundation and evolution can be found in back issues of CrossTalk Magazine (accessible via the web). Specifically, she and coauthors published a series of articles in CrossTalk titled "Developing a Testing Maturity Model: Part I (August 1996), Part II (September 1996) and "A Model to Assess Testing Process Maturity" (November 1998). This early material is excellent and well developed, and this book is a culmination and refinement of those early ideas.
Much of this book is based on IEEE standards and documentation, which have been refactored into the TMM. The book starts by introducing testing as an engineering activity, then segues into fundamentals, a chapter titled "Defects, Hypotheses, and Tests, and two chapters covering test case design. This material is fairly standard fare as standalone chapters, although the latter two chapters are among the best treatment of test case design I've come across.
Within the context of the TMM the chapters on levels of testing, test goals, policies, plans and documentation (completely based on IEEE standard 829-1983), and the testing organization are core topics. Operational topics of the TMM are discussed in the chapters on controlling, monitoring, evaluating and the testing process; reviews as a testing activity, and measurement. Two chapters I particularly liked were "Evaluating software quality-a quantitative approach" and "Defect analysis and prevention", each of which bridges software testing and SQA. The final chapter ties together the book by describing the TMM and the associated test process assessment.
This book is for advanced practitioners and testing professionals who are working in mature organizations. It is not a book for new or intermediate software testers, although it would make an excellent college level text to introduce students to process-oriented testing approaches.
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Based on the needs of the educational community, and the software professional, this book takes a unique approach to teaching software testing. It introduces testing concepts that are managerial, technical, and process oriented, using the Testing Maturity Model (TMM) as a guiding framework. The TMM levels and goals support a structured presentation of fundamental and advanced test-related concepts to the reader. In this context, the interrelationships between theoretical, technical, and managerial concepts become more apparent. In addition, relationships between the testing process, maturity goals, and such key players as managers, testers and client groups are introduced. Topics and features:- Process/engineering-oriented text- Promotes the growth and value of software testing as a profession- Introduces both technical and managerial aspects of testing in a clear and precise style- Uses the TMM framework to introduce testing concepts in a systemmatic, evolutionary way to faciliate understanding- Describes the role of testing tools and measurements, and how to integrate them into the testing process Graduate students and industry professionals will benefit from the book, which is designed for a graduate course in software testing, software quality assurance, or software validation and verificationMoreover, the number of universities with graduate courses that cover this material will grow, given the evoluation in software development as an engineering discipline and the creation of degree programs in software engineering.
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