Testing Dirty Systems - Softcover
Some systems are more difficult to test than others. Software testers contend with undefined or partially defined requirements; outdated, incomplete, or nonexistent documentation; complex logic; a mixture of languages; or worse. All of these factors make a system dirty, or virtually untestable.
In Testing Dirty Systems, authors William Perry and Randall Rice teach testers a six-step process for approaching such systems: system diagnosis · test planning · test execution · test analysis · report development · dirty system repair.
Because of the unknown characteristics of the dirty system, the traditional validation of comparing actual processing results against the expected processing results is often inadequate. Analysis of a dirty system must go much further into describing the expected operational characteristics of the system, including
* probability of failure based on failures during testing
* expected difficulty of making changes based on inadequacy of documentation
* estimate of defects that remain in the system
* operating conditions that will lead to failures
* coverage levels based on code or test cases
* complexity levels based on coding structure
Project leaders, independent testers, quality assurance personnel, and IS auditors will benefit from this book, as well as end-users and customers with a vested interest in the success of their systems.
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About the Author:
Randy Rice is a leading author, speaker and consultant in the field of software testing and software quality. Rice, a Certified Software Quality Analyst, Certified Software Tester, Certified Software Test Manager and an ASTQB Certified Tester – Advanced Level (Full), and a Fellow of the Life Office Management Association, has worked with organizations worldwide to improve the quality of their information systems and optimize their testing processes. Mr. Rice has over 33 years experience building and testing mission-critical projects in a variety of environments. Randy is a director of the American Software Testing Qualifications Board and has been published by the Journal of the Quality Assurance Institute, Crosstalk, Client/Server Computing, Powersoft Applications Developer and Enterprise Systems Journal. He is a regular speaker at international conferences on software testing in North America and Europe, and is also publisher of The Software Quality Advisor. He is co-author with William E. Perry of the books, Surviving the Top Ten Challenges of Software Testing published by Dorset House Publishing Co., and Testing Dirty Systems self-published by CreateSpace. Randy serves as Treasurer for the American Software Testing Qualifications Board (ASTQB). He also served as chair of the Quality Assurance Institute’s International Software Testing Conference from 1995 – 2000 and was a founding member of the Certified Software Test Engineer (CSTE) certification program. As author and trainer of many software testing training courses, Randy has had the privilege of training thousands of software testers throughout North America. Randy is a frequent speaker at major testing conferences, including EuroStar, StarEast, StarWest, QAI’s International Software Testing Conference, Practical Software Quality Techniques, and the Software Technology Conference sponsored by the U.S. Dept. of Defense.
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- PublisherDorset House
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 0932633560
- ISBN 13 9780932633569
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages200
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