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:

1. ▲ The need to test software and the approach to testing

2. ▲ Specific details of testing techniques with worked examples

3. ▲ The planning and management of testing projects

4. ▲ Testing roles and responsibilities

5. ▲ Comprehensive details of the testing phases

6. ▲ Extensive testing document templates, proformas, and checklists

7. ▲ Recommendations for testing process improvement and the role and use of metrics

8. ▲ 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.