Managing the Testing Process: Practical Tools and Techniques for Managing Hardware and Software Testing - Softcover

Black, Rex

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0471223980 ISBN 13: 9780471223986

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2002

Synopsis

An updated edition of the best tips and tools to plan, build, and execute a structured test operation

In this update of his bestselling book, Rex Black walks you through how to develop essential tools and apply them to your test project. He helps you master the basic tools, apply the techniques to manage your resources, and give each area just the right amount of attention so that you can successfully survive managing a test project!

Offering a thorough review of the tools and resources you will need to manage both large and small projects for hardware and software, this book prepares you to adapt the concepts across a broad range of settings. Simple and effective, the tools comply with industry standards and bring you up to date with the best test management practices and tools of leading hardware and software vendors. Rex Black draws from his own numerous testing experiences–– including the bad ones, so you can learn from his mistakes–– to provide you with insightful tips in test project management. He explores such topics as:

• Dates, budgets, and quality–expectations versus reality
• Fitting the testing process into the overall development or maintenance process
• How to choose and when to use test engineers and technicians, contractors and consultants, and external test labs and vendors
• Setting up and using an effective and simple bug–tracking database
• Following the status of each test case

The companion Web site contains fifty tools, templates, and case studies that will help you put these ideas into action––fast!

About this title

From the Author

Practical Tools and Techniques for Test Managers
Hi! I'm Rex Black, test and quality assurance practitioner and the author of Managing the Testing Process. I have written this book for people who lead or manage software and hardware development test projects. Those of you who are new to the role will find this book especially helpful, as I cover all the "must know" topics that will enable your success. Experienced test managers will get a chance to see another perspective on this challenging activity. In addition to ten chapters covering the essentials of test management, I have included a CD-ROM full of useful templates that I have honed in my twelve years as a software and hardware test engineer and test manager. These templates will allow you to get started right away, even when you're behind schedule and unsure of where to start.

About the Author

REX BLACK is the President and Principal Consultant of Rex Black Consulting Services, Inc. (www.RexBlackConsulting.com), an international software and hardware testing and quality assurance consultancy specializing in implementation, consulting, training, and staffing for testing, test automation, and quality assurance projects. His clients include Bank One, Cisco, Compaq, Dell, Hitachi, Motorola, and Sun. In addition to his bestselling book, Black has published articles in Software Testing and Quality Engineering and The Journal for Software Testing Professionals. He is a frequent and sought–after speaker and presenter at conferences, and also offers public and private training seminars.

Edition details

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0471223980
• ISBN 13: 9780471223986
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 528