Identifying Relevant Information for Testing Technique Selection: An Instantiated Characterization Schema: 8 (International Series in Software Engineering, 8) - Hardcover

Vegas, Sira; Juristo, Natalia; Basili, Victor R.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1402074352 ISBN 13: 9781402074356

Publisher: Springer, 2003

Synopsis

Engineering tasks are supposed to achieve defined goals under certain project constraints. Example goals of software engineering tasks include achieving a certain functionality together with some level of reliability or performance. Example constraints of software engineering tasks include budget and time limitations or experience limitations of the developers at hand. Planning of an engineering project requires the selection of techniques, methods and tools suited to achieve stated goals under given project constraints. This assumes sufficient knowledge regarding the process-product relationships (or effects) of candidate techniques, methods and tools. Planning of software projects suffers greatly from lack of knowledge regarding the process-product relationships of candidate techniques, methods and tools. Especially in the area of testing a project planner is confronted with an abundance of testing techniques, but very little knowledge regarding their effects under varying project conditions. This book offers a novel approach to addressing this problem: First, based on a comprehensive initial characterization scheme (see chapter 7) an overview of existing testing techniques and their effects under varying conditions is provided to guide the selection of testing approaches. Second, the optimisation of this knowledge base is suggested based on experience from experts, real projects and scientific experiments (chapters 8, 9, and 10). This book is of equal interest to practitioners, researchers and students. Practitioners interested in identifying ways to organize their company-specific knowledge about testing could start with the schema provided in this book, and optimise it further by applying similar strategies as offered in chapters 8 and 9.

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Synopsis

The importance of properly selecting testing techniques is widely accepted in the software engineering community today. However, there are chiefly two reasons why the selections now made by software developers are difficult to evaluate as correct. First, there are several techniques with which the average developer is unfamiliar, often leaving testers with limited knowledge of all the techniques currently available. Second, the available information regarding the different testing techniques is primarily procedure (focused on how to use the technique), rather than pragmatic (focused on the effect and appropriateness of using the technique). The problem addressed in this book is aimed at improving software testing technique selection. "Identifying Relevant Information for Testing Technique Selection: An Instantiated Characterization Schema" will train its readers how to use the conceptual tool presented here in various ways. Developers will improve their testing technique selection process by systematically and objectively selecting the testing techniques for a software project.

Developers will also build a repository containing their own experience with the application of various software testing techniques. Researchers will focus their research on the relevant aspects of testing technique when creating it, and when comparing different techniques. "Identifying Relevant Information for Testing Technique Selection: An Instantiated Characterization Schema" is designed to meet the needs of a professional audience in software engineering. This book is also suitable for graduate-level students in computer science and engineering.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1402074352
• ISBN 13: 9781402074356
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 304