Software Testing Foundations – A Study for the Certified Tester Exam - Softcover

Spillner, Andreas; Linz, Trio; Schaefer, Hans

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3898643638 ISBN 13: 9783898643634

Publisher: O′Reilly, 2006

Synopsis

Professional testing of software is becoming a more and more important task, requiring a good education. The "Certified Tester" program offers a world wide standardized training and further education scheme for software testers.

This book provides the necessary basic knowledge and explains the concepts with a running case study. The book extensively covers the most important methods for testing software and for checking the documents produced and used during software development.

It includes:
# Fundamentals of testing
# Testing throughout the software life cycle
# Static testing techniques
# Dynamic testing techniques and test design
# Test management
# Tool support for testing

Not only testers, but programmers as well should have this basic knowledge. The book is designed for self-study. The contents comprise the necessary curriculum to pass the Certified Tester (Foundation Level) examination as defined by the International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB). It conforms to the ISTQB Foundation Level Syllabus version 2005 and also covers the latest topics such as the test-first approach and risk based testing.

From the foreword:
"This book will provide you with a solid practical foundation for your work and study of testing. Software and system testing suffers from a serious gap between best practices and common practices. If you're someone who is making a living from doing testing but haven't gotten around to reading a book, why not start with this one?"
(Rex Black, President of the ISTQB)

About this title

From the Inside Flap

Andreas Spillner is professor for Computer Science at the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science of Bremen University of Applied Sciences. For more than 10 years he was president of the German Special Interest Group in Software Testing, Analysis and Verification of the German Society for Informatics. He is a member of the German Testing Board. His work emphasis is in software, quality assurance, testing and object oriented system development.
Tilo Linz is CEO of imbus AG, a leading service company for software testing in Germany. He is president of the German Testing Board and was, from 2002 to 2005, president of the ISTQB. His work emphasis is consulting and coaching projects about software quality management and optimizing software development and testing processes.
Hans Schäfer is independent consultant in software testing in Norway. He is president of the Norwegian Testing Board. He has been consulting and teaching software testing methods since 1984. He organizes the Norwegian Special Interest Group in Software Testing for Western Norway. His work emphasis is consulting, teaching and coaching test process improvement and test design techniques as well as reviews.

Edition details

• Publisher: O′Reilly
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 3898643638
• ISBN 13: 9783898643634
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 275