Testing as an Engineering Activity - Testing as a Process Testing axioms Basic definitions Software Testing Principles - The Tester's Role in a Software Development Organization - Origins of Defects Cost of defects - Defect Classes The Defect Repository and Test Design - Defect Examples Developer/Tester Support of Developing a Defect Repository - Defect Prevention strategies.
Test case Design Strategies - Using Black Bod Approach to Test Case Design - Random Testing -Requirements based testing - Boundary Value Analysis - Equivalence Class Partitioning - State-based testing-Cause-effect graphing-Compatibility testing- user documentation testing - domain testing Using White Box Approach to Test design Test Adequacy Criteria - static testing vs. structural testing - code functional testing - Coverage and Control Flow Graphs - Covering Code Logic-Paths-code complexity testing - Evaluating Test Adequacy Criteria.
The need for Levers of Testing - Unit Test - Unit Test Planning - Designing the Unit Tests - The Test Harness - Running the Unit tests and Recording results - Integration tests - Designing Integration-Tests Integration Test Planning- Acceptance testing - Performance hoc testing Alpha, Beta Tests Scenario testing Defect bash elimination System Testing -testing - Regression Testing - Internationalization testing - Ad-Testing 00 systems Usability and Accessibility testing -Configuration testing - Compatibility testing - Testing the documentation - Website testing.
People and organizational issues in testing - Organization structures for testing teams - testing services - Test Planning - Test Plan Components - Test Plan Attachments-Locating Test Items - test management - test process - Reporting Test Results - The role of three groups in Test Planning and Policy Development - Introducing the test specialist - Skills needed by a test specialist - Building a Testing Group.
Software test automation - skill needed for automation - scope of automation - design and architecture for automation - requirements for a test tool - challenges in automation - Test metrics and measurements - project, progress and productivity metrics.
Reference Book:
1.llene Burnstein, "Practical Software Testing", Springer International Edition, 2018. 2.Edward Kit," Software Testing in the Real World - Improving the Process", Pearson Education, 2017. 3. Aditya P. Mathur, "Foundations of Software Testing Fundamental Algorithms and Techniques", Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt. Ltd., Pearson
Text Book:
1.Srinivasan Desikan and Gopalaswamy Ramesh, "Software Testing -Principles and Practices", Pearson Education, 2018. 2. Ron Patton, "Software Testing", Second Edition, Sams Publishing, Pearson Education, 2017.
