Software Testing: Effective Methods, Tools And Techniques

Table of contents

1. Building a Software Testing Strategy

2. Software Test Design Techniques

3. Software Testing Tools and Selection of Test Automation Products

4. Software Testing Lifecycle and Software Testing Process

5. Testing Effort Estimation and Test Planning

6. Software Test Effort Estimation Technique

7. Pre-Development Testing: Requirements and Design Phase

8. Best Practices in Program Phase: Unit, System and Integration Testing

9. A Case Study on Acceptance Testing: The What, When and How of it

10. Implementing an Effective Test Management Process

11. Building an Effective Test Organisation

12. Performance Issues and Optimisation Techniques

13. Choosing a Load Testing Strategy: Why and How to Protect Your Investment

14. Dodging the Bullets: How to Avoid Costly Failures with Application Performance Monitoring

15. Validating Mission-Critical Server Software for Reliability

16. Probing the Blind Spot: Finding the True Reliability with Content Verification Under Load

17. Testing in Today?s Business and Usability

18. Testing of Web-based Applications

19. Testing of Embedded Software System used in Aerospace Applications

20. Testing Applications for Security

21. Testing Metrics, Best Practices and Benchmarks

New Features

The primary goal of software testing is not to eliminate all possible errors, but to reduce the residual risk after testing the software to an acceptable level. Testing is primarily an exercise in ?Risk Mitigation? than an exercise to assure software quality. Testing techniques involve verification and validation techniques, use of formal methodologies and automation tools. This book presents the know-how in a simple and effective manner.

Features:

The entire gamut of conceptual themes in software testing; Special topics in testing ? load/performance testing, network testing, testing of embedded applications, testing for security, usability, testing of web-based and client-server applications; Metrics, best practices and benchmarks from the Indian IT industry; Contributions from 16 professionals; Case studies.