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"Don's book is a very good addition both to the testing literature and to the literature on quality assurance and software engineering... . [It] is likely to become a standard for test training as well as a good reference for professional testers and developers. I would also recommend this book as background material for negotiating outsourced software contracts. I often work as an expert witness in litigation for software with very poor quality, and this book might well reduce or eliminate these lawsuits...."-Capers Jones, VP and CTO, Namcook Analytics LLC Software and system testers repeatedly fall victim to the same pitfalls. Think of them as "anti-patterns": mistakes that make testing far less effective and efficient than it ought to be. In Common System and Software Testing Pitfalls, Donald G. Firesmith catalogs 92 of these pitfalls. Drawing on his 35 years of software and system engineering experience, Firesmith shows testers and technical managers and other stakeholders how to avoid falling into these pitfalls, recognize when they have already fallen in, and escape while minimizing their negative consequences.Firesmith writes for testing professionals and other stakeholders involved in large or medium-sized projects. His anti-patterns and solutions address both "pure software" applications and "software-reliant systems," encompassing heterogeneous subsystems, hardware, software, data, facilities, material, and personnel. For each pitfall, he identifies its applicability, characteristic symptoms, potential negative consequences and causes, and offers specific actionable recommendations for avoiding it or limiting its consequences.This guide will help youPinpoint testing processes that need improvement-before, during, and after the projectImprove shared understanding and collaboration among all project participantsDevelop, review, and optimize future project testing programsMake your test documentation far more usefulIdentify testing risks and appropriate risk-mitigation strategiesCategorize testing problems for metrics collection, analysis, and reportingTrain new testers, QA specialists, and other project stakeholdersWith 92 common testing pitfalls organized into 14 categories, this taxonomy of testing pitfalls should be relatively complete. However, in spite of its comprehensiveness, it is also quite likely that additional pitfalls and even missing categories of pitfalls will be identified over time as testers read this book and compare it to their personal experiences. As an enhancement to the print edition, the author has provided the following location on the web where readers can find major additions and modifications to this taxonomy of pitfalls: http://donald.firesmith.net/home/common-testing-pitfallsPlease send any recommended changes and additions to dgf (at) sei (dot) cmu (dot) edu, and the author will consider them for publication both on the website and in future editions of this book.
Contents
&n>Foreword xiiiPreface xviiAbout the Author xxiiiChapter 1: Overview 11.1 What Is Testing? 11.2 Testing and the V Models 21.3 What Is a Defect? 51.4 Why Is Testing Critical? 71.5 The Limitations of Testing 91.6 What Is a Testing Pitfall? 101.7 Categorizing Pitfalls 111.8 Pitfall Specifications 11Chapter 2: Brief Overviews of the Testing Pitfalls 132.1 General Testing Pitfalls 132.1.1 Test Planning and Scheduling Pitfalls 132.1.2 Stakeholder Involvement and Commitment Pitfalls 142.1.3 Management-Related Testing Pitfalls 142.1.4 Staffing Pitfalls 152.1.5 Test-Process Pitfalls 162.1.6 Test Tools and Environments Pitfalls 172.1.7 Test Communication Pitfalls 182.1.8 Requirements-Related Testing Pitfalls 192.2 Test-Type-Specific Pitfalls 202.2.1 Unit Testing Pitfalls 202.2.2 Integration Testing Pitfalls 202.2.3 Specialty Engineering Testing Pitfalls 212.2.4 System Testing Pitfalls 222.2.5 System of Systems (SoS) Testing Pitfalls 222.2.6 Regression Testing Pitfalls 23Chapter 3: Detailed Descriptions of the Testing Pitfalls 253.1 Common Negative Consequences 253.2 General Recommendations 263.3 General Testing Pitfalls 283.3.1 Test Planning and Scheduling Pitfalls 283.3.2 Stakeholder Involvement and Commitment Pitfalls 443.3.3 Management-Related Testing Pitfalls 513.3.4 Staffing Pitfalls 653.3.5 Test Process Pitfalls 753.3.6 Test Tools and Environments Pitfalls 1063.3.7 Test Communication Pitfalls 1313.3.8 Requirements-Related Testing Pitfalls 1433.4 Test-Type-Specific Pitfalls 1643.4.1 Unit Testing Pitfalls 1643.4.2 Integration Testing Pitfalls 1693.4.3 Specialty Engineering Testing Pitfalls 1773.4.4 System Testing Pitfalls 2063.4.5 System of Systems (SoS) Testing Pitfalls 2113.4.6 Regression Testing Pitfalls 225Chapter 4: Conclusion 2414.1 Future Work 2414.2 Maintaining the Lists of Pitfalls 242Appendix A: Glossary 243Appendix B: Acronyms 253Appendix C: Notes 255Appendix D: REFERENCES 269Appendix E: Planning Checklist 271Index 279
