The development of large software systems is a complex and error prone process. Faults might occur at any development stage and they must be identified and removed as early as possible to stop their propagation and reduce verification costs. Quality engineers must be involved in the development process since the very early phases to identify required qualities and estimate their impact on the development process. Their tasks span over the whole development cycle and go beyond the product deployment through maintenance and post mortem analysis. Developing and enacting an effective quality process is not a simple task, but it requires that we integrate many quality-related activities with product characteristics, process organization, available resources and skills, and budget constraints. This paper discusses the main characteristics of a good quality process, then surveys the key testing phases and presents modern functional and model-based testing approaches.

Baresi, L., Pezze', M. (2006). An introduction to software testing. ELECTRONIC NOTES IN THEORETICAL COMPUTER SCIENCE, 148(1), 89-111 [10.1016/j.entcs.2005.12.014].

An introduction to software testing

PEZZE', MAURO
2006

Abstract

The development of large software systems is a complex and error prone process. Faults might occur at any development stage and they must be identified and removed as early as possible to stop their propagation and reduce verification costs. Quality engineers must be involved in the development process since the very early phases to identify required qualities and estimate their impact on the development process. Their tasks span over the whole development cycle and go beyond the product deployment through maintenance and post mortem analysis. Developing and enacting an effective quality process is not a simple task, but it requires that we integrate many quality-related activities with product characteristics, process organization, available resources and skills, and budget constraints. This paper discusses the main characteristics of a good quality process, then surveys the key testing phases and presents modern functional and model-based testing approaches.
Articolo in rivista - Articolo scientifico
Software Quality; Software Testing; Integration Testing; System and Acceptance Testing; Functional Testing; Model-based Testing
English
2006
148
1
89
111
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Baresi, L., Pezze', M. (2006). An introduction to software testing. ELECTRONIC NOTES IN THEORETICAL COMPUTER SCIENCE, 148(1), 89-111 [10.1016/j.entcs.2005.12.014].
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