Index

A

accountability, 51-55

activities, quality assurance and, 33

ad hoc

defined, 377

random and, 260

ad hoc testing, defined, 260

Adaptive Software Development (ASD), 13

adjunct processor, 377

administration time, sizing worksheet, 248

adversarial approach versus team approach, 57-60

aggressive behavior, adversarial approach and, 59

Agile development methods, 377

test efforts, turnaround, 88

values, 87

Agile methodologies, 13

algorithm, defined, 258

analytical methods, test inventory and, 142

data analysis, 144

environment catalog, 145

inspections, 143

path analysis, 144

reviews, 143-144

usage statistics, 145-147

user profiles, 145-147

walk-throughs, 144

answers to exercises, 345-354

application base function, Web project inventory, 160

application function paths, 296

applied path analysis, 287-289

data dependencies, 310-311

divide and conquer approach, 294-295

game show analogy, 289

mapping, 290-293

path dependencies, 310-311

paths not counted, 295-296

test estimates, building, 296-297

logic flow maps, 302-308

menu map, 297

menu options, 297-302

recording paths, 308-309

applied risk analysis, 233-235

criteria for selecting tests, 252-255

inventory, 235

bug fixes, 250-252

contract to test, 252

MITs totals worksheet, 239-242

sizing worksheet, 242-249

test effort negotiation, 249-250

test estimation process, 236-239

ranking worksheet, 234

argument, persuasion and, 59-60

art

defined, 377

and engineering, balancing, 60-66

myths about, 48

pure art, 50

artists, discipline and, 48

ASD (Adaptive Software Development), 13

assumptions

defined, 378

MITs method, 79

publishing, risk analysis and, 209

quality assurance faulty assumptions, 28-32

recognizing, 53

sizing worksheet, 248

stating, engineering and, 52-54

types of assumptions, 54

unit testing, 66

automation

inventory, 183-186

record keeping, quality assurance and, 37-38

sizing worksheet, 245, 247-248

test tools, 185