Chapter 18. A Tester s Guide to the RUP

Chapter 18. A Tester's Guide to the RUP

And what is good, Phaedrus,

And what is not good ”

Need we ask anyone to tell us these things?

”(Plato, circa 370 B.C.)

You are a tester or you are responsible for some aspect of software quality assessment in your organization. This chapter is a guide to help you start with the RUP. You will find definitions of the major concepts we are using in the RUP relative to testing, our philosophy of testing, and a description of the key artifacts you may be responsible for, and we will introduce you to the major activities involving the tester. ^[1]

^[1] This chapter was developed with Paul Szymkowiak.