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Testing Extreme Programming
By Lisa Crispin, Tip House
Publisher	: Addison Wesley
Pub Date	: October 25, 2002
ISBN	: 0-321-11355-1
Pages	: 336
	Copyright
		Foreword
		Preface
		Acknowledgments
			Lisa
			Tip
		Part I.  The XP Tester Role
			Chapter 1.  An Overview
				Introduction
				Overview of XP
				How XP Solves Testing and Quality Assurance Problems
				Wolves in Sheep's Clothing
				Summary
			Chapter 2.  Why XP Teams Need Testers
				Definition of Tester
				The Tester's Contribution, Illustrated
				Shun the Dark Side
				Summary
			Chapter 3.  How XP Teams Benefit from Having Testers
				Checks and Balances
				Acceptance Tests versus Unit Tests
				Navigating for XP Projects
				Summary
			Chapter 4.  XP Testing Values
				Communication
				Simplicity
				Feedback
				Courage
				Summary
			Chapter 5.  Overview of the XP Tester Role
				XP Tester's Bill of Rights
				XP Tester Activities
				Summary
			Chapter 6.  Quality and XP
				Defining Quality
				Setting Quality Criteria
				Who Is Responsible for Quality?
				Summary
		Part II.  Test Drive through an XP Project
			Chapter 7.  User Stories and Release Planning
				The Tester's Role in Up-Front Activities
				Goals of Up-Front Tester Activities
				Summary
				Exercise 1
			Chapter 8.  Identifying Hidden Assumptions
				A Process for Finding Hidden Assumptions
				Summary
				Exercise 2
			Chapter 9.  Defining High-Level Acceptance Tests
				Basic Acceptance Test Definitions
				Summary
				Exercise 3
			Chapter 10.  High-Level Acceptance Test Estimates
				Ways to Estimate Acceptance-Test Effort
				Summary
				Exercise 4
			Chapter 11.  Enabling Accurate Estimates during Release Planning
				Why We Care about Estimates
				How You Can Improve Estimate Accuracy
				Summary
				Exercise 5
			Chapter 12.  Planning the First Iteration
				Overview of Iteration Planning
				The Tester's Role in Iteration Planning
				Summary
				Exercise 6
			Chapter 13.  Defining and Estimating Testing and Test Infrastructure Tasks
				Identifying and Estimating Test Infrastructure Tasks
				Identifying and Estimating Functional and Acceptance Testing Tasks
				A Note on Separate Test Teams
				Summary
				Exercise 7
			Chapter 14.  Acceptance Tests and Quality
				Acceptance Test Details
				Internal and External Quality
				Summary
				Exercise 8
			Chapter 15.  Nailing Down the Details
				Picking the Customer's Brain (and the Programmers'!)
				The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
				Optional Tests
				Getting Creative
				Lights-Out Test Design
				Summary
				Exercise 9
			Chapter 16.  Writing Acceptance Tests
				Executable Tests
				If You Have Trouble Getting Started
				Summary
				Exercise 10
			Chapter 17.  Organizing Acceptance Tests
				Version Control of Acceptance Tests
				Executable Test Files
				Organizing Acceptance Tests in Spreadsheets
				Summary
				Exercise 11
			Chapter 18.  Test Design and Refactoring
				Establishing the Initial System State
				Tests That Leave the System State Unchanged
				Coupling between Tests
				Summary
				Exercise 12
			Chapter 19.  Manual Tests
				Summary
				Exercise 13
			Chapter 20.  What!?!!
				Manual Tests Are Unreliable
				Manual Tests Undermine the XP Testing Practice
				Manual Tests Are Divisive
				The Wings-Fall-Off Button
				What If You Have Manual Tests?
				Summary
				Exercise 14
			Chapter 21.  Test Automation
				Modular Tests
				Data-Independent Tests
				Self-Verifying Tests
				Summary
				Exercise 15
			Chapter 22.  Making Executable Tests Run
				Linking the Executable Test to an Application Test Class
				Defining the Application Test Class
				Calling the Code to be Tested
				Running the Test
				Getting Additional Tests to Run
				Combining Multiple Tests into Test Suites
				Summary
				Exercise 16
			Chapter 23.  Running Executable Tests through Other Interfaces
				Code Missed by Direct Calls
				Expanding Coverage of the Executable Tests
				Interfacing to a Test Tool
				Creating an Application Test-Interface Class
				Refactoring the Direct-Call Interface
				Refactoring the Application Test Class
				Creating a Tool-Specific Interface Class
				One Team's Experience with Direct-Call Test Automation
				Summary
				Exercise 17
			Chapter 24.  Driving the System with a Test Tool
				WebART Overview
				Main WebART Script
				Login Module
				Validation Criteria
				Summary
				Exercise 18
			Chapter 25.  Bugs on the Windshield: Running Acceptance Tests
				How Often Do You Run Acceptance Tests?
				Educating the Customer
				Acceptance Criteria
				Defect Management
				Road Food for Thought
				Summary
				Exercise 19
			Chapter 26.  Looking Back for the Future
				Summary
				Exercise 20
			Chapter 27.  Keep On Truckin': Completing the XP Road Trip
				Regression Testing
				Catching Up
				Maintenance?
				The Release
				When XP Projects End
				Summary
				Exercise 21
		Part III.  Road Hazard Survival Kit
			Chapter 28.  Challenges in "Testability"
				Designing for Testability
				A Real-Life Example
				Summary
				Exercise 22
			Chapter 29.  Selecting and Implementing Tools
				Evolving Tools
				Test Tools
				Other Tools Related to Quality
				Choosing an Off-the-Shelf Tool
				Implementing Tools
				Experimenting with Tools
				Summary
			Chapter 30.  Project Tune-Ups
				Office Space
				Accessorizing for XP
				Metrics
				Test Environment
				Other Obvious Best Practices
				Additional Tester Duties
				Summary
			Chapter 31.  Introducing XP to Your Organization: A Tester's Point of View
				Test Phases and Practices
				Introducing People to the XP Tester Role
				Helping XP Testers Succeed
				XP Testing with Blended Practices
				What If You Don't Have Enough Testers?
				Summary
			Chapter 32.  XP for Projects of Unusual Size
				Adjusting XP
				Advance Planning Pays Off
				Working with Customers
				Satisfying Customer Test Documentation Requirements
				Iteration Planning and Execution for Large or Multilocation Projects
				Summary
			Chapter 33.  Extreme Testing without Extreme Programming
				Gathering Requirements
				System Design
				Planning and Defining Tests
				Running Tests
				Retrospectives
				Let Worry Be Your Guide
				Summary
			Chapter 34.  In Closing: May the Road Rise Up to Meet You
			Answers to Exercises
				Exercise 1 (Chapter 7)
				Exercise 2 (Chapter 8)
				Exercise 3 (Chapter 9)
				Exercise 4 (Chapter 10)
				Exercise 5 (Chapter 11)
				Exercise 6 (Chapter 12)
				Exercise 7 (Chapter 13)
				Exercise 8 (Chapter 14)
				Exercise 9 (Chapter 15)
				Exercise 10 (Chapter 16)
				Exercise 11 (Chapter 17)
				Exercise 12 (Chapter 18)
				Exercise 13 (Chapter 19)
				Exercise 14 (Chapter 20)
				Exercise 15 (Chapter 21)
				Exercise 16 (Chapter 22)
				Exercise 17 (Chapter 23)
				Exercise 18 (Chapter 24)
				Exercise 19 (Chapter 25)
				Exercise 20 (Chapter 26)
				Exercise 21 (Chapter 27)
				Exercise 22 (Chapter 28)
			Bibliography
			Afterword