Index_B

B

balancing creativity and method, 50

basis suite, 378

behavioral testing

data analysis and, 144

defined, 378

inventory building and, 135

benchmark

defined, 378

land surveying example, 355

test questionnaire and, 356

bias

defined, 378

top-down testing and, 67-68

big bang method, 176

billing system

examples, 93-96

inventory, structured RAD project, 153-154

BizTalk server (Microsoft), 39-41

black box testing

data analysis and, 144

defined, 378

inventory building and, 135

blue book, inventory, 183-184

bottom-up testing

defined, 378

versus top-down, 65-66

brainstorming

defined, 378

nonanalytical methods, test inventory and, 147-148

branch, 378

branch test, 378

coverage

defined, 378

path analysis and, 267-268

broad focused integration testing, 67-68

B2B (business-to-business) standards, 19

bugs

assumptions, 54

classification of type, 113

composition, 116-117

concentration, 115-116

density per unit, 115-116

efficiency measure and, 137

find rates, 114

fix rate, 117-118

fixes

applied risk analysis, inventory and, 250-252

Web project inventory, 160

fundamental metrics and, 110

Hopper, Grace and, 340-341

measurement and, 112-118

number found, 113-115

paper documentation and, 34

reports, planning and, 128

reproducing, 118

severity

composition, 117

measure, 112

unreproducible, 389

BVA (boundary value analysis)

data sets, building from bottom up, 326-328

example, 316-320

hidden boundaries, 329-330

matrix data reduction, 321

data set tests, 322-323

data set truth tables, 323-326