Index_E

E

eclectic approach to integration and testing, 60-66

edges, 382

effectiveness, defined, 382

efficiency

bugs and, 137

cost and, 136

defined, 382

equation for, 136

release comparison table, 137

electronic copies of inventory documents, 198

empirically, defined, 382

EN standards, 52

end-to-end testing

defined, 382

inventory building and, 134

engineering

accountability and, 51-55

and art, balancing, 60-66

assumptions, stating, 52-54

defined, 51, 382

engineering approach, 51-60

methods, stating, 52

performance and, 51-55

practice of, 51

professional engineers, 51

safety, 55

engineers, versus craftspersons, 107

entrepreneurial pressures not to test, 14-15

environment catalog

analytical methods and, 145

defined, 382

Web project inventory, 160

environment description matrix, 165

environments, assumptions, 54

equations for calculating paths, 277-280

error messages, data input testing, 315-316

estimates

factors of safety and, 56

historical data and, 135-139

sizing worksheet, 246

evaluation, IEEE testing defined and, 13

examples. See also samples

integration, 100-102

interview process

example questions, 170-171

information gathered, 175-178

project management, risk analysis and, 214-217

test efforts, 90-102

excellence, defined, 382

exercises, answers, 345-354

expected response

defined, 382

IEEE test defined, 134

expendable testers, 167

experimentation, 382

expert testers

defined, 383

nonanalytical methods, test inventory and, 148

external review, 65

eXtreme Programming (XP), 13

thumbnail sketch, 97