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tables, test inventory documents, 196-198

team approach versus adversarial approach, 57-60

technique

art and, 48

defined, 388

test case

defined, 388

description, 134

test coverage

defined, 388

planning and, 129

test effort comparison, 130

test cycles, sizing worksheet, 246

test effectiveness, 120-121

failures and, 121

test effort

Agile, turnaround, 88

coverage, 119

defined, 388

estimating, historical data and, 135-139

focus, risk analysis and, 207-209

goals and, 128-129

heavyweight effort example, 90-102

lightweight effort example, 90-102

measurement metrics, 119-122

middleweight effort example, 90-102

MITs and, 79-80

negotiation, 249-250

plan-drive, MITs for, 86-87

planning for adequate, 130-132

size, 138

test coverage comparison, 130

time available, fundamental metrics and, 111

test environments

environment description matrix, 165

identifying, inventory building and, 160-164

large system testing, 162-163

listing, inventory building and, 160-164

multiple environment testing, 163-164

sizing worksheet, 247

test estimation process, 236-239

estimate building, 296-297

logic flow maps, 302-308

menu map, 297

menu options, 297-302

path recording, 308-309

test groups

development area and, 68-70

independent, 68

none, 70-71

operations area, 71-72

test inspections, 388

test inventory, 127

building

behavioral testing, 135

black box testing, 135

end-to-end testing, 134

scope determination, 132-139

systems test, 134

test units, 133-134

defined, 388

description, 133

evolution, 186-203

MITs and, 79

overview, 187-188

PowerPoint and, 187, 188-189

size and, 138

test plans versus contracts to test, 141

test scripts, 127

defined, 388

description, 134

test selection, risk criteria, 252-253

exercising paths and data, 254

exercising system functions, 253

system requirements, 253

test sets

defined, 388

size, 138

test suites, 134, 388

test tracking tools, automation and, 185

test units, inventory building and, 133-134

test units and time to create tests, sizing worksheet, 245

testers

expendability, 167

today's challenges, 12-20

training

lack of, 15-17

quality assurance and, 42-43

Tester's Paradise Portable System Monitor menu, 300

testing

credibility of, 17

defined, 388

eclectic approach to integration and, 60-66

history of, 4-12

as project itself, 194

specifications and, 12-14

standards and, 13

reduction in testing, 17-20

strategies, current, 66-72

testing questionnaire, 355-367

sample, 373

tests

current situation, 1-21

defined, 388

IEEE, 133

fundamental metrics and, 110, 111-112

identifying, MITs and, 80

time required, fundamental metrics and, 110-111

tests based on requirements, inventory and, 142

The Art of Software Testing, 58

theoretical, defined, 389

theories, science and, 49

3G (Third Generation) cell phones, 31

time, fundamental metrics and, 110-111

time to run tests and create automated tests, sizing worksheet, 245

TIP (total independent paths), 273, 389

TOC (table of contents), test inventory documents, 193-195

tools for the job, 27

quality control, selecting, 36-43

quality control tradition tools, 32-34

top-down testing

versus bottom-up, 65-66

broad focused integration testing, 67-68

defined, 389

total independent paths. See TIP (total independent paths)

total tests, sizing worksheets, 247

tracking

metrics, 122

MITs method, 79

training testers

lack of, 15-17

quality assurance and, 42-43

turnaround, Agile, test efforts, 88

type of testing, assumptions, 54