Software Testing Fundamentals-Methods and Metrics

Marnie L. Hutcheson

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

When a subject is well understood, it can be explained in a few words, but the road to that understanding can be a long one, indeed. Every human being since the beginning of time has understood the effects of gravity-you trip, you fall down. Yet Sir Isaac Newton explained this phenomenon briefly and accurately only recently on the human time scale.

I have been working on developing the material in this book and circulating it back to testers and their management for many years. Most of the methods and techniques presented here are simple, but good answers don't have to be difficult. Many of these methods are about as old and patentable as oatmeal; others are new. Many of these methods have been discussed and debated for months and even years with colleagues.

The first four chapters of the original version of this book have been available online for four years. In that time the number of readers has risen steadily; presently about 350 visitors read these chapters each week. More than 2,500 software testers and managers in various industries reviewed this work and provided feedback on it. To all those who took part in those discussions, asked questions, picked nits, or came back and reported which steps they tried to implement and how it worked, I want to say again, "Thank you. And don't stop the feedback; that's how we improve our knowledge."

Thanks to Minna Beissinger, Joseph Mueller, Eric Mink, Beate Kim, Joan Rothman, L. Gary Nakashian, Joy Nemitz, Adrian Craig Wheeler, Lawrence Holland, John Chernievsky, Boris Beizer, Dorothy Graham, Roger Sherman, Greg Daich, and Tom Gilb.

I want to express my special thanks to my technical reviewer, researcher, and product developer, David Mayberry. This work would probably not exist except for his patience and continuing efforts. I also want to thank my editors at Wiley; Ben Ryan and Scott Amerman, Vincent Kunkemueller, and all the others who were so patient and supportive as they added their talents to the making of this work. And finally, many thanks to my research assistants, and my artistic staff, Velvalee Boyd and Dane Boyd.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Marnie Hutcheson creates technical courseware for Microsoft Corporation and travels around the world training the trainers who teach these technologies to the world. She is an internationally published author and speaker in the areas of software development, testing and quality assurance, and systems administration.

She began her career in engineering at Prodigy Services Company in 1987 as the Lead Systems Integrator for Shopping, and later Banking and Financial Services. Over the years, she has become a leader in the development of the Web and has helped corporations like GTE and Microsoft develop and launch several major Internet technologies.

Prior to that, she was a student of the performing arts for over 25 years. She performed on stage, in classical ballet, musical theater, folk singing, and opera for 10 years in Denver, Montreal, Boston, and New York.

She also taught dance in institutions and colleges during those years. In the late 1970s, she was the dance instructor and assistant choreographer to U.S. Olympic skating coach, Don Laws, and Olympic choreographer Riki Harris. She worked with U.S. Olympians, elite skaters, and gymnasts in the United States and Canada.



Software Testing Fundamentals
Software Testing Fundamentals: Methods and Metrics
ISBN: 047143020X
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2005
Pages: 132

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