How This Book Is Organized

The chapters have been organized to parallel the process flow in most software development and test efforts. Successive chapters tend to build on what came in the chapters before; so jumping right into the middle of the book may not be a good idea. It is best to proceed sequentially.

Case studies, notes on automation, test techniques, usability issues, and human factors appear throughout the text. It is broken into three main blocks:

• Chapters 1 to 5 concentrate on background and concepts.

• Chapters 6 to 8 focus on the inventory and how to make it.

• Chapters 9 to 14 cover tools and analysis techniques for test estimation, sizing, and planning.