Tools

In addition to the chapter data, the CD includes Web links to various tools that you need to use to follow the examples and complete some of the exercises in this book

DevTrack

DevTrack is a popular defect-tracking tool discussed in Chapter 2. Product and documentation downloads are available at http://www.techexcel.com/products/devtrack.html.

SPC for Excel

SPC for MS Excel provides macros which can be used to easily produce control charts and other quality- related graphs in an Excel document. Some of these charts are described and illustrated in Chapter 6. A demo version with limited capabilities can be downloaded from http://www.spcforexcel.com/demo.htm.

Allpairs

The Allpairs tool automatically generates a pairwise combinatorial table from an input data specification. This tool is used in Chapters 10, 12, and 15. A full-featured free version can be downloaded from http://www.satisfice.com/tools.shtml.

SmartDraw 6 Trial Edition

SmartDraw 6 is used to produce the Test Flow Diagrams in Chapter 11, Chapter 12, Chapter 15, and Appendix D of this book. As of January 20, 2005, you can download a free trial version of this software from ftp://ftp.ttp.co.uk/smartdraw_6_full_trial.exe.

Alternatively, you can download a free trial of the latest version of SmartDraw at http://www.smartdraw.com/downloads/.

Vermont High Test

Vermont High Test is a capture/playback test automation tool featured in Chapter 17. A free trial version can be downloaded from http://www.vtsoft.com/vcsdemos/index.html.