Table of Contents
Jamie Mitchell’s Acknowledgements
1 The Technical Test Analyst’s Tasks in Risk-Based Testing
1.4 Risk Mitigation or Risk Control
1.5 An Example of Risk Identification and Assessment Results
1.6 Risk-Aware Testing Standard
2.1.1 Control Flow Testing Theory
2.1.2 Building Control Flow Graphs
2.1.6 Hexadecimal Converter Exercise
2.1.7 Hexadecimal Converter Exercise Debrief
2.3 Decision Condition Coverage
2.4 Modified Condition/Decision Coverage (MC/DC)
2.4.1 Complicating Issues: Short-Circuiting
2.4.2 Complicating Issues: Coupling
2.5 Multiple Condition Coverage
2.5.2 Control Flow Exercise Debrief
2.6.1 Path Testing via Flow Graphs
2.6.3 Cyclomatic Complexity Exercise
2.6.4 Cyclomatic Complexity Exercise Debrief
2.8 Selecting a Structure-Based Technique
2.8.1 Structure-Based Testing Exercise Debrief
2.9 A Final Word on Structural Testing
3.2.2.2 Define-Use Pair Example
3.2.2.4 Data Flow Exercise Debrief
3.2.3 Static Analysis to Improve Maintainability
3.2.3.2 Standards and Guidelines
3.2.4.1 Call-Graph-Based Integration Testing
3.2.4.2 McCabe’s Design Predicate Approach to Integration
3.2.4.4 McCabe Design Predicate Exercise
3.2.4.5 McCabe Design Predicate Exercise Debrief
3.3.3 Dynamic Analysis Exercise
3.3.4 Dynamic Analysis Exercise Debrief
4 Quality Characteristics for Technical Testing
4.2.1.4 Data Transfer Interception
4.2.1.6 Logic Bombs/Viruses/Worms
4.2.1.9 Internal Security Metrics
4.2.1.10 External Security Metrics
4.2.1.12 Exercise: Security Debrief
4.3.1.1 Internal Maturity Metrics
4.3.1.2 External Maturity Metrics
4.3.2.1 Internal Fault Tolerance Metrics
4.3.2.2 External Fault Tolerance Metrics
4.3.3.1 Internal Recoverability Metrics
4.3.3.2 External Recoverability Metrics
4.3.4.1 Internal Compliance Metrics
4.3.4.2 External Compliance Metrics
4.3.5 An Example of Good Reliability Testing
4.3.6 Exercise: Reliability Testing
4.3.7 Exercise: Reliability Testing Debrief
4.4.1 Multiple Flavors of Efficiency Testing
4.4.2.1 Identify the Test Environment
4.4.2.2 Identify the Performance Acceptance Criteria
4.4.2.4 Configure the Test Environment
4.4.2.5 Implement the Test Design
4.4.2.7 Analyze the Results, Tune and Retest
4.4.3.1 Internal Time Behavior Metrics
4.4.3.2 External Time Behavior Metrics
4.4.4.1 Internal Resource Utilization Metrics
4.4.4.2 External Resource Utilization Metrics
4.4.5.1 Internal Compliance Metric
4.4.5.2 External Compliance Metric
4.4.6 Exercise: Efficiency Testing
4.4.7 Exercise: Efficiency Testing Debrief
4.5.1.1 Internal Analyzability Metrics
4.5.1.2 External Analyzability Metrics
4.5.2.1 Internal Changeability Metrics
4.5.2.2 External Changeability Metrics
4.5.3.1 Internal Stability Metrics
4.5.3.2 External Stability Metrics
4.5.4.1 Internal Testability Metrics
4.5.4.2 External Testability Metrics
4.5.5.1 Internal Compliance Metric
4.5.5.2 External Compliance Metric
4.5.6 Exercise: Maintainability Testing
4.5.7 Exercise: Maintainability Testing Debrief
4.6.1.1 Internal Adaptability Metrics
4.6.1.2 External Adaptability Metrics
4.6.2.1 Internal Replaceability Metrics
4.6.2.2 External Replaceability Metrics
4.6.3.1 Internal Installability Metrics
4.6.3.2 External Installability Metrics
4.6.4.1 Internal Coexistence Metrics
4.6.4.2 External Coexistence Metrics
4.6.5.1 Internal Compliance Metrics
4.6.5.2 External Compliance Metrics
4.6.6 Exercise: Portability Testing
4.6.7 Exercise: Portability Testing Debrief
5.2 Using Checklists in Reviews
5.2.1 Some General Checklist Items for Design and Architecture Reviews
5.2.2 Deutsch’s Design Review Checklist
5.2.3 Some General Checklist Items for Code Reviews
5.2.4 Marick’s Code Review Checklist
5.2.5 The Open Laszlo Code Review Checklist
5.3 Deutsch Checklist Review Exercise
5.4 Deutsch Checklist Review Exercise Debrief
5.6 Code Review Exercise Debrief
6.1 Integration and Information Interchange between Tools
6.2 Defining the Test Automation Project
6.2.1 Preparing for a Test Automation Project
6.2.2 Why Automation Projects Fail
6.2.3 Automation Architectures (Data Driven vs. Keyword Driven)
6.2.3.1 The Capture/Replay Architecture
6.2.3.2 Evolving from Capture/Replay
6.2.3.3 The Simple Framework Architecture
6.2.3.4 The Data-Driven Architecture
6.2.3.5 The Keyword-Driven Architecture
6.2.4 Creating Keyword-Driven Tables
6.2.4.1 Building an Intelligent Front End
6.2.4.2 Keywords and the Virtual Machine
6.2.4.3 Benefits of the Keyword Architecture
6.2.4.4 Creating Keyword-Driven Tables Exercise
6.2.4.5 Keyword-Driven Exercise Debrief
6.3.1 Fault Seeding and Fault Injection Tools
6.3.2 Performance Testing and Monitoring Tools
6.3.2.1 Data for Performance Testing
6.3.2.4 Performing the Testing
6.3.2.5 Performance Testing Exercise
6.3.2.6 Performance Testing Exercise Debrief
6.3.4 Model-Based Testing Tools
6.3.5 Tools to Support Component Testing and Build Process
Advanced Syllabus Referenced Standards
Advanced Syllabus Referenced Books
Advanced Syllabus Other References
B HELLOCARMS The Next Generation of Home Equity Lending System Requirements Document
010 Functional System Requirements
020 Reliability System Requirements
030 Usability System Requirements
040 Efficiency System Requirements
050 Maintainability System Requirements