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A Practical Guide to Testing Object-Oriented Software
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A Practical Guide to Testing Object-Oriented Software

by John D. McGregor, David A. Sykes
March 2001
Intermediate to advanced
416 pages
10h 27m
English
Addison-Wesley Professional
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Summary

The techniques presented in this chapter are sometimes people intensive and scenarios should be systematically selected for maximum effectiveness. In particular choosing use cases that are less well understood or that represent high-risk situations is recommended. This maximizes the likelihood of finding errors and omissions that will have maximum impact on the quality of the system.

Figure 4.40 illustrates much of what we want you to get out of this chapter. The UML diagrams have been developed so that they are mutually supportive. The test cases developed in this chapter provide guidance for making a systematic search of the models for potential defects.

Figure 4.40. Consistency between diagrams (SD = sequence diagram)

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