What Needs to Be Tested?
Testing against Functional Requirements
Checking functional requirements is the traditional “system testing” activity and is one that we have already covered. It is based on the derivation of test cases from use cases.
Testing for Qualitative System Attributes
Project charters and advertising literature often present qualitative claims that go unsubstantiated. A mature software development organization wants techniques for validating all system “requirements,” including claims that are intended to make a product distinctive. In this section we address testing a system to validate qualitative claims.
There are two types of claims that a development organization may make about their products. The first type is a claim of ...
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