Advanced Testing of Systems-of-Systems, Volume 2

Summary of Volume 1

• Dedication and Acknowledgments
• Preface
• Chapter 1. Introduction
  • 1.1. Definition
  • 1.2. Why and for who are these books?
    • 1.2.1. Why?
    • 1.2.2. Who is this book for?
    • 1.2.3. Organization of this book
  • 1.3. Examples
  • 1.4. Limitations
  • 1.5. Why test?
  • 1.6. MOA and MOE
  • 1.7. Major challenges
    • 1.7.1. Increased complexity
    • 1.7.2. Significant failure rate
    • 1.7.3. Limited visibility
    • 1.7.4. Multi-sources and complexity
    • 1.7.5. Multi-enterprise politics
    • 1.7.6. Multiple test levels
    • 1.7.7. Contract follow-up, measures, reporting and penalties
    • 1.7.8. Integration and test environments
    • 1.7.9. Availability of components
    • 1.7.10. Combination and coverage
    • 1.7.11. Data quality
    • 1.7.12. Flows, pivots and data conversions
    • 1.7.13. Evolution and transition
    • 1.7.14. History and historization
    • 1.7.15. Impostors
• Chapter 2. Software Development Life Cycle
  • 2.1. Sequential development cycles
    • 2.1.1. Waterfall
    • 2.1.2. V-cycle
    • 2.1.3. Spiral and prototyping
    • 2.1.4. Challenges of sequential developments
  • 2.2. Incremental development cycles
    • 2.2.1. Challenges of incremental development
  • 2.3. Agile development cycles
    • 2.3.1. Agile Manifesto
    • 2.3.2. eXtreme Programming
    • 2.3.3. Challenges of iterative cycles
    • 2.3.4. Lean
    • 2.3.5. DevOps and continuous delivery
    • 2.3.6. Agile development challenges
    • 2.4. Acquisition
  • 2.5. Maintenance
  • 2.6. OK, what about reality?
• Chapter 3. Test Policy and Test Strategy
  • 3.1. Test policy
    • 3.1.1. Writing test policy
    • 3.1.2. Scope of the test policy
    • 3.1.3. Applicability of the test policy ...