
Chapter 7
SOF TWARE TESTING
7.1 INTRODUCTION TO TESTING
T
esting is a set of activities that can be planned in advance and conducted
systematically. For this reason a template for software testing—a set of steps
into which we can place specific test-case design techniques and testing
methods—should be defined for the software process.
A number of software-testing strategies have been proposed in the literature.
All provide the software developer with a template for testing and all have the
following generic characteristics:
To perform effective testing, a software team should conduct effective
formal technical r
eviews. By doing this, many ...