Software Testing, 5th Edition
by Geoff Thompson, Peter Morgan, Angelina Samaroo, John Kurowski, Peter Williams, Marie Salmon, Paul Weymouth
2 LIFE CYCLES
Angelina Samaroo
INTRODUCTION
In the previous chapter we looked at testing as a concept – what it is and why we should do it. In this chapter we will look at testing as part of the overall software development process. Clearly, testing does not take place in isolation; there must be a product first.
We will refer to work products and products. A work product is an intermediate deliverable required to create the final product. Work products can be documentation or code. The code and associated documentation will become the product when the system is declared ready for release. In software development, work products are generally created in a series of defined stages, from capturing a customer requirement, to creating the system, ...
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