Chapter 34
Software Testing Trends
Today, many companies are still struggling with the requirements phase, which is often minimized (or bypassed) to get the application “out the door.” Testers constantly ask, “How do you test software without a requirements specification?” The answer is, you cannot. This lack of good requirements has resulted in losses of billions of dollars each year due to the rippling effect, which occurs when one phase of the development life cycle has not been sufficiently completed before proceeding to the next. For example, if the requirements are not fully defined, the design and coding will reflect the wrong requirements. The application project will have to constantly go back to redefine the requirements and then design ...
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