Taking Testing Seriously

Index

• A
• a priori probability, 460, 464
• abductive inferences, 462
• abnormal, normal compared with, 142
• abnormal behavior, 143
• abnormal input, 143–144
• abnormal usage, 145–146
• acceptable, disallowed compared with, 144
• accessibility, as a quality criteria category in HTSM, 309, 490
• accidental change, as cause of intermittent problems, 125
• accidental input, as cause of intermittent problems, 126–127
• accuracy, as a quality characteristic, 308
• ACRCUF heuristic, 332
• activities, 59–61, 503
• activity-based management, 208–213
• actual worlds (justified true beliefs), 458
• adaptability, as an internal quality characteristic, 313
• administration, 251, 491
• adoption, 251
• advocating, for testability, 320–322
• aesthetics, as a quality criteria category in HTSM, 490
• affordance, as a quality characteristic, 309
• Afzic, Gojko, 227–228
• agency, of explorers, 48
• agentic mode, 262
• The Age (newspaper), 445
• Agile, 42, 63
• Agile Rapid Testing Grid (ART), 160–163, 179
• Agile/DevOps School, 4, 5
• AI age, 260
• alertness, flagging during testing, 117
• algorithmic obscurity, AI and, 260
• algorithmic simplicity, in intrinsic testability, 498
• algorithmic stability, in intrinsic testability, 498
• algorithmic transparency, in intrinsic testability, 498
• algorithms, for tools, 249
• alignment, 199, 200–201, 241–243
• alternative histories, 62
• analysis paralysis, 286–287
• analysis testing, 367
• Analytical School, 4
• analytical tools, in project environment of HTSM, 485
• APIs, 243, 488
• application compatibility, as a quality criteria ...