Software Testing and Quality Assurance

By conducting Software testing, it is possible to measure the quality of software in terms of defects found, for both functional testing and non-functional software requirements and characteristics (e.g. reliability, usability,efficiency and maintainability).

Testing can give confidence in the quality of the software if it finds few or no defects. A properly designed test that passes reduces the overall level of risk in a system. When testing does find defects,the quality of the software system increases when those defects are fixed.To conduct various types of testing Lessons should be learned from previous projects.

By understanding the root causes of defects found in other projects, processes can be improved, which in turn should prevent those defects reoccurring and, as a consequence, improve the quality of future systems.Testing should be integrated as one of the quality assurance activities like alongside development standards, training and defect analysis.

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Software Testing Process

The most visible part of testing is executing tests. But to be effective and efficient, test plans should also include time to be spent on planning the tests, designing test cases, preparing for execution and evaluating status.

The fundamental test process consists of the following main activities:

 - planning and control
 - analysis and design
 - implementation and execution
 - evaluating exit criteria and reporting
 - test closure activities

Although logically sequential, the activities in the process may overlap or take place concurrently.
Software Test plan and control

Test planning has the following major tasks:

 - Determining the scope and risks, and identifying the objectives of testing.
 - Determining the test approach (techniques, test items, coverage, identifying and interfacing the teams involved in testing, testware).
 - Determining the required test resources (e.g. people, test environment, PCs).
 - Implementing the test policy and/or the test strategy.
 - Scheduling test analysis and design tasks.
 - Scheduling test implementation, execution and evaluation.
 - Determining the exit criteria.

Test control has the following major tasks:

 - measuring and analyzing results;
 - monitoring and documenting progress, test coverage and exit criteria;
 - initiation of corrective actions;
 - making decisions.

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