The Software Test Engineer's Handbook

Graham Bath's experience in testing spans over 25 years and has covered a wide array of domains and technologies. As a test manager, he has been responsible for the testing of mission-critical systems in spaceflight, telecommunications, and police incident control. Graham has designed tests to the highest levels of rigor within real-time aerospace systems such as the Eurofighter military aircraft. As a principal consultant for the T-Systems Test Factory,he has mastered the Quality Improvement Programs of several major companies, primarily in the financial and government sectors. In his current position, Graham is responsible for the company's training and for introducing innovative testing solutions to Test Factory's large staff of testing professionals. Graham is the co-author of the 2012 ISTQB Advanced Level Certified Tester syllabi. He is longstanding member of the German Testing Board and chairman of their Working Party on the advanced syllabus. Judy McKay has spent the last 20 years working in the high tech industry, with particular focus on software quality assurance. She has managed departments encompassing all aspects of the software life cycle, including requirements design and analysis, software development, database design, software quality assurance, software testing, technical support, professional services, configuration management, technical publications, and software licensing. Her career has spanned across commercial software companies, aerospace, foreign-owned R&D, networking, and various Internet companies. In addition to working a "real job", Judy teaches and provides consulting services. Her courses cover the spectrum of software quality assurance, including creating and maintaining a world class quality assurance team, designing and implementing quality assurance and effective testing, and creating and implementing useful test documentation and metrics. Judy is co-author of the 2012 ISTQB Advanced Level Certified Tester syllabi and is the president of the American Test Board (2012-2016) and a member of the Technical Advisory Board. She has authored Managing the Test People, a book filled with advice and anecdotes for new as well as experienced software test managers and leads.