Risk-Based E-business Testing
1st Edition
Published on 1. January 2001
430 pages
978-1-58053-570-0 (ISBN)
Description
This hands-on guide for business, project and test managers and test practitioners presents an effective approach for using risk to construct test strategies for e-business systems. Using an easily-learned risk-analysis technique, it teaches you how to use risk to select and prioritize test methods for e-business projects. This innovative resource shows you how to select test techniques to address business risks and integrate them into a coherent test process.
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Paul Gerrard | Neil Thompson
Risk Based e-Business Testing
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08/2002
Artech House Publishers
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Content
- Intro
- Contents vii
- Preface xix
- Audience xxi
- Structure xxi
- The Web Site xxv
- References xxv
- Acknowledgments xxvii
- 1 Introduction to Risk-Based Testing 3
- Risky Project Foundations 3
- What Is Risk? 11
- The Definition of Risk 12
- Product Risk and Testing 16
- References 19
- 2 Risk Management and Testing 21
- Risk Workshops 2
- Risk Identification 23
- Risk Analysis 25
- Risk Response Planning 31
- Risk Resolution and Monitoring 34
- Summary of Testing's Risk Management Role 34
- References 35
- 3 Risk: A Better Language for Software Testing 37
- Difficult Questions for Testers 38
- How Much Testing Is Enough (To Plan)? 39
- When Should We Stop Testing? 42
- When Is the Product Good Enough? 43
- The Classic Squeeze on Testing 47
- A Definition of Good Testing 49
- References 50
- 4 Risk-Based Test Strategy 51
- From Risks to Test Objectives 52
- Master Test Planning 60
- Method Guidance 70
- Risk- and Benefit-Based Test Reporting 76
- References 80
- 5 E-Business and the Consequences of Failure 85
- E-Business, E-Commerce, and Everything E 85
- Web Time and Other Challenges to Testers 90
- References 92
- 6 Types of Web Site Failures 93
- Web Site As Retail Store 94
- Many of the Risks Are Outside Your Control 96
- The Sequence of Points of Failure in a Web Service 102
- 7 E-Business Test Strategy 105
- Specialized Knowledge and E-Business Testing Techniques 105
- Testing Considerations 106
- Using a Test Process Framework to Build Your Test Strategy 110
- Postdeployment Monitoring 116
- References 116
- 8 From Risk Analysis to a Test Process 119
- Many Focused Stages or Bigger, Broader Test Stages? 119
- Know Your Users 121
- Where Do Nonfunctional Tests Fit? 123
- Build-and-Integration Strategies-an Example 123
- Automated Regression Testing 126
- Further Thoughts on Tools 127
- Reference 128
- 9 Static Testing 131
- Overview 131
- Content Checking 131
- HTML Validation 134
- Browser Syntax Compatibility Checking 140
- Visual Browser Validation 141
- Tools for Static Testing 144
- References 145
- 10 Web Page Integration Testing 147
- Overview 147
- Link Checking 149
- Object Load and Timing 156
- Transaction Verification 158
- Tools for Web Page Integration Testing 163
- References 164
- 11 Functional Testing 165
- Overview 165
- Browser Page Testing 173
- Server-Based Component Testing 175
- Transaction Link Testing 177
- Application System Testing 179
- Context Testing 182
- Localization Testing 185
- Configuration Testing 186
- Tools for Functional Testing 189
- References 190
- 12 Service Testing 191
- Overview 191
- What Is Performance Testing? 195
- Prerequisites for Performance Testing 199
- Performance Requirements 202
- The Performance Test Process 206
- Performance Testing Practicalities 210
- Reliability/Failover Testing 217
- Service Management Testing 221
- Tools for Service Testing 223
- References 225
- 13 Usability Assessment 227
- Overview 227
- Collaborative Usability Inspection 232
- Usability Testing 238
- Web Accessibility Checking 241
- Tools for Assessing Web Page Accessibility 243
- References 244
- 14 Security Testing 245
- Overview 245
- Security Assessment 253
- Penetration Testing 256
- Tools for Security Testing 260
- References 261
- Further Reading 262
- 15 Large-Scale Integration Testing 263
- Overview 263
- Integration Analysis 267
- SIT 275
- BIT 276
- Challenges 278
- References 280
- 16 Postdeployment Monitoring 281
- Remote Monitoring Services 282
- Types of Monitoring 282
- Security Monitoring 285
- Remote Monitoring Services and Tool Web Sites 287
- 17 Tools for E-Business Testing 291
- Proprietary Test Execution Tools 292
- How Test Execution Tools Work 295
- Proprietary, Shareware, and Freeware Tools 301
- Sources of Tool Information 304
- References 305
- Further Reading 305
- Part IV: Making E-Business Testing Happen 307
- 18 The Context of E-Business Testing 309
- Methods and Requirements Formats 310
- Architectures, Objects, Components, and Middleware 315
- Coping with Iterative and Incremental Methods 316
- References 319
- 19 E-Business Test Organization, Planning, and Specification 321
- Testing's Place in the Project 322
- Organization and Control 323
- Credibility of Testing 325
- Explaining Testing to Other Managers 327
- Estimation in a Vacuum 328
- Inversion of the Tester's Role 332
- Testing Stages, Teams, and Environments 333
- Getting, Organizing, and Keeping Resources 334
- Specifying Tests 339
- Stage-Specific Considerations 342
- References 345
- 20 E-Business Test Execution 347
- Incident Management 349
- Testing in a Live Environment 351
- Managing the End Game 353
- References 354
- Further Reading 354
- Appendix A: Essential Web Technologies for Testers 355
- Appendix B: Web Testing Using Home-Brew Tools 359
- Using Dummy HTML Forms to Test Components 359
- Using Test Drivers to Test Components 361
- The Simplest of Test Drivers 363
- Reference 367
- Further Reading 367
- List of Acronyms and Abbreviations 369
- Glossary 373
- About the Authors 385
- Index 387
