Software Test Engineer's Handbook

Name: Software Test Engineer's Handbook | A Study Guide for the ISTQB Test Analyst and Technical Test Analyst Advanced Level Certificates 2012
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A Study Guide for the ISTQB Test Analyst and Technical Test Analyst Advanced Level Certificates 2012

Judy McKay Graham Bath(Author)

Rocky Nook (Publisher)

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Published on 12. June 2014

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The Software Test Engineer's Handbook
Preface
Acknowledgements
Contents
1 Introduction
1.1 Structure of the Book
1.2 Requirements for This Book
1.3 What Does "Advanced" Mean?
1.4 What Is a Test Analyst?
2 Example Application, Marathon
2.1 Overview of Marathon
2.2 General Requirements
2.3 Use of the Marathon System
2.4 Availability of the Marathon System
2.5 Caveats about Marathon
3 Types of Systems
3.1 Introduction
4 Test Management Responsibilities for the Test Analyst
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Monitoring and Controlling a Project
4.3 Talking with Other Testers Wherever They Are
4.4 Let's Be Practical
4.5 Exercises
5 The Test Process
5.1 Introduction to the Test Process
5.2 Fitting the Process to the Life Cycle
5.3 The Steps of the Test Process
5.4 Exercises
6 Specification-Based TestingTechniques
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Individual Specification-Based Techniques
6.3 Selecting a Specification-Based Technique
6.4 Let's Be Practical
6.5 Exercises
7 Defect-Based Testing Techniques
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Taxonomies
7.3 Applying the Technique
7.4 Let's Be Practical
7.5 Exercises
8 Experience-Based TestingTechniques
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Error Guessing
8.3 Checklist-Based Testing
8.4 Exploratory Testing
8.5 Strengths and Weaknesses
8.6 Let's Be Practical
8.7 Exercises
9 Functional Testing
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Accuracy Testing
9.3 Suitability Testing
9.4 Interoperability Testing
9.5 Let's Be Practical
9.6 Exercises
10 Usability and Accessibility Testing
10.1 Usability Testing
10.2 Accessibility Testing
10.3 Test Process for Usability and Accessibility Testing
10.4 Let's Be Practical
10.5 Exercises
11 Reviews for the Test Analyst
11.1 Introduction
11.2 What Types of Work Products Can the Test Analyst Review?
11.3 When Should the Test Analyst Do the Reviews?
11.4 Issues
11.5 Using Checklists for Reviews
11.6 Checklist for Requirements Reviews
11.7 Checklist for Use Case Reviews
11.8 Checklist for Usability Reviews
11.9 Checklist for User Story Reviews
11.10 Checklist for Success
11.11 Let's Be Practical
11.12 Exercises
12 Defect Management
12.1 Introduction
12.2 What Is a Defect?
12.3 When Can We Find Defects?
12.4 Defect Fields
12.5 Defect Life Cycles
12.6 Metrics and Reporting
12.7 Process Improvement Opportunities
12.8 Let's Be Practical
12.9 Exercises
13 Tools Concepts
13.1 What Is a Test Tool?
13.2 Why Would We Use a Tool?
13.3 Types of Tools
13.4 Should We Automate All Our Testing?
13.5 Let's Be Practical
13.6 Exercises
14 Test Management Responsibilities for the Technical Test Analyst
14.1 Introduction
14.2 Let's Be Practical
14.3 Exercises
15 Analysis Techniques
15.1 Static Analysis
15.2 Dynamic Analysis
15.3 Let's Be Practical
15.4 Exercises
16 Structure-Based Testing Techniques
16.1 Benefits
16.2 Drawbacks
16.3 Application of Structure-Based Techniques
16.4 Individual Structural Techniques
16.5 Selecting a Structure-Based Technique
16.6 Exercises
17 Efficiency Testing
17.1 Overview
17.2 Performance Testing
17.3 Load Testing
17.4 Stress Testing
17.5 Scalability Testing
17.6 Resource Utilization Testing
17.7 Measuring Efficiency
17.8 Planning of Efficiency Tests
17.9 Specifying Efficiency Tests
17.10 Executing Efficiency Tests
17.11 Reporting Results of Efficiency Tests
17.12 Tools for Performance Testing
17.13 Let's Be Practical
17.14 Exercises
18 Security Testing
18.1 Overview of Security Testing
18.2 Defining Security
18.3 Typical Security Threats
18.4 Approach to Security Testing
18.5 Organizational Issues
18.6 Life Cycle Issues
18.7 Planning Security Tests
18.8 Security Test Analysis and Design
18.9 Execution of Security Tests
18.10 Reporting Security Tests
18.11 Tools for Security Testing
18.12 Let's Be Practical
18.13 Exercises
19 Reliability Testing
19.1 Overview
19.2 Reliability Test Planning
19.3 Reliability Test Specification
19.4 Reliability Test Execution
19.5 Reporting Reliability Tests
19.6 Tools for Reliability Testing
19.7 Let's Be Practical
19.8 Exercises
20 Maintainability Testing
20.1 Overview
20.2 Testing for Maintainability
20.3 Maintainability Test Planning
20.4 Maintainability Test Specification
20.5 Performing Maintainability Tests and Analysis
20.6 Maintenance Testing
20.7 Tasks of the Technical Test Analyst
20.8 Let's Be Practical
20.9 Exercises
21 Portability Testing
21.1 Adaptability
21.2 Replaceability
21.3 Installability
21.4 Co-existence/compatibility
21.5 Let's Be Practical
21.6 Exercises
22 Reviews for the Technical Test Analyst
22.1 Introduction
22.2 Checklists for Reviews
22.3 Checklist for Code Reviews
22.4 Checklist for Architectural Reviews
22.5 Exercises
23 Tools for the Technical Test Analyst
23.1 Introduction
23.2 Tasks and Skills of the Technical Test Analyst in Test Automation
23.3 Integration and Information Interchange between Tools
23.4 Defining the Test Automation Project
23.5 Should We Automate All Our Testing?
23.6 Types of Tools
23.7 Exercises
A Glossary
B Literature
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