Thinking-Driven Testing
The Most Reasonable Approach to Quality Control
Authors: Roman, Adam
Free Preview- Presents a new paradigm of software testing by emphasizing the role of critical thinking, system thinking and rationality as the most important skills for the tester
- Proposes a novel meta-approach for designing effective test strategies, which is based on recent advances in psychology, economy, system sciences, and logic
- Invites readers to re-examine common assumptions regarding software testing and shows them how to add value to their company
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This book presents a new paradigm of software testing by emphasizing the role of critical thinking, system thinking and rationality as the most important skills for the tester. It thus approaches software testing from a different perspective than in past literature, as the vast majority of books describe testing in the context of specific tools, automation, documentation, particular test design techniques or test management. In addition, the book proposes a novel meta-approach for designing effective test strategies, which is based on recent advances in psychology, economics, system sciences and logic.
Chapter 1 starts by introducing the fundamental ideas underlying software testing. Chapter 2 then describes meta-strategies in software testing, i.e. general approaches that can be adapted to many different situations that a software tester encounters. Next, Chapter 3 presents the concept of Thinking-Driven Testing (TDT). This approach utilizes the concepts discussed in the two previous chapters and introduces the main ideas that underlie a reasonable and optimal approach to software testing. Chapter 4 builds on this basis and proposes a specific approach to testing, called TQED, that makes it possible to increase creativity in the context of delivering effective, optimal test ideas. Chapter 5 provides an overview of different types of testing techniques in order to understand the fundamental concepts of test design, while Chapter 6 details various pitfalls a tester may encounter and that can originate from a wide range of testing process areas. Lastly, Chapter 7 puts all this into practice, as it contains several exercises that will help testers develop a number of crucial skills: logical thinking and reasoning, thinking out of the box, creativity, counting and estimating, and analytical thinking.
By promoting critical, rational and creative thinking, this book invites readers to re-examine common assumptions regarding software testing and shows them how to become professional testers who bring added value to their company. - About the authors
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Adam Roman is a professor of computer science at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland, and also a both ASQ and ISTQB certified quality engineer and software tester. His research interests include software quality, model-based testing, effective test case design, test process improvement and application of AI techniques in testing. He also is a recognized expert in the field of software testing, speaker at many Polish testing conferences, and a member of the Polish Society for Quality of Informatics Systems.
- Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Fundamentals of Software Testing
Pages 1-52
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Testing Strategies: How to Become a Better Tester?
Pages 53-97
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Thinking-Driven Testing: A Universal Testing Framework
Pages 99-143
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TQED Model
Pages 145-179
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Testing Techniques
Pages 181-224
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Thinking-Driven Testing
- Book Subtitle
- The Most Reasonable Approach to Quality Control
- Authors
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- Adam Roman
- Copyright
- 2018
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-73195-7
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-73195-7
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-73194-0
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-10331-6
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XXV, 305
- Number of Illustrations
- 77 b/w illustrations, 7 illustrations in colour
- Topics
