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- 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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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
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 conceptsdiscussed 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.
Authors and Affiliations
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Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland
Adam Roman
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Thinking-Driven Testing
Book Subtitle: The Most Reasonable Approach to Quality Control
Authors: Adam Roman
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73195-7
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Computer Science, Computer Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-73194-0Published: 27 March 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-10331-6Published: 04 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-73195-7Published: 20 March 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXV, 305
Number of Illustrations: 77 b/w illustrations, 7 illustrations in colour
Topics: Software Engineering, Software Management, Management of Computing and Information Systems