Software Engineering Resources
	Software Testing Strategies Designing effective test cases (see Software Testing Techniques) is important, but so is the strategy you use to execute them. Should you develop a formal plan for your tests? Should you test the entire program as a whole or run tests only on a small part of it? Should you rerun tests you've already conducted as you add new components to a large system? When should you involve the customer? These and many other questions are answered when you develop a software testing strategy. The following topic categories are presented here: General Testing Resources The Software Testing Process Agile Testing Articles on Software Testing Books General Testing Resources Software Testing resources-I Links to a variety of resources with a tools emphasis. Software Testing resources-II Links to a variety of resources across all testing topics. Software Testing resources-III Pointer to a variety of software testing sites. Recommended. Software Testing resources-IV A limited set of pointers to software testing sites. Software Testing Resources - V A useful collection of important testing pointers. Software Testing Resources - VI Extensive information on software testing and related quality issues has been assembled by Software Testing and Quality Engineering. Recommended. Software Testing resources-VII Links to a variety of resources across all testing topics. Recommended. Software Testing resources-VIII Links to a variety of resources across all testing topics. Software Testing resources-IX Many links to a variety of resources across all testing topics. Current. Recommended. Software Testing resources-X Many links to a variety of resources across all testing topics. Current. Recommended. Software Testing Links Almost 300 testing links compiled by the open directory project. Brad Appleton's Software Testing Links A wide array of testing resources. Software Testing Links Hundreds of testing links provided by the open source educational society. Software Testing Articles Whitepapers by test vendor LogiGear. Software Testing Tutorial Guide Links to testing tutorials. Software Testing FAQ A FAQ addressing both QA and testing. Software Testing FAQ FAQs for testing from the comp.software.testing newsgroup. Testing Forums Pointers to a wide array of testing forums. Software Testing Hotlist An extensive, categorically organized hotlist for testing resources and information sources. Recommended. SoftwareTestingWiki Software testing resources. Recommended. Quality Assurance sites that provide testing resources: QALinks.com Software QA/Test Resource Center SQAtester.com STORM Software Testing Newsletter Useful information of software testing strategies is provided by the on-line Software Testing Newsletter published by the Software Testing Institute (STI). Software Testing Institute Comprehensive listing of resources that support the testing process. The Software Testing Process - Concepts, Principles, Strategies Software Testing Process An introduction to basic elements Typical Structure Of Software Testing Process A brief overview of the testing process. Software Testing Fundamentals Four Chapters of a book to be published by Wiley that address fundamental methods, fundamental metrics and test estimation and sizing. Managing the Testing Process "Treating testing as a black box at the end of the project schedule invites failure. Testing and test preparation need to be open, managed, and manageable processes that everyone on the project team can understand and work with." Software Testing Best Practices "This report lists 28 best practices that contribute to improved software testing." General Principles of Software Validation A voluminous report (prepared by the FDA) discusses all important strategic and tactical aspects of software validation. Classic Testing Mistakes A useful paper prepared by Briam Marick. Recommended. In-process metrics for software testing This paper describes several in-process metrics whose usefulness has been proven with ample implementation experiences at the IBM Rochester AS/400(r) software development laboratory. Video: Software Testing An introductory lecture Video: Becoming a Software Testing Expert James Bach, one of the country's testing experts, presents as only he can. Agile Testing Agile Testing A multipart article on the subject. Agile Testing Roadmap How is testing used within XP and other agile process models? Agile Testing Resources Also contains a number of articles on agile testing. Agile Testing Links Provided by the agile alliance. Software testing on an agile project: How to get started An article that address the subject. Agile Software Testing A blog dedicated to the subject. Testing for Agile Software Development A tutorial on agile testing. Agile Software Testing Best Practices A report prepared by TESTCo. Free, but does require registration. Agile Testing Strategies An article in Dr. Dobb's. What is Agile Testing? A brief commentary. Agile Testing is not for dummies A brief commentary on testing in an agile environment Video: The Role of Testing and QA in Agile Software Development (1:21:13) A worthwhile video presentation by Scott Ambler Video: Agile Testing A reasonably detailed discussion. (1:02:08) Articles on Software Testing "Mastering the Art of Test and Debug" A brief paper (and outline) by Chester Braun addresses testing and debugging issues. How to Test Requirements A useful paper written by Suzanne Robertson. "Testing - When Do I Stop" A paper by Waterman and Hyatt presented a metrics based approach for determining when testing is complete. Testing Articles by James Bach Bach, one of the most thoughtful writers on the subject, has started his own consulting company. Many of his articles are reprinted here. Recommended. Testing Articles by Cem Kaner Kaner, another well-known writer on the subject of testing, has many worthwhile insights in the articles at his site. Is Testing Advancing or Stagnating? An article by Steve Whitchurch. Classic Testing Mistakes An insightful article by Brian Marick. Recommended. Testing and QA Papers and Articles Over 250 downloadable papers and articles on testing and QA Software Testing Whitepapers Pointers to white papers compiled by companies with a commercial interest in testing. Testing Articles A collection of articles and testing news. eXtreme Software Testing Contains pointers to everything from articles to Jokes to a testing dictionary. ppt: An Empirical Study of Bug Characteristics in Modern Open Source Software A power point presentation. Software testing lessons taken from music An intriguing commentary of software testing Books Virtually every book on software testing discusses strategies along with methods for test case design.One or more of the following books is recommended: Software Testing Pragmatic Software Testing Effective Methods for Software Testing The Art of Software Testing, although over three decades old, remains a classic that is must reading for every tester. Other books that have merit are: Systematic Software Testing Introducing Software Testing How to Break Software Software Testing: A Craftman’s Approach, second edition The Web Testing Handbook Software Testing Testing Computer Software, second edition Managing the Testing Process Surviving the Top Ten Challenges of Software Testing Lessons Learned in Software Testing presents a collection of over 300 pragmatic “lessons” (guidelines) that every software tester should learn. Testing IT: An Off-the Shelf Testing Process establishes an effective testing framework for all types of developed and acquired software. Effective Software Testing: 50 Specific Ways to Improve Your Testing provides 50 specific ways to improve testing. Software Testing and Continuous Quality Improvement and Test Process Improvement discuss strategies for continuously improving the testing process. For those readers with interest in agile software development methods, the following books are recommended: Testing Extreme Programming Test Driven Development: By Example Agile Testing: A Practical Guide for Testers and Agile Teams Unit Test Frameworks Agile Testing: How to Succeed in an Extreme Testing Environment Essential Testing: A Use Case Driven Approach The following books present testing strategies (and methods) for testing OO systems. Practical Guide to Testing Object-Oriented Software Testing Object-Oriented Software Testing Object-Oriented Systems Testing Object-Oriented Software The Craft of Software Testing Guidelines for debugging are contained in these titles: The Developer's Guide to Debugging Why Programs Fail: A Guide to Systematic Debugging Debugging: The Nine Indispensible Rules for Finding Even the Most Elusive Hardware and Software Problems The Science of Debugging Debugging Applications Software Defect Removal How Debuggers Work Books that focus on language specific debugging and address the special nature of debugging for the environments implied by their titles are: Madisetti (Debugging Embedded Systems Robbins (Debugging Microsoft .NET 2.0 Applications Best (Linux Debugging and Performance Tuning Ford (Practical Debugging in C++ Brown (Debugging Perl, McGraw-Hill, 2000) Mitchell (Debugging Java, McGraw-Hill, 2000) Object-Oriented Defect Management of Software presents techniques for managing defects that are encountered in object-oriented systems. Software System Testing and Quality Assurance presents an interesting "taxonomy of bugs" that can lead to effective methods for test planning. Debugging Embedded Microprocessor Systems addresses the special nature of debugging for embedded software.