General Standards for Component Testing
19.03.2012
BS 7925-2 is a software test standard that defines the overall process of testing, techniques of test cases creation and other activities that are used in component testing. The main
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Overall Component Testing Process
16.03.2012
Component Test Planning The main ideas of Component Test Planning are: Determination of the expected test results for each test case Determination of the overall strategy of component testing, test
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Acceptance Testing and Software Release
12.03.2012
Acceptance testing is often conducted as the finish sub-stage of software testing to define whether the product should be released. For successful release you also should clarify: What are the
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Designing a Performance Test Environment
08.02.2012
There are a lot of projects where all performance testing are conducted on the live environment. On the other hand, we can say that this is rather uncommon and adds
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What Is Coverage-Based Testing?
23.01.2012
The majority of generally accepted testing techniques, it doesn’t matter if it is functional testing (black-box testing) or structural testing (white-box testing), use different ways of test coverage as the
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What Is Usage-Based Statistical Testing?
20.01.2012
Actual client usage of software may be considered as a form of usage-based testing. In the case if defects are detected by clients, some information about them can be reported
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Black-Box Testing vs White-Box Testing
16.01.2012
The main differences between black-box testing (BBT) and white-box testing (WBT) are in such aspects: Objects The tested objects may overlap sometimes. WBT is commonly used to test not very
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Classification: Quality Assurance alternatives
16.12.2011
An accurate survey of how various quality assurance alternatives deal with errors can help to make general schemes of classification. This classification can be used in assisting how to choose,
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Safety Assurance And Failure Scope
12.12.2011
Note: the article was updated in September 2018. Safety-critical systems are those, that can cause injury or even loss of user’s life in case of failure. Such systems can damage
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What Is The Difference Between White Box, Black Box And Gray Box Testing?
21.11.2011
Black box testing is such a technique based exclusively on demands and specifications. It requires no knowledge of internal paths, structures, or realization of the software product under test. In
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Regression and Confirmation testing. What is the difference?
08.11.2011
Note: this article was updated in September 2019. In this article, we would like to separate the differences between these types of tests. But, where and why to use each
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