Unit 8 discusses software testing concepts including definitions of testing, who performs testing, test characteristics, levels of testing, and testing approaches. Unit testing focuses on individual program units while integration testing combines units. System testing evaluates a complete integrated system. Testing strategies integrate testing into a planned series of steps from requirements to deployment. Verification ensures correct development while validation confirms the product meets user needs.
Integration testing verifies the interfaces between software modules. It has two categories: bottom-up integration starts with unit testing, then subsystem testing, and finally system testing; top-down integration starts with the main routine and tests subroutines in order, using stubs. Automated tools can help with integration testing, such as module drivers, test data generators, environment simulators, and library management systems.
This ppt covers the following
A strategic approach to testing
Test strategies for conventional software
Test strategies for object-oriented software
Validation testing
System testing
The art of debugging
This document provides an overview of software maintenance. It discusses that software maintenance is an important phase of the software life cycle that accounts for 40-70% of total costs. Maintenance includes error correction, enhancements, deletions of obsolete capabilities, and optimizations. The document categorizes maintenance into corrective, adaptive, perfective and preventive types. It also discusses the need for maintenance to adapt to changing user requirements and environments. The document describes approaches to software maintenance including program understanding, generating maintenance proposals, accounting for ripple effects, and modified program testing. It discusses challenges like lack of documentation and high staff turnover. The document also introduces concepts of reengineering and reverse engineering to make legacy systems more maintainable.
Software testing is an important phase of the software development process that evaluates the functionality and quality of a software application. It involves executing a program or system with the intent of finding errors. Some key points:
- Software testing is needed to identify defects, ensure customer satisfaction, and deliver high quality products with lower maintenance costs.
- It is important for different stakeholders like developers, testers, managers, and end users to work together throughout the testing process.
- There are various types of testing like unit testing, integration testing, system testing, and different methodologies like manual and automated testing. Proper documentation is also important.
- Testing helps improve the overall quality of software but can never prove that there
The 7 software testing principles briefly explained. Everyone who works in software development company should know these principles.
It happens frequently that testers or qa people are not taken into account as part of the process in the software development lifecycle and this happens expecially when the principles are not known.
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Levels of Software Testing
What is Integration Testing?
Different Approaches to Integration Testing
How to do Integration Testing?
Examples of Integration Testing
Integration Testing Challenges & Best Practices
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This Presentation contains all the topics in design concept of software engineering. This is much more helpful in designing new product. You have to consider some of the design concepts that are given in the ppt
Integration testing verifies the interfaces between software modules. It has two categories: bottom-up integration starts with unit testing, then subsystem testing, and finally system testing; top-down integration starts with the main routine and tests subroutines in order, using stubs. Automated tools can help with integration testing, such as module drivers, test data generators, environment simulators, and library management systems.
This ppt covers the following
A strategic approach to testing
Test strategies for conventional software
Test strategies for object-oriented software
Validation testing
System testing
The art of debugging
This document provides an overview of software maintenance. It discusses that software maintenance is an important phase of the software life cycle that accounts for 40-70% of total costs. Maintenance includes error correction, enhancements, deletions of obsolete capabilities, and optimizations. The document categorizes maintenance into corrective, adaptive, perfective and preventive types. It also discusses the need for maintenance to adapt to changing user requirements and environments. The document describes approaches to software maintenance including program understanding, generating maintenance proposals, accounting for ripple effects, and modified program testing. It discusses challenges like lack of documentation and high staff turnover. The document also introduces concepts of reengineering and reverse engineering to make legacy systems more maintainable.
Software testing is an important phase of the software development process that evaluates the functionality and quality of a software application. It involves executing a program or system with the intent of finding errors. Some key points:
- Software testing is needed to identify defects, ensure customer satisfaction, and deliver high quality products with lower maintenance costs.
- It is important for different stakeholders like developers, testers, managers, and end users to work together throughout the testing process.
- There are various types of testing like unit testing, integration testing, system testing, and different methodologies like manual and automated testing. Proper documentation is also important.
- Testing helps improve the overall quality of software but can never prove that there
The 7 software testing principles briefly explained. Everyone who works in software development company should know these principles.
It happens frequently that testers or qa people are not taken into account as part of the process in the software development lifecycle and this happens expecially when the principles are not known.
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This Edureka PPT on "What is Integration Testing?" will help you get in-depth knowledge on integration testing and why it is important to subject software builds to integration tests before moving on to next level of testing.
Levels of Software Testing
What is Integration Testing?
Different Approaches to Integration Testing
How to do Integration Testing?
Examples of Integration Testing
Integration Testing Challenges & Best Practices
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This Presentation contains all the topics in design concept of software engineering. This is much more helpful in designing new product. You have to consider some of the design concepts that are given in the ppt
Software testing is the process of evaluation a software item to detect differences between given input and expected output. Also to assess the feature of A software item. Testing assesses the quality of the product. Software testing is a process that should be done during the development process. In other words software testing is a verification and validation process.
Software testing can also provide an objective, independent view of the software to allow the business to appreciate and understand the risks of software implementation. Test techniques include, but are not limited to the process of executing a program or application with the intent of finding software bugs (errors or other defects).
Software testing can be stated as the process of validating and verifying that a computer program/application/product:
⢠meets the requirements that guided its design and development,
⢠works as expected,
⢠can be implemented with the same characteristics,
⢠and satisfies the needs of stakeholders.
Software Development Process Cycle:-
ď PLAN (P): Device a plan. Define your objective and determine the strategy and supporting methods required to achieve that objective.
ď DO (D): Execute the plan. Create the conditions and perform the necessary training to execute the plan.
ď CHECK (C): Check the results. Check to determine whether work is progressing according to the plan and whether the results are obtained.
ď ACTION (A): Take the necessary and appropriate action if checkup reveals that the work is not being performed according to plan or not as anticipated.
Software design is an iterative process that translates requirements into a blueprint for constructing software. It involves understanding the problem from different perspectives, identifying solutions, and describing solution abstractions using notations. The design must satisfy users and developers by being correct, complete, understandable, and maintainable. During the design process, specifications are transformed into design models describing data structures, architecture, interfaces, and components, which are reviewed before development.
This document discusses software quality factors and McCall's quality factor model. It describes McCall's three main quality factor categories: product operation factors, product revision factors, and product transition factors. Under product operation factors, it outlines reliability, correctness, integrity, efficiency, and usability requirements. It then discusses product revision factors of maintainability, flexibility, and testability. Finally, it covers product transition factors including portability, reusability, and interoperability. The document provides details on the specific requirements for each quality factor.
The document discusses software estimation and project planning. It covers estimating project cost and effort through decomposition techniques and empirical estimation models. Specifically, it discusses:
1) Decomposition techniques involve breaking down a project into functions and tasks to estimate individually, such as estimating lines of code or function points for each piece.
2) Empirical estimation models use historical data from past projects to generate estimates.
3) Key factors that affect estimation accuracy include properly estimating product size, translating size to effort/time/cost, and accounting for team abilities and requirements stability.
The document discusses software process models and characteristics. It describes the waterfall model as one of the first process development models, consisting of linear sequential phases from requirements to deployment with no feedback. The V-model is presented as a variation that uses unit and integration testing to verify design and acceptance testing to validate requirements. Key advantages of the waterfall model include its structure and management control, while disadvantages are the upfront requirements and lack of iterations. Prototyping is also briefly mentioned.
The document discusses software testing, outlining key achievements in the field, dreams for the future of testing, and ongoing challenges. Some of the achievements mentioned include establishing testing as an essential software engineering activity, developing test process models, and advancing testing techniques for object-oriented and component-based systems. The dreams include developing a universal test theory, enabling fully automated testing, and maximizing the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of testing. Current challenges pertain to testing modern complex systems and evolving software.
The iterative model breaks a project into small modules that can be delivered incrementally. A working version is produced in the first module, with each subsequent release adding additional functionality until the full system is complete. It allows for quick releases during development and makes it easier to develop and test in smaller iterations while incorporating customer feedback at each stage. However, it requires more resources than traditional models and skilled management to avoid increased costs over time.
Verification ensures software meets specifications, while validation ensures it meets user needs. Both establish software fitness for purpose. Verification includes static techniques like inspections and formal methods to check conformance pre-implementation. Validation uses dynamic testing post-implementation. Techniques include defect testing to find inconsistencies, and validation testing to ensure requirements fulfillment. Careful planning via test plans is needed to effectively verify and validate cost-efficiently. The Cleanroom methodology applies formal specifications and inspections statically to develop defect-free software incrementally.
The document discusses component-level design which occurs after architectural design. It aims to create a design model from analysis and architectural models. Component-level design can be represented using graphical, tabular, or text-based notations. The key aspects covered include:
- Defining a software component as a modular building block with interfaces and collaboration
- Designing class-based components following principles like open-closed and dependency inversion
- Guidelines for high cohesion and low coupling in components
- Designing conventional components using notations like sequence, if-then-else, and tabular representations
The document discusses software measurement and metrics. It defines software measurement as quantifying attributes of software products and processes. Metrics are used to measure software quality levels. There are different types of metrics including product, process, and project metrics. Common software metrics include lines of code, function points, and complexity measures. Metrics should be quantitative, understandable, repeatable, and economical to compute.
Evolutionary process models allow developers to iteratively create increasingly complete versions of software. Examples include the prototyping paradigm, spiral model, and concurrent development model. The prototyping paradigm uses prototypes to elicit requirements from customers. The spiral model couples iterative prototyping with controlled development, dividing the project into framework activities. The concurrent development model concurrently develops components with defined interfaces to enable integration. These evolutionary models allow flexibility and accommodate changes but require strong communication and updated requirements.
The document discusses several prescriptive software process models including:
1) The waterfall model which follows sequential phases from requirements to deployment but lacks iteration.
2) The incremental model which delivers functionality in increments with each phase repeated.
3) Prototyping which focuses on visible aspects to refine requirements through iterative prototypes and feedback.
4) The RAD (Rapid Application Development) model which emphasizes very short development cycles of 60-90 days using parallel teams and automated tools. The document provides descriptions and diagrams of each model.
The document discusses architectural design, including software architecture, architecture genres, styles, and design. It covers topics such as what architecture is, why it's important, architectural descriptions, decisions, genres like artificial intelligence and operating systems, styles like layered and object-oriented, patterns, organization/refinement, representing systems in context, defining archetypes, refining into components, describing instantiations, and assessing alternative designs.
Walkthroughs involve a reviewee and 3-5 reviewers meeting to discuss a project document. The goal is to discover problem areas in the early stages when they are easiest to fix. Members may include project leaders, quality assurance, technical writers, and users for analysis and design. The reviewee is responsible for addressing issues identified, with optional help from reviewers. Conducting regular walkthroughs improves communication and allows personnel to learn from each other.
The quality of software systems may be expressed as a collection of Software Quality Attributes. When the system requirements are defined, it is essential also to define what is expected regarding these quality attributes, since these expectations will guide the planning of the system architecture and design.
Software quality attributes may be classified into two main categories: static and dynamic. Static quality attributes are the ones that reflect the systemâs structure and organization. Examples of static attributes are coupling, cohesion, complexity, maintainability and extensibility. Dynamic attributes are the ones that reflect the behavior of the system during its execution. Examples of dynamic attributes are memory usage, latency, throughput, scalability, robustness and fault-tolerance.
Following the definitions of expectations regarding the quality attributes, it is essential to devise ways to measure them and verify that the implemented system satisfies the requirements. Some static attributes may be measured through static code analysis tools, while others require effective design and code reviews. The measuring and verification of dynamic attributes requires the usage of special non-functional testing tools such as profilers and simulators.
In this talk I will discuss the main Software Quality attributes, both static and dynamic, examples of requirements, and practical guidelines on how to measure and verify these attributes.
This document discusses different process models used in software development. It describes the key phases and characteristics of several common process models including waterfall, prototyping, V-model, incremental, iterative, spiral and agile development models. The waterfall model involves sequential phases from requirements to maintenance without iteration. Prototyping allows for user feedback earlier. The V-model adds verification and validation phases. Incremental and iterative models divide the work into smaller chunks to allow for iteration and user feedback throughout development.
The document discusses requirements analysis and specification in software engineering. It defines what requirements are and explains the typical activities involved - requirements gathering, analysis, and specification. The importance of documenting requirements in a Software Requirements Specification (SRS) document is explained. Key sections of an SRS like stakeholders, types of requirements (functional and non-functional), and examples are covered. Special attention is given to requirements for critical systems and importance of non-functional requirements.
This document outlines the typical sections and contents of a software requirements specification (SRS). It discusses 12 common sections of an SRS, including an overview, development environments, external interfaces, functional requirements, performance requirements, exception handling, implementation priorities, foreseeable changes, acceptance criteria, design guidance, a cross-reference index, and a glossary. Key sections describe functional requirements using relational or state-oriented notation, performance characteristics like response times, and exception handling categories. The SRS should have properties like being correct, complete, consistent, unambiguous, functional, and verifiable.
This document discusses several software design techniques: stepwise refinement, levels of abstraction, structured design, integrated top-down development, and Jackson structured programming. Stepwise refinement is a top-down technique that decomposes a system into more elementary levels. Levels of abstraction designs systems as layers with each level performing services for the next higher level. Structured design converts data flow diagrams into structure charts using design heuristics. Integrated top-down development integrates design, implementation, and testing with a hierarchical structure. Jackson structured programming maps a problem's input/output structures and operations into a program structure to solve the problem.
The document outlines the process for designing test cases, including defining test cases, the phases of design, characteristics of good tests, and techniques. It discusses items needed in a test case template like an ID, description, prerequisites, expected results. The document also lists documents required for design like requirements and SRS documents, and provides an example test case summary report template.
Pairwise testing - Strategic test case designXBOSoft
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Pairwise testing is a technique used to test software interactions between input parameters by selecting all possible unique pairs of parameter values. It aims to find bugs caused by interactions between two parameters, which are common, while being more efficient than testing all possible input combinations. Tools can generate pairwise test sets to cover all pairs, while testing far fewer cases than exhaustive testing. However, pairwise testing requires effective partitioning of input values and has limitations when dependencies between more than two parameters exist or inputs are not discrete. It works best when there are many possible input values that can be separated into equivalence classes.
Software testing is the process of evaluation a software item to detect differences between given input and expected output. Also to assess the feature of A software item. Testing assesses the quality of the product. Software testing is a process that should be done during the development process. In other words software testing is a verification and validation process.
Software testing can also provide an objective, independent view of the software to allow the business to appreciate and understand the risks of software implementation. Test techniques include, but are not limited to the process of executing a program or application with the intent of finding software bugs (errors or other defects).
Software testing can be stated as the process of validating and verifying that a computer program/application/product:
⢠meets the requirements that guided its design and development,
⢠works as expected,
⢠can be implemented with the same characteristics,
⢠and satisfies the needs of stakeholders.
Software Development Process Cycle:-
ď PLAN (P): Device a plan. Define your objective and determine the strategy and supporting methods required to achieve that objective.
ď DO (D): Execute the plan. Create the conditions and perform the necessary training to execute the plan.
ď CHECK (C): Check the results. Check to determine whether work is progressing according to the plan and whether the results are obtained.
ď ACTION (A): Take the necessary and appropriate action if checkup reveals that the work is not being performed according to plan or not as anticipated.
Software design is an iterative process that translates requirements into a blueprint for constructing software. It involves understanding the problem from different perspectives, identifying solutions, and describing solution abstractions using notations. The design must satisfy users and developers by being correct, complete, understandable, and maintainable. During the design process, specifications are transformed into design models describing data structures, architecture, interfaces, and components, which are reviewed before development.
This document discusses software quality factors and McCall's quality factor model. It describes McCall's three main quality factor categories: product operation factors, product revision factors, and product transition factors. Under product operation factors, it outlines reliability, correctness, integrity, efficiency, and usability requirements. It then discusses product revision factors of maintainability, flexibility, and testability. Finally, it covers product transition factors including portability, reusability, and interoperability. The document provides details on the specific requirements for each quality factor.
The document discusses software estimation and project planning. It covers estimating project cost and effort through decomposition techniques and empirical estimation models. Specifically, it discusses:
1) Decomposition techniques involve breaking down a project into functions and tasks to estimate individually, such as estimating lines of code or function points for each piece.
2) Empirical estimation models use historical data from past projects to generate estimates.
3) Key factors that affect estimation accuracy include properly estimating product size, translating size to effort/time/cost, and accounting for team abilities and requirements stability.
The document discusses software process models and characteristics. It describes the waterfall model as one of the first process development models, consisting of linear sequential phases from requirements to deployment with no feedback. The V-model is presented as a variation that uses unit and integration testing to verify design and acceptance testing to validate requirements. Key advantages of the waterfall model include its structure and management control, while disadvantages are the upfront requirements and lack of iterations. Prototyping is also briefly mentioned.
The document discusses software testing, outlining key achievements in the field, dreams for the future of testing, and ongoing challenges. Some of the achievements mentioned include establishing testing as an essential software engineering activity, developing test process models, and advancing testing techniques for object-oriented and component-based systems. The dreams include developing a universal test theory, enabling fully automated testing, and maximizing the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of testing. Current challenges pertain to testing modern complex systems and evolving software.
The iterative model breaks a project into small modules that can be delivered incrementally. A working version is produced in the first module, with each subsequent release adding additional functionality until the full system is complete. It allows for quick releases during development and makes it easier to develop and test in smaller iterations while incorporating customer feedback at each stage. However, it requires more resources than traditional models and skilled management to avoid increased costs over time.
Verification ensures software meets specifications, while validation ensures it meets user needs. Both establish software fitness for purpose. Verification includes static techniques like inspections and formal methods to check conformance pre-implementation. Validation uses dynamic testing post-implementation. Techniques include defect testing to find inconsistencies, and validation testing to ensure requirements fulfillment. Careful planning via test plans is needed to effectively verify and validate cost-efficiently. The Cleanroom methodology applies formal specifications and inspections statically to develop defect-free software incrementally.
The document discusses component-level design which occurs after architectural design. It aims to create a design model from analysis and architectural models. Component-level design can be represented using graphical, tabular, or text-based notations. The key aspects covered include:
- Defining a software component as a modular building block with interfaces and collaboration
- Designing class-based components following principles like open-closed and dependency inversion
- Guidelines for high cohesion and low coupling in components
- Designing conventional components using notations like sequence, if-then-else, and tabular representations
The document discusses software measurement and metrics. It defines software measurement as quantifying attributes of software products and processes. Metrics are used to measure software quality levels. There are different types of metrics including product, process, and project metrics. Common software metrics include lines of code, function points, and complexity measures. Metrics should be quantitative, understandable, repeatable, and economical to compute.
Evolutionary process models allow developers to iteratively create increasingly complete versions of software. Examples include the prototyping paradigm, spiral model, and concurrent development model. The prototyping paradigm uses prototypes to elicit requirements from customers. The spiral model couples iterative prototyping with controlled development, dividing the project into framework activities. The concurrent development model concurrently develops components with defined interfaces to enable integration. These evolutionary models allow flexibility and accommodate changes but require strong communication and updated requirements.
The document discusses several prescriptive software process models including:
1) The waterfall model which follows sequential phases from requirements to deployment but lacks iteration.
2) The incremental model which delivers functionality in increments with each phase repeated.
3) Prototyping which focuses on visible aspects to refine requirements through iterative prototypes and feedback.
4) The RAD (Rapid Application Development) model which emphasizes very short development cycles of 60-90 days using parallel teams and automated tools. The document provides descriptions and diagrams of each model.
The document discusses architectural design, including software architecture, architecture genres, styles, and design. It covers topics such as what architecture is, why it's important, architectural descriptions, decisions, genres like artificial intelligence and operating systems, styles like layered and object-oriented, patterns, organization/refinement, representing systems in context, defining archetypes, refining into components, describing instantiations, and assessing alternative designs.
Walkthroughs involve a reviewee and 3-5 reviewers meeting to discuss a project document. The goal is to discover problem areas in the early stages when they are easiest to fix. Members may include project leaders, quality assurance, technical writers, and users for analysis and design. The reviewee is responsible for addressing issues identified, with optional help from reviewers. Conducting regular walkthroughs improves communication and allows personnel to learn from each other.
The quality of software systems may be expressed as a collection of Software Quality Attributes. When the system requirements are defined, it is essential also to define what is expected regarding these quality attributes, since these expectations will guide the planning of the system architecture and design.
Software quality attributes may be classified into two main categories: static and dynamic. Static quality attributes are the ones that reflect the systemâs structure and organization. Examples of static attributes are coupling, cohesion, complexity, maintainability and extensibility. Dynamic attributes are the ones that reflect the behavior of the system during its execution. Examples of dynamic attributes are memory usage, latency, throughput, scalability, robustness and fault-tolerance.
Following the definitions of expectations regarding the quality attributes, it is essential to devise ways to measure them and verify that the implemented system satisfies the requirements. Some static attributes may be measured through static code analysis tools, while others require effective design and code reviews. The measuring and verification of dynamic attributes requires the usage of special non-functional testing tools such as profilers and simulators.
In this talk I will discuss the main Software Quality attributes, both static and dynamic, examples of requirements, and practical guidelines on how to measure and verify these attributes.
This document discusses different process models used in software development. It describes the key phases and characteristics of several common process models including waterfall, prototyping, V-model, incremental, iterative, spiral and agile development models. The waterfall model involves sequential phases from requirements to maintenance without iteration. Prototyping allows for user feedback earlier. The V-model adds verification and validation phases. Incremental and iterative models divide the work into smaller chunks to allow for iteration and user feedback throughout development.
The document discusses requirements analysis and specification in software engineering. It defines what requirements are and explains the typical activities involved - requirements gathering, analysis, and specification. The importance of documenting requirements in a Software Requirements Specification (SRS) document is explained. Key sections of an SRS like stakeholders, types of requirements (functional and non-functional), and examples are covered. Special attention is given to requirements for critical systems and importance of non-functional requirements.
This document outlines the typical sections and contents of a software requirements specification (SRS). It discusses 12 common sections of an SRS, including an overview, development environments, external interfaces, functional requirements, performance requirements, exception handling, implementation priorities, foreseeable changes, acceptance criteria, design guidance, a cross-reference index, and a glossary. Key sections describe functional requirements using relational or state-oriented notation, performance characteristics like response times, and exception handling categories. The SRS should have properties like being correct, complete, consistent, unambiguous, functional, and verifiable.
This document discusses several software design techniques: stepwise refinement, levels of abstraction, structured design, integrated top-down development, and Jackson structured programming. Stepwise refinement is a top-down technique that decomposes a system into more elementary levels. Levels of abstraction designs systems as layers with each level performing services for the next higher level. Structured design converts data flow diagrams into structure charts using design heuristics. Integrated top-down development integrates design, implementation, and testing with a hierarchical structure. Jackson structured programming maps a problem's input/output structures and operations into a program structure to solve the problem.
The document outlines the process for designing test cases, including defining test cases, the phases of design, characteristics of good tests, and techniques. It discusses items needed in a test case template like an ID, description, prerequisites, expected results. The document also lists documents required for design like requirements and SRS documents, and provides an example test case summary report template.
Pairwise testing - Strategic test case designXBOSoft
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Pairwise testing is a technique used to test software interactions between input parameters by selecting all possible unique pairs of parameter values. It aims to find bugs caused by interactions between two parameters, which are common, while being more efficient than testing all possible input combinations. Tools can generate pairwise test sets to cover all pairs, while testing far fewer cases than exhaustive testing. However, pairwise testing requires effective partitioning of input values and has limitations when dependencies between more than two parameters exist or inputs are not discrete. It works best when there are many possible input values that can be separated into equivalence classes.
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The document discusses strategies for software testing including:
1) Testing begins at the component level and works outward toward integration, with different techniques used at different stages.
2) A strategy provides a roadmap for testing including planning, design, execution, and evaluation.
3) The main stages of a strategy are unit testing, integration testing, validation testing, and system testing, with the scope broadening at each stage.
The document discusses various software testing techniques including black box testing, white box testing, and grey box testing. It provides details on specific techniques such as equivalence partitioning, boundary value analysis, statement coverage, condition coverage, function coverage, and cyclomatic complexity. The objective is to understand these techniques so they can be used effectively to test applications and find defects.
An Overview of User Acceptance Testing (UAT)Usersnap
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What is User Acceptance Testing? Also known as UAT or UAT testing.
it's basically, a process of verifying that a solution works for the user.
And the key word here, is user. This is crucial, because theyâre the people who will use the software on a daily basis. There are many aspects to consider with respect to software functionality. Thereâs unit testing, functional testing, integration testing, and system testing, amongst many others.
What Is User Acceptance Testing?
Iâll keep it simple; according to Techopedia, UAT (some people call it UAT testing as well) is:
User acceptance testing (UAT) is the last phase of the software testing process. During UAT, actual software users test the software to make sure it can handle required tasks in real-world scenarios, according to specifications. UAT is one of the final and critical software project procedures that must occur before newly developed software is rolled out to the market.
User acceptance testing (UAT), otherwise known as Beta, Application, or End-User Testing, is often considered the last phase in the web development process, the one before final installation of the software on the client site, or final distribution of it.
Design Test Case Technique (Equivalence partitioning And Boundary value analy...Ryan Tran
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At the end of this course, you are going to know:
To provide an approach to design test case.
Understand how to apply equivalence partitioning and boundary to design test case.
This document provides an overview of software testing concepts and definitions. It discusses key topics such as software quality, testing methods like static and dynamic testing, testing levels from unit to acceptance testing, and testing types including functional, non-functional, regression and security testing. The document is intended as an introduction to software testing principles and terminology.
Testing is the process of validating and verifying software to ensure it meets specifications and functions as intended. There are different levels of testing including unit, integration, system, and acceptance testing. An important part of testing is having a test plan that outlines the test strategy, cases, and process to be followed. Testing helps find defects so the product can be improved.
This document discusses various software testing techniques. It begins by explaining the goals of verification and validation as establishing confidence that software is fit for its intended use. It then covers different testing phases from component to integration testing. The document discusses both static and dynamic verification methods like inspections, walkthroughs, and testing. It details test case development techniques like equivalence partitioning and boundary value analysis. Finally, it covers white-box and structural testing methods that derive test cases from examining a program's internal structure.
Module V - Software Testing Strategies.pdfadhithanr
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This document discusses strategies for software testing, including test planning, unit testing, integration testing, and validation. It provides details on:
- Developing a testing strategy that incorporates test planning, design, execution, data collection, and evaluation.
- Conducting unit testing on individual software components to test interfaces, data structures, paths, and boundaries.
- Performing integration testing by combining tested units and testing interfaces to avoid issues with data loss or component interactions.
- The goals of verification to ensure correct implementation and validation to ensure requirements traceability.
This lecture is about the detail definition of software quality and quality assurance. Provide details about software tesing and its types. Clear the basic concepts of software quality and software testing.
Strategic Approach to Software Testing, Strategic Issues, Test Conventional Software, Test Strategies for Object-Oriented Software, Test Strategies for WebApps, Validation Testing, System Testing, The Art of Debugging, Software Testing Fundamentals, White-Box Testing, Basis Path Testing,
Control Structure Testing
The document discusses software testing and analysis. It describes the goals of verification and validation as establishing confidence that software is fit for purpose without being completely defect-free. Both verification and validation are whole-life cycle processes involving static and dynamic techniques to discover defects and assess usability. The document outlines different testing and inspection methods like unit testing, integration testing, walkthroughs, and inspections and their roles in the verification and validation process.
This document discusses software testing practices and processes. It covers topics like unit testing, integration testing, validation testing, test planning, and test types. The key points are that testing aims to find errors, good testing uses both valid and invalid inputs, and testing should have clear objectives and be assigned to experienced people. Testing is done at the unit, integration and system levels using techniques like black box testing.
Software testing involves verifying that a software program performs as intended. There are different types of testing including black box, white box, unit, integration, system, and acceptance testing. The goal is to detect bugs and ensure the software functions properly before it is released to end users.
QA and testing are both important for software quality but have different goals. QA is a preventative, process-oriented activity aimed at preventing bugs, while testing is product-oriented and aimed at finding bugs. Key differences between QA and testing are outlined. The document also defines terms like quality control, verification and validation. It describes various testing types like unit, integration, system and acceptance testing as well as techniques like black-box vs white-box testing and manual vs automated testing. Concepts covered include test plans, cases, scripts, suites, logs, beds and deliverables. The importance of a successful test plan is emphasized.
Unit testing focuses on testing individual software modules or components. It ensures information flows properly in and out of modules and data maintains integrity. Common errors include arithmetic issues, mixed data types, incorrect initialization, and precision errors. Test cases should check for logical and comparison errors. Validation testing ensures the software meets requirements by testing with customers. System testing integrates software with other system elements to check recovery, security, performance under stress, and response to abnormal situations.
The document discusses various software testing strategies, including unit testing, integration testing, validation testing, and system testing. It provides details on test strategies for both conventional and object-oriented software. For conventional software, it describes unit testing targets, integration techniques like top-down and bottom-up integration, and regression testing. For object-oriented software, it discusses class testing and thread-based or use-based testing strategies.
Testing is the process of executing software to find defects and verify requirements are met. It involves executing a program or modules to observe behavior and outcomes, and analyze failures to locate and fix faults. The main purposes of testing are to demonstrate quality and proper behavior, and to detect and fix defects. Testing strategies include starting with individual component tests and progressing to integrated system tests. Different techniques like black-box and white-box testing are used at various stages. Manual testing is time-consuming while automated testing is faster and more reliable. Testing continues until quality goals are met or resources run out. Debugging locates and removes defects found via testing.
This document discusses strategies for software testing at different stages of development. It begins by outlining a strategic approach starting with component testing and working outward to integration testing. Different techniques are appropriate at different stages. The stages discussed include unit testing, integration testing, function testing, performance testing, acceptance testing, and installation testing. Details are provided on techniques for each stage like top-down vs bottom-up integration testing. The roles of testers, tools, and documentation are also summarized.
A strategy for software testing integrates the design of software test cases into a well-planned series of steps that result in successful development of the software.
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Software Testing is a type of investigation to find out if there is any default or error present in the software so that the errors can be reduced or removed to increase the quality of the software and to check whether it fulfills the specifies requirements or not.
According to Glen Myers, software testing has the following objectives:
The process of investigating and checking a program to find whether there is an error or not and does it fulfill the requirements or not is called testing.
When the number of errors found during the testing is high, it indicates that the testing was good and is a sign of good test case.Finding an unknown error thatâs wasnât discovered yet is a sign of a successful and a good test case
Software testing techniques document discusses various software testing methods like unit testing, integration testing, system testing, white box testing, black box testing, performance testing, stress testing, and scalability testing. It provides definitions and characteristics of each method. Some key points made in the document include that unit testing tests individual classes, integration testing tests class interactions, system testing validates functionality, and performance testing evaluates how the system performs under varying loads.
This document discusses various software testing strategies, including unit testing, integration testing, validation testing, and system testing. It provides details on test strategies for conventional software, including focusing unit testing on individual components/functions, using incremental integration testing to combine components, and performing regression and smoke testing. Verification aims to ensure algorithms are coded correctly while validation ensures requirements are met.
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This document discusses software testing strategies, techniques, and test cases. It describes four main testing strategies: unit testing, integration testing, validation testing, and system testing. Unit testing tests individual components, integration testing tests interactions between modules and externally, validation testing ensures requirements are met, and system testing verifies overall system performance. Black box and white box testing techniques are also outlined, where black box focuses on external behavior and white box examines internal logical structures. The importance of selecting test cases that exercise faulty program segments is also highlighted.
This presentation is about the following points ,
Introduction to Manual Software testing,
What is Testing,
What is Quality,
How to define Software Testing Principles,
What are the types of Software Tests,
What is Test Planning,
Test Execution and Reporting,
Real-Time Testing,
Automated testing overview discusses the importance of software testing and automated testing. It defines software testing as verifying that software meets requirements and works as expected. The document covers different types of testing and why automated testing is needed to reduce costs, protect reputation, and address difficulties in testing. It provides examples of unit testing simple objects, objects with dependencies, and user interfaces to illustrate how to implement automated tests.
UML (Unified Modeling Language) is a standard modeling language used to document and visualize the design of object-oriented software systems. It was developed in the 1990s to standardize the different object-oriented modeling notations that existed. UML is based on several influential object-oriented analysis and design methodologies. It includes diagrams for modeling a system's structural and behavioral elements, and has continued to evolve with refinements and expanded applicability. Use case diagrams are one type of UML diagram that are used to define system behaviors and goals from the perspective of different user types or external entities known as actors.
UML component diagrams describe software components and their dependencies. A component represents a modular and replaceable unit with well-defined interfaces. Component diagrams show the organization and dependencies between components using interfaces, dependencies, ports, and connectors. They can show both the external view of a component's interfaces as well as its internal structure by nesting other components or classes.
Activity diagrams show the flow and sequence of activities in a system by depicting actions, decisions, and parallel processes through graphical symbols like activities, transitions, decisions, and swimlanes. They are used to model workflows, use cases, and complex methods by defining activities, states, objects, responsibilities, and connections between elements. Guidelines are provided for creating activity diagrams, such as identifying the workflow objective, pre/post-conditions, activities, states, objects, responsibilities, and evaluating for concurrency.
Object diagrams represent a snapshot of a system at a particular moment, showing the concrete instances of classes and their relationships. They capture the static view of a system to show object behaviors and relationships from a practical perspective. Unlike class diagrams which show abstract representations, object diagrams depict real-world objects and their unlimited possible instances. They are used for forward and reverse engineering, modeling object relationships and interactions, and understanding system behavior.
Sequence diagrams show the interactions between objects over time by depicting object lifelines and messages exchanged. They emphasize the time ordering of messages. To create a sequence diagram, identify participating objects and messages, lay out object lifelines across the top, and draw messages between lifelines from top to bottom based on timing. Activation boxes on lifelines indicate when objects are active. Sequence diagrams help document and understand the logical flow of a system.
State chart diagrams define the different states an object can be in during its lifetime, and how it transitions between states in response to events. They are useful for modeling reactive systems by describing the flow of control from one state to another. The key elements are initial and final states, states represented by rectangles, and transitions between states indicated by arrows. State chart diagrams are used to model the dynamic behavior and lifetime of objects in a system and identify the events that trigger state changes.
This document provides an overview of use case diagrams and use cases. It defines what a use case is, including that it captures a user's interaction with a system to achieve a goal. It describes the key components of a use case diagram, including actors, use cases, and relationships between use cases like generalization, inclusion, and extension. An example use case diagram for a money withdrawal from an ATM is presented to illustrate these concepts. Guidelines for documenting use cases with descriptions of flows, exceptions, and other details are also provided.
This document discusses software quality and metrics. It defines software quality as conformance to requirements, standards, and implicit expectations. It outlines ISO 9126 quality factors like functionality, reliability, usability, and maintainability. It describes five views of quality: transcendental, user, manufacturing, product, and value-based. It also discusses types of metrics like product, process, and project metrics. Product metrics measure characteristics like size, complexity, and quality level. The document provides guidelines for developing, collecting, analyzing, and interpreting software metrics.
This document discusses key concepts in software design engineering including analysis models, design models, the programmer's approach versus best practices, purposes of design, quality guidelines, design principles, fundamental concepts like abstraction and architecture, and specific design concepts like patterns, modularity, and information hiding. It emphasizes that design is important for translating requirements into a quality software solution before implementation begins.
The document provides an overview of architectural design in software engineering. It defines software architecture as the structure of components, relationships between them, and properties. The key steps in architectural design are creating data design, representing structure, analyzing styles, and elaborating chosen style. It emphasizes software components and their focus. Examples of architectural styles discussed include data flow, call-and-return, data-centered, and virtual machine.
Object oriented concepts can be summarized in 3 sentences:
Objects have state, behavior, and identity. State represents the properties and values of an object, behavior is defined by the operations or methods that can be performed on an object, and identity uniquely distinguishes one object from all others. Key concepts in object orientation include abstraction, encapsulation, modularity, hierarchy, polymorphism, and life span of objects. These concepts help organize programs through the definition and use of classes and objects.
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The document discusses user interface design principles and models. It provides three key principles for user interface design:
1. Place users in control of the interface and allow for flexible, interruptible, and customizable interaction.
2. Reduce users' memory load by minimizing what they need to remember, establishing defaults, and progressively disclosing information.
3. Make the interface consistent across screens, applications, and interaction models to maintain user expectations.
It also describes four models involved in interface design: the user profile model, design model, implementation model, and user's mental model. The role of designers is to reconcile differences across these models.
This document discusses requirements analysis and design. It covers the types and characteristics of requirements, as well as the tasks involved in requirements engineering including inception, elicitation, elaboration, negotiation, specification, validation, and management. It also discusses problems that commonly occur in requirements practices and solutions through proper requirements engineering. Additionally, it outlines goals and elements of analysis modeling, including flow-oriented, scenario-based, class-based, and behavioral modeling. Finally, it discusses the purpose and tasks of design engineering in translating requirements models into design models.
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This document provides an introduction to interaction design basics and terms. It discusses that interaction design involves creating technology-based interventions to achieve goals within constraints. The design process has several stages and is iterative. Interaction design starts with understanding users through methods like talking to and observing them. Scenarios are rich stories used throughout design to illustrate user interactions. Basic terms in interaction design include goals, constraints, trade-offs, and the design process. Usability and user-centered design are also discussed.
The document provides an overview of design process and factors that affect user experience in interface design. It discusses various principles and heuristics to support usability, including learnability, flexibility, and robustness. The document outlines principles that affect these factors, such as predictability, consistency and dialog initiative. It also discusses guidelines for improving usability through user testing and iterative design. The document emphasizes the importance of usability and provides several heuristics and guidelines to measure and improve usability in interface design.
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The document discusses various methods for evaluating interactive systems, including expert analysis methods like heuristic evaluation and cognitive walkthrough, as well as user-based evaluation techniques like observational methods, query techniques, and physiological monitoring. It provides details on the process for each method and considerations for when each may be most appropriate. Evaluation aims to determine a system's usability, identify design issues, compare alternatives, and observe user effects. The criteria discussed include expert analysis, user-based, and model-based approaches.
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This document discusses qualitative user research methods. It explains that qualitative research helps understand user behavior, which is too complex to understand solely through quantitative data. Qualitative research methods include interviews, observation, and persona creation. Personas are fictional user archetypes created from interview data to represent different types of users. They are useful for product design by providing empathy for users and guiding decisions. The document provides details on creating personas and using scenarios to represent how personas would interact with a product.
This document provides an introduction to human-computer interaction (HCI). It defines HCI as a discipline concerned with studying, designing, building, and implementing interactive computing systems for human use, with a focus on usability. The document outlines various perspectives in HCI including sociology, anthropology, ergonomics, psychology, and linguistics. It also defines HCI and lists 8 guidelines for creating good HCI, such as consistency, informative feedback, and reducing memory load. The importance of good interfaces is discussed, noting they can make or break a product's acceptance. Finally, some principles and theories of user-centered design are introduced.
This document discusses the Think Pair Share activity and principles of cohesion and coupling in software design. It provides definitions and examples of different types of coupling (data, stamp, control, etc.) and levels of cohesion (functional, sequential, communicational, etc.). The key goals are to minimize coupling between modules to reduce dependencies, and maximize cohesion so elements within a module are strongly related and focused on a single task. High cohesion and low coupling lead to components that are more independent, flexible, and maintainable.
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of the railway database also plays a major role in the smooth running of this
system. The Online Train Ticket Management System will help in reserving the
tickets of the railways to travel from a particular source to the destination.
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components of Natural Language Generation,
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NLP. Subsequently, we delve into the current state of
the art by presenting diverse NLP applications,
contemporary trends, and challenges. Finally, we
discuss some available datasets, models, and
evaluation metrics in NLP.
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computer networks, networked computing devices pass data to each other along data
connections. Data is transferred in the form of packets. The connections between nodes are
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Sri Guru Hargobind Ji (19 June 1595 - 3 March 1644) is revered as the Sixth Nanak.
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eleven years old when he became 6th Guru.
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authority (PIRI) and the other, his temporal authority (MIRI). He thus for the first time
initiated military tradition in the Sikh faith to resist religious persecution, protect
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2. What they SayâŚ
⢠âTesting is the process of executing a program with
the intention of finding errors.â â Myers
⢠âTesting can show the presence of bugs but never
their absence.â - Dijkstra
3. Definition
⢠Testing is the process of exercising a program with
the specific intent of finding errors prior to delivery
to the end user.
4. 4
Who Tests the
Software?
developerdeveloper independent testerindependent tester
Understands the systemUnderstands the system
but, will test "gently"but, will test "gently"
and, is driven by "and, is driven by "deliverydelivery""
Must learn about the system,Must learn about the system,
but, will attempt tobut, will attempt to breakbreak itit
and, is driven byand, is driven by qualityquality
5. Characteristics of Testable Software
⢠Operable
â The better it works (i.e., better quality), the easier it is to test
⢠Observable
â Incorrect output is easily identified; internal errors are automatically detected
⢠Controllable
â The states and variables of the software can be controlled directly by the tester
⢠Decomposable
â The software is built from independent modules that can be tested independently
⢠Simple
â The program should exhibit functional, structural, and code simplicity
⢠Stable
â Changes to the software during testing are infrequent and do not invalidate
existing tests
⢠Understandable
â The architectural design is well understood; documentation is available and
organized
6. Test Characteristics
⢠A good test has a high probability of finding an error
â The tester must understand the software and how it might fail
⢠A good test is not redundant
â Testing time is limited; one test should not serve the same purpose as another
test
⢠A good test should be âbest of breedâ
â Tests that have the highest likelihood of uncovering a whole class of errors
should be used
⢠A good test should be neither too simple nor too complex
â Each test should be executed separately; combining a series of tests could
cause side effects and mask certain errors
7. A strategy for software testing
⢠integrates the design of software test cases into a well-planned
series of steps that result in successful development of the
software
⢠The strategy provides a road map that describes the steps to be
taken, when, and how much effort, time, and resources will be
required
⢠The strategy incorporates test planning, test case design, test
execution, and test result collection and evaluation
⢠The strategy provides guidance for the practitioner and a set of
milestones for the manager
⢠Because of time pressures, progress must be measurable and
problems must surface as early as possible
9. General Characteristics of
Strategic Testing
⢠To perform effective testing, a software team should conduct
effective formal technical reviews
⢠Testing begins at the component level and work outward toward
the integration of the entire computer-based system
⢠Different testing techniques are appropriate at different points in
time
⢠Testing is conducted by the developer of the software and (for
large projects) by an independent test group
⢠Testing and debugging are different activities, but debugging
must be accommodated in any testing strategy
10. A Strategy for Testing Conventional Software
Code
Design
Requirements
System Engineering
Unit Testing
Integration Testing
Validation Testing
System Testing
Abstractto
concrete
Narrow
to
Broaderscope
13. Unit Testing
⢠Unit testing is a software development process in which the
smallest testable parts of an application, called units, are
individually and independently scrutinized for proper operation.
Unit testing is often automated but it can also be done
manually.
⢠Algorithms and logic
⢠Data structures (global and local)
⢠Interfaces
⢠Independent paths
⢠Boundary conditions
⢠Error handling
14. Unit Testing
modulemodule
to beto be
testedtested
test casestest cases
resultsresults
softwaresoftware
engineerengineer
interfaceinterface
local data structureslocal data structures
boundary conditionsboundary conditions
independent pathsindependent paths
error handling pathserror handling paths
16. Integration Testing
⢠Integration testing (sometimes called integration and testing, abbreviated I&T)
is the phase in software testing in which individual software modules are combined
and tested as a group. It occurs after unit testing and before validation testing.
⢠Integration: Combining 2 or more software units
â often a subset of the overall project
17. Why Integration Testing Is Necessary
⢠One module can have an adverse effect on another
⢠Sub functions, when combined, may not produce the desired
major function
⢠Individually acceptable imprecision in calculations may be
magnified to unacceptable levels
⢠Interfacing errors not detected in unit testing may appear
⢠Timing problems (in real-time systems) are not detectable by
unit testing
⢠Resource contention problems are not detectable by unit testing
19. Phased integration
⢠phased ("big-bang") integration:
â design, code, test, debug each class/unit/subsystem
separately
â combine them all
â pray
20. Top-down integration
⢠top-down integration:
Start with outer UI layers and work inward
â must write (lots of) stub lower layers for UI to interact with
â allows postponing tough design/debugging decisions (bad?)
21. Problems with Top-Down Integration
⢠Many times, calculations are performed in the modules at the
bottom of the hierarchy
⢠Stubs typically do not pass data up to the higher modules
⢠Delaying testing until lower-level modules are ready usually
results in integrating many modules at the same time rather
than one at a time
⢠Developing stubs that can pass data up is almost as much
work as developing the actual module
22. Bottom-up integration
⢠bottom-up integration:
Start with low-level data/logic layers and work outward
â must write test drivers to run these layers
â won't discover high-level / UI design flaws until late
23. Problems with Bottom-Up Integration
⢠The whole program does not exist until the last module is
integrated
⢠Timing and resource contention problems are not found
until late in the process
24. Stubs
⢠stub: A controllable replacement for an existing software unit to
which your code under test has a dependency.
â useful for simulating difficult-to-control elements:
⢠network / internet
⢠database
⢠time/date-sensitive code
⢠files
⢠threads
⢠memory
â also useful when dealing with brittle legacy code/systems
25. "Sandwich" integration
⢠"sandwich" integration:
Connect top-level UI with crucial bottom-level classes
â add middle layers later as needed
â more practical than top-down or bottom-up?
27. System Testing
⢠System testing of software or hardware is testing
conducted on a complete, integrated system to evaluate the
system's compliance with its specified requirements.
⢠System testing falls within the scope of black box testing,
and as such, should require no knowledge of the inner design
of the code or logic.
28. Principles of System Testing
System Testing Process
⢠Function testing: does the integrated system perform as
promised by the requirements specification?
⢠Performance testing: are the non-functional requirements
met?
⢠Acceptance testing: is the system what the customer
expects?
⢠Installation testing: does the system run at the customer
site(s)?
29. Performance Tests
Purpose and Roles
⢠Used to examine
â the calculation
â the speed of response
â the accuracy of the result
â the accessibility of the data
⢠Designed and administrated by the test team
31. Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability
Definition
â˘Software reliability: operating without
failure under given condition for a
given time interval
â˘Software availability: operating
successfully according to specification
at a given point in time
â˘Software maintainability: for a given
condition of use, a maintenance
activity can be carried out within stated
time interval, procedures and
resources
Different Level of Failure Severity
â˘Catastrophic: causes death or
system loss
â˘Critical: causes severe injury or
major system damage
â˘Marginal: causes minor injury or
minor system damage
â˘Minor: causes no injury or
system damage
32. Acceptance Tests
⢠Enable the customers and users to determine if the built system
meets their needs and expectations
⢠Written, conducted and evaluated by the customers
⢠Pilot test: install on experimental basis
⢠Alpha test: in-house test
⢠Beta test: customer pilot
⢠Parallel testing: new system operates in parallel with old
system
33. Installation Testing
⢠Before the testing
â Configure the system
â Attach proper number and kind of devices
â Establish communication with other system
⢠The testing
â Regression tests: to verify that the system has been
installed properly and works
36. White Box testing
White box testing is testing where we use the info available
from the code of the component to generate tests.
This info is usually used to achieve coverage in one way or
another â e.g.
⢠Code coverage
⢠Path coverage
⢠Decision coverage
Debugging will always be white-box testing
39. Black Box testing
Black box testing is also called functional testing. The
main ideas are simple:
1. Define initial component state, input and expected
output for the test.
2. Set the component in the required state.
3. Give the defined input
4. Observe the output and compare to the expected
output.
40. Info for Black Box testing
That we do not have access to the code does not mean
that one test is just as good as the other one. We
should consider the following info:
⢠Algorithm understanding
⢠Parts of the solutions that are difficult to implement
⢠Special â often seldom occurring â cases.
41. Black Box vs. White Box testing
We can contrast the two methods as follows:
⢠White Box testing
â Understanding the implemented code.
â Checking the implementation
â Debugging
⢠Black Box testing
â Understanding the algorithm used.
â Checking the solution â functional testing
42. Criteria Black Box Testing White Box Testing
Definition
Black Box Testing is a software testing
method in which the internal structure/
design/ implementation of the item being
tested is NOT known to the tester
White Box Testing is a software testing
method in which the internal structure/
design/ implementation of the item being
tested is known to the tester.
Levels Applicable To
Mainly applicable to higher levels of testing:
Acceptance Testing
System Testing
Mainly applicable to lower levels of
testing:Unit Testing
Integration Testing
Responsibility Generally, independent Software Testers Generally, Software Developers
Programming Knowledge Not Required Required
Implementation Knowledge Not Required Required
Basis for Test Cases Requirement Specifications Detail Design
43. Basis Path Testing
⢠White-box technique usually based on the program flow graph
⢠The cyclomatic complexity of the program computed from its flow graph using the
formula V(G) = E â N + 2 or by counting the conditional statements in the PDL
representation and adding 1
⢠Determine the basis set of linearly independent paths (the cardinality of this set is the
program cyclomatic complexity)
⢠Prepare test cases that will force the execution of each path in the basis set.
44. Control Structure Testing
⢠White-box techniques focusing on control structures present in the
software
⢠Condition testing (e.g. branch testing)
â focuses on testing each decision statement in a software module
â it is important to ensure coverage of all logical combinations of data that
may be processed by the module (a truth table may be helpful)
⢠Data flow testing
â selects test paths based according to the locations of variable definitions
and uses in the program (e.g. definition use chains)
⢠Loop testing
â focuses on the validity of the program loop constructs (i.e. while, for, go to)
â involves checking to ensure loops start and stop when they are supposed to
(unstructured loops should be redesigned whenever possible)
46. Product Use Testing
Product use under normal operating conditions.
Some terms:
â Alpha testing: done in-house.
â Beta testing: done at the customer site.
Typical goals of beta testing: to determine if the product works
and is free of âbugs.â
49. Verification and Validation
⢠Verification
â Are you building the product right?
â Software must conform to its specification
⢠Validation
â Are you building the right product?
â Software should do what the user really requires
50. Verification and Validation Process
⢠Must applied at each stage of the software
development process to be effective
⢠Objectives
â Discovery of system defects
â Assessment of system usability in an operational
situation
52. Performance Testing
⢠Performance testing is the process of determining the speed or
effectiveness of a computer, network, software program or device.
⢠Before going into the details, we should understand the factors that
governs Performance testing:
ďź Throughput
ďź Response Time
ďź Tuning
ďź Benchmarking
53. Stress testing
⢠Exercises the system beyond its maximum design load.
Stressing the system often causes defects to
come to light
⢠Stressing the system test failure behaviour.. Systems should
not fail catastrophically. Stress testing checks for
unacceptable loss of service or data
⢠Particularly relevant to distributed systems
which can exhibit severe degradation as a
network becomes overloaded
54. Smoke Testing
⢠Taken from the world of hardware
â Power is applied and a technician checks for sparks, smoke, or
other dramatic signs of fundamental failure
⢠Designed as a pacing mechanism for time-critical projects
â Allows the software team to assess its project on a frequent basis
⢠Includes the following activities
â The software is compiled and linked into a build
â A series of breadth tests is designed to expose errors that will keep
the build from properly performing its function
⢠The goal is to uncover âshow stopperâ errors that have the highest
likelihood of throwing the software project behind schedule
â The build is integrated with other builds and the entire product is
smoke tested daily
⢠Daily testing gives managers and practitioners a realistic assessment of
the progress of the integration testing
â After a smoke test is completed, detailed test scripts are executed
57. Debugging Process
⢠Debugging occurs as a consequence of successful testing
⢠It is still very much an art rather than a science
⢠Good debugging ability may be an innate human trait
⢠Large variances in debugging ability exist
⢠The debugging process begins with the execution of a test case
⢠Results are assessed and the difference between expected and actual
performance is encountered
⢠This difference is a symptom of an underlying cause that lies hidden
⢠The debugging process attempts to match symptom with cause, thereby
leading to error correction
58. Why is Debugging so Difficult?
⢠The symptom and the cause may be geographically remote
⢠The symptom may disappear (temporarily) when another error
is corrected
⢠The symptom may actually be caused by nonerrors (e.g., round-
off accuracies)
⢠The symptom may be caused by human error that is not easily
traced
59. Why is Debugging so Difficult?
(continued)
⢠The symptom may be a result of timing problems, rather than
processing problems
⢠It may be difficult to accurately reproduce input conditions, such as
asynchronous real-time information
⢠The symptom may be intermittent such as in embedded systems
involving both hardware and software
⢠The symptom may be due to causes that are distributed across a
number of tasks running on different processes
60. Debugging Strategies
⢠Objective of debugging is to find and correct the cause of a
software error
⢠Bugs are found by a combination of systematic evaluation,
intuition, and luck
⢠Debugging methods and tools are not a substitute for careful
evaluation based on a complete design model and clear source
code
⢠There are three main debugging strategies
â Brute force
â Backtracking
â Cause elimination
61. Strategy #1: Brute Force
⢠Most commonly used and least efficient method
⢠Used when all else fails
⢠Involves the use of memory dumps, run-time traces, and output
statements
⢠Leads many times to wasted effort and time
62. Strategy #2: Backtracking
⢠Can be used successfully in small programs
⢠The method starts at the location where a symptom has been
uncovered
⢠The source code is then traced backward (manually) until the
location of the cause is found
⢠In large programs, the number of potential backward paths may
become unmanageably large
63. Strategy #3: Cause Elimination
⢠Involves the use of induction or deduction and introduces the
concept of binary partitioning
â Induction (specific to general): Prove that a specific starting value is
true; then prove the general case is true
â Deduction (general to specific): Show that a specific conclusion follows
from a set of general premises
⢠Data related to the error occurrence are organized to isolate
potential causes
⢠A cause hypothesis is devised, and the aforementioned data are
used to prove or disprove the hypothesis
⢠Alternatively, a list of all possible causes is developed, and tests are
conducted to eliminate each cause
⢠If initial tests indicate that a particular cause hypothesis shows
promise, data are refined in an attempt to isolate the bug
64. Three Questions to ask Before Correcting the Error
⢠Is the cause of the bug reproduced in another part of the program?
â Similar errors may be occurring in other parts of the program
⢠What next bug might be introduced by the fix that Iâm about to
make?
â The source code (and even the design) should be studied to assess
the coupling of logic and data structures related to the fix
⢠What could we have done to prevent this bug in the first place?
â This is the first step toward software quality assurance
â By correcting the process as well as the product, the bug will be
removed from the current program and may be eliminated from all
future programs