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Pathways to Requirements Based Testing

Andreas Birk published the article “Pfade zum Requirements-basierten Testen” in issue 17 of the German SQ Magazin. He elaborated several paths how to achieve requirements-based testing. In summary: Test manager can benefit substantially from an established requirements process. Therefore it’s in their best interest to take action and drive the requirements [...]
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Agile Metrics Grid

Recently, Gerald Heller an I discussed about metrics used in agile development, agile testing metrics in particular. We found quite a number of relevant metrics and sought a way to structure them. Partly inspired by Brian Marick’s testing quadrants (see Lisa Crispin’s presentation), we ended up with a matrix spanned by two dichotomous axes. The first [...]
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Testing History

Recently I came across the website www.testingreferences.com whose author Joris Meerts did a great job in collecting a history of testing. In addition, he  provides a pretty extensive listing on Testing web sites Testing blogs Testing videos (educational) Testing literature I am sure you will love this site. As the list is pretty long I will tell you my personal [...]
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Testing Classification for Focused Test Planning

Testing can mean very different things, depending on the software to be tested, the organization in which the testing takes place, and several other factors. Since testing can be so different, it is useful to have a classification system for testing at hand. It can guide test management during planning and preparation of the various [...]
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Two Essential Stages of Testing

Good test coverage is important and sometimes not easy to achieve. A simple principle can lay a solid foundation for test coverage: Distinguishing two essential stages of testing. The initial low-level stage tests basic development artifacts immediately or soon after they have become available. This is usually called component, module or unit testing. The later high-level [...]
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