Book description
A superior primer on software testing and quality assurance, from
integration to execution and automation
This important new work fills the pressing need for a user-friendly
text that aims to provide software engineers, software quality
professionals, software developers, and students with the fundamental
developments in testing theory and common testing practices.
Software Testing and Quality Assurance: Theory and Practice
equips readers with a solid understanding of:
- Practices that support the production of quality software
- Software testing techniques
- Life-cycle models for requirements, defects, test cases, and
test results
- Process models for units, integration, system, and acceptance testing
- How to build test teams, including recruiting and retaining test engineers
- Quality Models, Capability Maturity Model, Testing Maturity
Model, and Test Process Improvement Model
Expertly balancing theory with practice, and complemented with an
abundance of pedagogical tools, including test questions, examples,
teaching suggestions, and chapter summaries, this book is a valuable,
self-contained tool for professionals and an ideal introductory text
for courses in software testing, quality assurance, and software
engineering.
KSHIRASAGAR NAIK, PhD, is an Associate Professor
in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the
University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. Previously, he was a software
development engineer for Wipro Technologies in Bangalore, India. Dr.
Naik has contributed to numerous journal and conference publications
in the area of software testing.
PRIYADARSHI TRIPATHY, PhD, is a Senior Manager at NEC
Laboratories America, Inc., in Princeton, New Jersey, where he
designs, coordinates, and conducts software testing for grid-based
storage appliances. Dr. Tripathy has worked in the field of software
testing and quality assurance for Nortel Networks, Cisco Systems, and
Airvana, Inc. He has also contributed to numerous publications in the
area of software testing.
