Book description
The testing market is growing at a fast pace and ISTQB certifications
are being increasingly requested, with more than 180,000 persons
currently certified throughout the world. The ISTQB Foundations level
syllabus was updated in 2011, and this book provides detailed course
study material including a glossary and sample questions to help
adequately prepare for the certification exam.
The fundamental
aspects of testing are approached, as is testing in the lifecycles
from Waterfall to Agile and iterative lifecycles. Static testing, such
as reviews and static analysis, and their benefits are examined as
well as techniques such as Equivalence Partitioning, Boundary Value
Analysis, Decision Table Testing, State Transitions and use cases,
along with selected white box testing techniques. Test management,
test progress monitoring, risk analysis and incident management are
covered, as are the methods for successfully introducing tools in an organization.
Contents
1. Fundamentals of Testing.
2. Testing Throughout the Software
Life Cycle.
3. Static Techniques (FL 3. 0).
4. Test Design
Techniques (FL 4. 0).
5. Test Management (FL 5. 0).
6. Tools
support for Testing (FL 6. 0).
7. Mock Exam.
8. Templates
and Models.
9. Answers to the Questions.
