| Content | 5 |
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| The Project | 12 |
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| 1.1 Purpose and Contents of This Book | 13 |
| Introduction to Testing | 18 |
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| 2.1 Testing Challenges | 18 |
| 2.2 The Significance of Requirements | 26 |
| 2.3 The Nonconformity Problem | 34 |
| 2.4 Test Artifacts | 40 |
| 2.5 Testing Predictability | 42 |
| 2.6 Software Development Methods | 51 |
| 2.7 The Testing Value Chain (TVC) | 61 |
| Test Methods and Technology | 66 |
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| 3.1 Different Views of Testing | 66 |
| 3.2 Dynamic Test Methods | 70 |
| 3.3 Static Test Methods | 75 |
| 3.4 Ways to Test | 81 |
| 3.5 Test Technology | 93 |
| The Test Domain | 120 |
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| 4.1 Topology of the Test Domain | 120 |
| 4.2 Data and Time Aspects | 132 |
| 4.3 Table-Driven Systems (TDS) | 154 |
| 4.4 Critical Technical Parameters | 163 |
| Test Processes | 166 |
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| 5.1 The Testing Network – Process Technology | 166 |
| 5.2 Core Testing Processes | 170 |
| 5.3 Test Support Processes | 207 |
| 5.4 Test Neighbor Processes | 216 |
| Test Platforms and Tools | 222 |
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| 6.1 The Integrated Test Platform | 222 |
| 6.2 TD for QC | 228 |
| 6.3 The Leading Commercial SA Tools | 241 |
| 6.4 The Leading Commercial Testing Tools | 243 |
| The Analysis of Defect Root Causes | 246 |
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| 7.1 The Methodological Approach | 247 |
| 7.2 Causal Chains Explained | 255 |
| 7.3 Data-Dependent Testing | 273 |
| 7.4 Frequent Causes of Problems | 285 |
| 7.5 Software Aging | 298 |
| 7.6 The Investigation of a Technical Problem | 304 |
| Measuring Test Efforts | 308 |
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| 8.1 Overall Project Progress Measurement | 308 |
| 8.2 Test Progress Reporting (TPR) | 310 |
| Test Issues | 334 |
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| 9.1 Risk Management | 334 |
| 9.2 IPC Management | 350 |
| Conclusion | 354 |
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| Useful Aids | 358 |
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| A.1 Templates | 358 |
| A.2 Checklists | 364 |
| Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance | 374 |
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| Test Platforms and Tool Providers | 378 |
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| Acronyms | 384 |
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| Glossary | 392 |
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| Bibliography | 428 |
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| Links | 432 |
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| Index | 438 |
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| Acknowledgements | 446 |
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| Copyrights and Trademarks | 448 |