Index of The Testing Practitioner

A
acceptance test  354
acceptance testing  28
accessibility  347
action  265
action words  341
ad hoc testing  209
anomalies  263
assessment  312
attractiveness  224
audit  118
automation  70, 189, 335

B
baseline  87
BCS  223
Boehm  185
boundary value analysis  202
BS7925-1  41, 377
BS7925-2  204, 377
bug reporting  263
bugs fix ratio  276

C
C standard  190
Capability Maturity Model  166
CASE  317
CAST  317
causal analysis  128, 176
checking rate  174
checklist  144
checkpoints  308
classification  272
CMM  166, 289, 380
CMM(I)  294
co-discovery  240
cognitive walkthrough  239
communication  364
comparator  323
completion  37
completion criteria  86
complexity  187
component test  354
component testing  26
configuration management  321
contexts of use  227
control flow structure  186
cost effectiveness  347
coverage  187, 198
coverage tool  323
CPU  255
critical thinking  216
CRUD  98

D
data driven tests  339
data flow structure  186
data structure  186
defect  263
defect finding capability  201
defect prevention  165
defect taxonomy  157
definition of usability  224
definitions of testing  16
delegation  358
development testing  107
disposition  265
DO-178B  48
DoD-STD-2167A  273
drivers  325
dynamic analysis  323

E
effective team  356
effectiveness  225
efficiency  225, 250, 382
efficiency compliance  250
entry condition  169
entry-check  123
environmental factor  107
equivalence classes  152
equivalence partitioning  202
error guessing  202
evolutionary testing model  290
execution  36
exit criteria  176
explicit testing  103
exploratory testing  209
extreme programming  199

F
Fagan  121, 165
failure  13, 61, 182
fault  13, 182
feature inspections  239
flexibility  347
FPA  93
function point analysis  93
functionality  381

G
Garvin  14
Gilb  165

H
Hetzel  23, 290
heuristic evaluation  238
heuristic test strategy  216

I
IEEE 1008  18, 46, 378
IEEE 1028  117, 378
IEEE 1044  47, 263, 378
IEEE 610  377
IEEE 829  20, 47
IFPUG  97
Illinois Institute of Technology  289
improvement process  311
incident  263
incident management  47, 321
increment  81
increments  88
informal review  118
inspection  117, 165, 385
inspection procedure  122
inspection strategy  167
inspections  144
integration test  354
integration testing in the small  27
integrity level  46, 47
intranet  396
investigation  264
irreproducible bugs  282
ISEB  18
ISO 12207  41, 379
ISO 15504  47, 380
ISO 9126  42, 81, 378, 381
ISO 9126-1  103, 224
ISO 9241-1  224

K
key areas  302
key practices  295
kick-off  124

L
LCSAJ  205
learnability  224
life cycle  23
load  253, 324
logging meeting  175
logical page  166

M
maintainability  201, 382
major defect  166
management  356
management commitment  320
management review  118
market research  329
maturity level  290
measure  236
memory usage  255
metrics  177, 250
MISRA  48
mistake  13
moderator  120, 168
monitoring tools  324
motivation  347
MTBF  86
multimedia  396
MUSiC  391
Myers  198

N
navigation  344
network traffic  255
non-functional techniques  199

O
objectivity  201
observation  215
operability  224
operational load profile  256
optimum  174

P
people factor  71
performance  324
performance testing  249
Personal Software Process  171
phase test plan  46
planning  34, 347
pluralistic walkthrough  239
portability  383
preparation  35
pre-test  37, 69
prevention  74
priority  60, 67, 274
process area  295
productivity  95, 220
productivity factor  106
programming language  189
project  test plan  32
project test plan  45
PSP  171

Q
quality characteristics  85
quality indicator  276
quality level  59
quality metrics  86
quality model  82
Quality Model  42
quality profile  85
questionnaire  83, 391

R
reading techniques  143
recognition  264
record & playback  324, 336
regression testing  319, 335
release decision  90
reliability  381
reporting  237
requirements  149, 329
requirements management  322
resource utilisation  250
re-test  98
review  199, 385
review types  138
risk analysis  34
risk assessment  83
risk based method  83
risk based testing  57
risk score  68
ROI  177
rules  144

S
sampling  170, 233
satisfaction  225
scribe  120
script file  337
session based test management  210
severity  274
simulator  324
size  94
skills  352
software quality  14
software testing vocabulary  43
SPACE-UFO  83
specification  36
spiral life cycle  273
standards  39
standards inspections  239
state transition  202
static analysis  181, 322
static testing  199
stress  324
stubs  325
subpractices  295
successful team  352
SUMI  241, 391
system test  354
system testing  28

T
team building  351
team size  110
technical review  118, 129
test assignment  34
test basis  108
test career cub  373
test career path  371, 373
test case design techniques  206
test clusters  342
test data preparation  323
test design  215, 322
test documentation  47
test environment  108, 298
test estimation  93
test execution  335
test expertise  359
test functions  372
test harnesses  325
test level  26
test management  322
Test Maturity Matrix  308
test planning  296
test point analysis  93
test points  93
test policy  45
test policy and goals  295
test process  31, 46
test process improvement  47
Test Process Improvement  301
test programming  338
test report  345
test strategy  34, 45, 94
test techniques and methods  297
test terminology  44
test tools  107, 317
tester  362
testframe  342
Testing Maturity Model  47, 289
testing skills  352
testing standards  377, 379
testing techniques  197
testware  38, 109
thinking aloud protocol  240
time behaviour  250
TMap  17, 31
TMM  289, 380
tool  401
tool evaluation  253, 327
tool selection  253
TPA  93
TPI  301

U
understandability  224
usability  382, 392
usability tester  233
usability testing  223

V
validation  14, 41
verification  14, 41
V-model  23, 81, 232

W
walkthrough  118, 133