Risk Based E-Business Testing (Artech House Computer Library,)

Contents  vii......Page 7
Preface  xix......Page 19
Structure  xxi......Page 21
References  xxv......Page 25
Acknowledgments  xxvii......Page 27
Risky Project Foundations  3......Page 31
What Is Risk?  11......Page 39
The Definition of Risk  12......Page 40
Product Risk and Testing  16......Page 44
References  19......Page 47
2  Risk Management and Testing  21......Page 49
Risk Workshops  2......Page 50
Risk Identification  23......Page 51
Risk Analysis  25......Page 53
Risk Response Planning  31......Page 59
Summary of Testing’s Risk Management Role  34......Page 62
References  35......Page 63
3  Risk: A Better Language for Software Testing  37......Page 65
Difficult Questions for Testers  38......Page 66
How Much Testing Is Enough (To Plan)?  39......Page 67
When Should We Stop Testing?  42......Page 70
When Is the Product Good Enough?  43......Page 71
The Classic Squeeze on Testing  47......Page 75
A Definition of Good Testing  49......Page 77
References  50......Page 78
4  Risk-Based Test Strategy  51......Page 79
From Risks to Test Objectives  52......Page 80
Master Test Planning  60......Page 88
Method Guidance  70......Page 98
Risk- and Benefit–Based Test Reporting  76......Page 104
References  80......Page 108
E-Business, E-Commerce, and Everything E  85......Page 113
Web Time and Other Challenges to Testers  90......Page 118
References  92......Page 120
6  Types of Web Site Failures  93......Page 121
Web Site As Retail Store  94......Page 122
Many of the Risks Are Outside Your Control  96......Page 124
The Sequence of Points of Failure in a Web Service  102......Page 130
Specialized Knowledge and E-Business Testing Techniques  105......Page 133
Testing Considerations  106......Page 134
Using a Test Process Framework to Build Your Test Strategy  110......Page 138
References  116......Page 144
Many Focused Stages or Bigger, Broader Test Stages?  119......Page 147
Know Your Users  121......Page 149
Build-and-Integration Strategies—an Example  123......Page 151
Automated Regression Testing  126......Page 154
Further Thoughts on Tools  127......Page 155
Reference  128......Page 156
Content Checking  131......Page 159
HTML Validation  134......Page 162
Browser Syntax Compatibility Checking  140......Page 168
Visual Browser Validation  141......Page 169
Tools for Static Testing  144......Page 172
References  145......Page 173
Overview  147......Page 175
Link Checking  149......Page 177
Object Load and Timing  156......Page 184
Transaction Verification  158......Page 186
Tools for Web Page Integration Testing  163......Page 191
References  164......Page 192
Overview  165......Page 193
Browser Page Testing  173......Page 201
Server-Based Component Testing  175......Page 203
Transaction Link Testing  177......Page 205
Application System Testing  179......Page 207
Context Testing  182......Page 210
Localization Testing  185......Page 213
Configuration Testing  186......Page 214
Tools for Functional Testing  189......Page 217
References  190......Page 218
Overview  191......Page 219
What Is Performance Testing?  195......Page 223
Prerequisites for Performance Testing  199......Page 227
Performance Requirements  202......Page 230
The Performance Test Process  206......Page 234
Performance Testing Practicalities  210......Page 238
Reliability/Failover Testing  217......Page 245
Service Management Testing  221......Page 249
Tools for Service Testing  223......Page 251
References  225......Page 253
Overview  227......Page 255
Collaborative Usability Inspection  232......Page 260
Usability Testing  238......Page 266
Web Accessibility Checking  241......Page 269
Tools for Assessing Web Page Accessibility  243......Page 271
References  244......Page 272
Overview  245......Page 273
Security Assessment  253......Page 281
Penetration Testing  256......Page 284
Tools for Security Testing  260......Page 288
References  261......Page 289
Further Reading  262......Page 290
Overview  263......Page 291
Integration Analysis  267......Page 295
SIT  275......Page 303
BIT  276......Page 304
Challenges  278......Page 306
References  280......Page 308
16  Postdeployment Monitoring  281......Page 309
Types of Monitoring  282......Page 310
Security Monitoring  285......Page 313
Remote Monitoring Services and Tool Web Sites  287......Page 315
17  Tools for E-Business Testing  291......Page 319
Proprietary Test Execution Tools  292......Page 320
How Test Execution Tools Work  295......Page 323
Proprietary, Shareware, and Freeware Tools  301......Page 329
Sources of Tool Information  304......Page 332
Further Reading  305......Page 333
Part IV: Making E-Business Testing Happen  307......Page 335
18  The Context of E-Business Testing  309......Page 337
Methods and Requirements Formats  310......Page 338
Architectures, Objects, Components, and Middleware  315......Page 343
Coping with Iterative and Incremental Methods  316......Page 344
References  319......Page 347
19  E-Business Test Organization, Planning, and Specification  321......Page 349
Testing’s Place in the Project  322......Page 350
Organization and Control  323......Page 351
Credibility of Testing  325......Page 353
Explaining Testing to Other Managers  327......Page 355
Estimation in a Vacuum  328......Page 356
Inversion of the Tester’s Role  332......Page 360
Testing Stages, Teams, and Environments  333......Page 361
Getting, Organizing, and Keeping Resources  334......Page 362
Specifying Tests  339......Page 367
Stage-Specific Considerations  342......Page 370
References  345......Page 373
20  E-Business Test Execution  347......Page 375
Incident Management  349......Page 377
Testing in a Live Environment  351......Page 379
Managing the End Game  353......Page 381
Further Reading  354......Page 382
Appendix A: Essential Web Technologies for Testers  355......Page 383
Using Dummy HTML Forms to Test Components  359......Page 387
Using Test Drivers to Test Components  361......Page 389
The Simplest of Test Drivers  363......Page 391
Further Reading  367......Page 395
List of Acronyms and Abbreviations  369......Page 397
Glossary  373......Page 401
About the Authors  385......Page 413
Index  387......Page 415