Software Quality Engineering Testing Quality Assurance And Quantifiable Improvement

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 10
Preface......Page 28
OVERVIEW AND BASICS......Page 30
OVERVIEW......Page 32
WHAT IS SOFTWARE QUALITY?......Page 44
QUALITY ASSURANCE......Page 56
QUALITY ASSURANCE IN CONTEXT......Page 70
QUALITY ENGlN EERl NG......Page 82
SOFTWARE TESTING......Page 94
TESTING: CONCEPTS, ISSUES, AND TECHNIQUES......Page 96
TEST ACTIVITIES, MANAGEMENT, AND AUTOMATION......Page 114
COVERAGE AND USAGE TESTING BASED ON CHECKLISTS AND PARTITIONS......Page 132
INPUT DOMAIN PARTITIONING AND BOUNDARY TESTING......Page 156
COVERAGE AND USAGE TESTING BASED ON FINITE-STATE MACHINES AND MARKOV CHAINS......Page 176
CONTROL FLOW, DATA DEPENDENCY, AND INTERACTION TESTING......Page 204
TESTING TECHNIQUES: ADAPTATION, SPECIALIZATION, AND INTEGRATION......Page 232
QUALITY ASSURANCE BEYOND TESTING......Page 250
DEFECT PREVENTION AND PROCESS IMPROVEMENT......Page 252
SOFTWARE INSPECTION......Page 266
FORMAL VERIFICATION......Page 280
FAULT TOLERANCE AND FAILURE CONTAINMENT......Page 296
COMPARING QUALITY ASSURANCE TECHNIQUES AND ACTIVITIES......Page 314
QUANTIFIABLE QUALITY IMPROVEMENT......Page 330
FEEDBACK LOOP AND ACTIVITIES FOR QUANTIFIABLE QUALITY IMPROVEMENT......Page 332
QUALITY MODELS AND MEASUREMENTS......Page 352
DEFECT CLASSIFICATION AND ANALYSIS......Page 368
RISK IDENTIFICATION FOR QUANTIFIABLE QUALITY IMPROVEMENT......Page 382
SOFTWARE RELlABILlTY ENGINEERING......Page 400
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 418
INDEX......Page 432