What is Context Driven Testing?
The context-driven school of software testing is flavor of Agile Testing that advocates continuous and creative evaluation of testing opportunities in light of the... Read more »
Archive for February, 2007
What is Conformance Testing?
The process of testing that an implementation conforms to the specification on which it is based. Usually applied to testing conformance to a formal standard. Read more »
What is Concurrency Testing?
Multi-user testing geared towards determining the effects of accessing the same application code, module or database records. Identifies and measures the level of... Read more »
What is Component?
A minimal software item for which a separate specification is available. Read more »
What is Code Coverage?
An analysis method that determines which parts of the software have been executed (covered) by the test case suite and which parts have not been executed and therefore... Read more »
What is Code Complete?
Phase of development where functionality is implemented in entirety; bug fixes are all that are left. All functions found in the Functional Specifications have been... Read more »
What is Cause Effect Graph?
A graphical representation of inputs and the associated outputs effects which can be used to design test cases. Read more »
What is Capture/Replay Tool?
A test tool that records test input as it is sent to the software under test. The input cases stored can then be used to reproduce the test at a later time. Most... Read more »
What is Breadth Testing?
A test suite that exercises the full functionality of a product but does not test features in detail. Read more »
What is Branch Testing?
Testing in which all branches in the program source code are tested at least once. Read more »
What is Boundary Value Analysis?
BVA is similar to Equivalence Partitioning but focuses on “corner cases” or values that are usually out of range as defined by the specification. his... Read more »
What is Boundary Testing?
Test which focus on the boundary or limit conditions of the software being tested. (Some of these tests are stress tests). Read more »
What is Binary Portability Testing?
Testing an executable application for portability across system platforms and environments, usually for conformation to an ABI specification. Read more »
What is Baseline?
The point at which some deliverable produced during the software engineering process is put under formal change control. Read more »
What is Basis Set?
The set of tests derived using basis path testing. Read more »