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Software Quality Engineering
Testing, Quality Assurance, and Quantifiable Improvement
Jeff Tian (Author)
9780471713456, Wiley
Hardback, published 24 March 2005
448 pages, Drawings: 0 B&W, 0 Color; Tables: 0 B&W, 0 Color
26.2 x 18.5 x 2.7 cm, 0.921 kg
"... seasoned throughout with practical experience and examples ... these combine to give a well-balanced feel overall which is really quite satisfying." (Software Testing, Verification and Reliability, June 2006)
The one resource needed to create reliable software
This text offers a comprehensive and integrated approach to software quality engineering. By following the author's clear guidance, readers learn how to master the techniques to produce high-quality, reliable software, regardless of the software system's level of complexity.
The first part of the publication introduces major topics in software quality engineering and presents quality planning as an integral part of the process. Providing readers with a solid foundation in key concepts and practices, the book moves on to offer in-depth coverage of software testing as a primary means to ensure software quality; alternatives for quality assurance, including defect prevention, process improvement, inspection, formal verification, fault tolerance, safety assurance, and damage control; and measurement and analysis to close the feedback loop for quality assessment and quantifiable improvement.
The text's approach and style evolved from the author's hands-on experience in the classroom. All the pedagogical tools needed to facilitate quick learning are provided:
* Figures and tables that clarify concepts and provide quick topic summaries
* Examples that illustrate how theory is applied in real-world situations
* Comprehensive bibliography that leads to in-depth discussion of specialized topics
* Problem sets at the end of each chapter that test readers' knowledge
This is a superior textbook for software engineering, computer science, information systems, and electrical engineering students, and a dependable reference for software and computer professionals and engineers.
List of Figures xvii List of Tables xxi Preface xxv Part I Overview And Basics 1 Overview 3 2 What Is Software Quality? 15 3 Quality Assurance 27 4 Quality Assurance in Context 41 5 Quality Engineering 53 Part II Software Testing 6 Testing: Concepts, Issues, and Techniques 67 7 Test Activities, Management, and Automation 85 8 Coverage and Usage Testing Based on Checklists and Partitions 103 9 Input Domain Partitioning and Boundary Testing 127 10 Coverage and Usage Testing Based on Finite-State Machines and Markov Chains 147 11 Control Flow, Data Dependency, and Interaction Testing 175 12 Testing Techniques: Adaptation, Specialization, and Integration 203 Part III Quality Assurance Beyond Testing 13 Defect Prevention and Process lmprovement 223 14 Software Inspection 237 15 Formal Verification 251 16 Fault Tolerance and Failure Containment 267 17 Comparing Quality Assurance Techniques and Activities 285 Part IV Quantifiable Quality Improvement 18 Feedback Loop and Activities for Quantifiable Quality Improvement 303 19 Quality Models and Measurements 323 20 Defect Classification and Analysis 339 21 Risk Identification for Quantifiable Quality Improvement 353 22 Software Reliability Engineering 371 Bibliography 389 Index 403
Subject Areas: Electronics & communications engineering [TJ]
