RE: techwr-l digest: August 09, 2001

Subject: RE: techwr-l digest: August 09, 2001
From: Sean MacRae <sean -at- rcp -dot- co -dot- uk>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 10:24:22 +0100

Bill,

I can recommend "Software Testing in the Real World" by Ed Kit.
Addison-Wesley, 1995; ISBN 0-201-87756-2. It's a good, practical
introduction to all aspects of testing.

Elsewhere in the list, Megan Golding mentioned Steve McConnell's "Software
Project Survival Guide" -- I heartily agree. See the web site as well
(http://www.construx.com/survivalguide/).

War stories? Not yet. Advice? Try to get your development process to involve
QA as early as possible -- reviewing (validating) early design documents is
a QA activity. Plus, test specs should really be written alongside the
relevant design documents -- the system design is used to specify
integration tests, the description of proposed functionality (functional
specification) is used to specify system tests, etc.

Naturally, this assumes that the developers stick to the design documents,
and tell you of any changes so you can keep your tests in synch...

You're normally lucky if they tell each other of any changes they make...


Cheers,
Sean M.


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> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: From TWer to QAer and tester
> From: "Bill McClain" <bmcclain -at- ibss -dot- net>
> Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2001 13:43:00 -0400
> X-Message-Number: 62
>
> At my new project, I now have to pinch-hit as a software QA
> tester, and
> the field is totally new to me. I don't know what I don't know but
> *should* know to be able to create test plans and test software
> effectively. The project manager is counting on leveraging
> my hard-won
> expertise (ummmyeahright) to use in designing and executing effective
> and comprehensive tests of the software's functionality.
>
> Have any of you Whirlers had to adjust to doing QA? Can you point me
> toward resources, online and otherwise, that will be useful in helping
> me understand my new field better? Do you have any worthwhile war
> stories or cautionary tales?

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