Strategic Issues

Strategic Issues

• The best strategy will fail if a series of overriding issues are not addressed. Tom Gilb argues that a software testing strategy will succeed when software testers.
• Specify product requirements in a quantifiable manner long before testing commences.
• Objective of testing is to find errors, a good testing strategy also assesses other quality characteristics such as portability, maintainability, and usability.
• State testing objectives explicitly.
• The specific objectives of testing should be stated in measurable terms.
• Understand the users of the software and develop a profile for each user category.
• Develop a testing plan that emphasizes “rapid cycle testing.
• Build “robust” software that is designed to test itself.
• Use effective technical reviews as a filter prior to testing.
• Conduct technical reviews to assess the test strategy and test cases themselves
• Develop a continuous improvement approach for the testing process.