Testing Computer Software, Second Edition

Abstract: How to find important bugs quickly, create test plans, track bugs, and legal implications of defective software.

Keywords: book review, software, law, testing, computer software quality assurance, test plans, bug tracking, legal liability.

Title: Testing Computer Software, Second Edition Author: Cem Kaner, Jack Falk, Hung Quoc Nguyen Publisher: International Thompson Computer Press Date Published: February 1993 ISBN: 1850328471 LOCN: QA76.76.T48K36 1993 Dewey: 005.1/4 20 Pages: 480 Bibliography: 326 Figures: 55

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CONTENTS

Preface

Section I: Fundamentals

Chapter 1: An Example Test Series

Chapter 2: The Objectives and Limits of Testing

Chapter 3: Test Types and Their Place in the Software Development Process

Chapter 4: Software Errors

Chapter 5: Reporting and Analyzing Bugs

Section II: Specific Testing Skills

Chapter 6: The Problem Tracking System

Chapter 7: Test Case Design

Chapter 8: Testing Printers (and Other Devices)

Chapter 9: Localization Testing

Chapter 10: Testing User Manuals

Chapter 11: Testing Tools

Chapter 12: Test Planning and Test Documentation

Section III: Managing Testing Projects and Groups

Chapter 13: Tying it Together

Chapter 14: Legal Consequences of Defective Software

Chapter 15: Managing a Testing Group

Appendix : Common Software Errors

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS DATA

Author:        Kaner, Cem.
Title:         Testing computer software / Cem Kaner, Jack Falk,
                  Hung Quoc Nguyen.
Edition:       2nd ed.
Published:     New York : Van Nostrand Reinhold, c1993.
Description:   xv, 480 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Series:        VNR computer library
LC Call No.:   QA76.76.T48K36 1993
Dewey No.:     005.1/4 20
ISBN:          0442013612
Notes:         Includes bibliographical references (p. 437-450)
                  and index.
Subjects:      Computer software -- Testing.
Other authors: Falk, Jack L., 1950-
               Nguyen, Hung Quoc.
Control No.:   92042366 

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