Jeff Tian

Software Quality Engineering

Testing, Quality Assurance, and Quantifiable Improvement

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book tells you how to meet people's expectations with quality planning, software quality, automation, execution, validation, verification, measurement and analysis, and support. It is divided into four major parts: Part I introduces all the major topics and covers quality planning. Part II is devoted to software testing topics. Part III covers quality assurance alternatives and techniques (incl: inspection and formal verification). Part IV covers other major topics, including measurement and feedback, quality assessment and improvement. The linkage and integration of these diverse topics is an important feature: The author compares testing to other quality assurance alternatives and related techniques.

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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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 448
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Februar 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 183mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 870g
• ISBN-13: 9780471713456
• ISBN-10: 0471713457
• Artikelnr.: 13955402

Autorenporträt

JEFF TIAN, PHD, is Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. He previously worked at IBM SWS Toronto Lab. He has an MS from Harvard University and a PhD in computer science from the University of Maryland. Dr. Tian was awarded the title of "Asian American Engineer of the Year" at National Engineers Week 2002.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures. List of Tables. Preface. PART I: OVERVIEW AND BASICS. 1.
Overview. 2. What Is Software Quality? 3. Quality Assurance. 4. Quality
Assurance in Context. 5. Quality Engineering. PART II: SOFTWARE TESTING. 6.
Testing: Concepts, Issues, and Techniques. 7. Test Activities, Management,
and Automation. 8. Coverage and Usage Testing Based On Checklists and
Partitions. 9. Input Domain Partitioning and Boundary Testing. 10. Coverage
and Usage Testing Based on Finite-State Machines and Markov Chains. 11.
Control Flow, Data Dependency, and Interaction Testing. 12. Testing
Techniques: Adaptation, Specialization, and Integration. PART III: QUALITY
ASSURANCE BEYOND TESTING. 13. Defect Prevention and Process Improvement.
14. Software Inspection. 15. Formal Verification. 16. Fault Tolerance and
Failure Containment. 17. Comparing Quality Assurance Techniques and
Activities. PART IV: QUANTIFIABLE QUALITY IMPROVEMENT. 18. Feedback Loop
and Activities for Quantifiable Quality Improvement. 19. Quality Models and
Measurements. 20. Defect Classification and Analysis. 21. Risk
Identification for Quantifiable Quality Improvement. 22. Software
Reliability Engineering. Bibliography. Index.

Rezensionen

" ... 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)