ISBN 1-58053-314-0
Paul Gerrard and Neil Thompson
430 pages.
Copyright 2002.






Reviews

“ ...this is a very good book. I find the book's structure to have a pleasing coherence which will help the reader build an E-business testing strategy. It is evident that Gerrard, the author of the first three parts of the book, has a great deal of experience of test projects in various roles. An experienced testing practitioner or manager will find much to agree with, while newcomers to these roles should find the advice invaluable. The sections on risk and test techniques make the book useful to test practitioners as well as strategists. The risks addressed by each of the test techniques are listed to form a comprheensive guide which will allow a good balance of test techniques to be chosen. The sections on test techniques are of necessity overview of the larger subject area, such as usability performance or security. However, these overviews are comprehensive enough for a good strategy to be impelmented, with plenty of pointers to further information if the reader wants to study the area in more depth. The section on security is especialliy interesting, with its description of the motivation of hackers, ethical or otherwise, crackers, and the methods that they employ. ”
---Software Testing, Verification & Reliability, December 2003

Description

This hands-on guide for business, project and test managers and test practitioners presents an effective approach for using risk to construct test strategies for e-business systems. Using an easily-learned risk-analysis technique, it teaches you how to use risk to select and prioritize test methods for e-business projects. This innovative resource shows you how to select test techniques to address business risks and integrate them into a coherent test process.

The book presents twenty-four test techniques that address failure modes found in web applications. Grouped into seven categories, they are organized to make test strategy development easy. Each chapter has a comprehensive list of references to papers, books and web resources. The book provides you with guidelines for post-deployment monitoring of availability, performance, security and site integrity. It includes an overview of eight most important tool types with guidelines for selection and implementation. What's more, you get discussions and recommendations on freeware, shareware and propriety tools.

The book is rounded off with guidelines to making E-Business testing happen. Based on best practices, experience in real projects and ample pragmatism, these guidelines set out the major challenges to test managers wishing to implement agile approaches to test strategy. Appendices present a simple Master Test Planning Process manual and an example risk analysis.

Table of Contents

Preface. Acknowledgments.

The Risk Based Testing Approach - Introduction to Risk Based Testing. Risk-Management and Testing. Risk: A Better Language for Software Testing. Risk-Based Test Strategy.

Risk-Based E-Business Testing - E-Business and the Consequences of Failure. Types of Web Site Failures. E-Business Test Strategy. From Risk Analysis to a Test Process.

E-Business Test Techniques and Tools - Static Testing. Web Page Integration. Functional Testing. Service Testing. Usability Assessment. Security Testing. Large-Scale Integration Testing. Postdeployment Monitoring. Tools for E-Business Testing.

Making E-Business Testing Happen - The Context of E-Business Testing. E-Business Test Organization, Planning, and Specification. E-Business Test Execution.

Appendices. List of Acronyms and Abbreviations. Glossary. About the Author. Index.

Author Bio

Paul Gerrard is Technical Director of Systeme Evolutif Limited, London. He received his M.A. in engineering science from Oxford University and MSc. and DIC in structural engineering from Imperial College, London University.

Neil Thompson is director of Thompson Information Systems Consulting Limited, Surrey, England. He received his B.A. in natural sciences and MA from Cambridge University.

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