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Tables of Contents for Software Quality Approaches
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Part I SPI, ESSI, EUREX
1
30
Software Process Improvement
3
14
Introduction
3
1
Objectives - Scope of the Initiative
3
1
Strategy
4
1
Target Audience
5
1
Dimensions of Software Best Practice
5
2
European Dimension
7
1
Types of Projects
8
9
Stand Alone Assessments
8
1
Process Improvement Experiments (PIEs)
9
2
Application Experiments
11
1
Dissemination Actions
11
1
Experience/ User Networks
12
1
Training Actions
13
1
ESSI PIE Nodes (ESPINODEs)
13
1
Software Best Practice Networks (ESBNETs)
14
3
The EUREX Project
17
8
Target Audience and Motivation
17
2
Objectives and Approach
19
1
Partners
20
1
Related Dissemination and Training Actions
20
5
Software Improvement Case Studies Initiative (SISSI)
20
2
ESPITI
22
3
The EUREX Taxonomy
25
6
Analysis and Assessment of PIEs
25
1
Classification into Problem Domains
25
5
First Regional Classification
26
1
Result of First Regional Classification
26
1
Consolidation and Iteration
26
1
Update of Regional Classification
26
1
Mapping of Attributes
27
1
Review of Classification and Mapping into Subject Domains
27
1
Subject Domains Chosen
27
2
Unclssified PIEs
29
1
Testing, Verification, and Quality Management
30
1
Part II Testing, Verification, and Quality Management
31
178
Perspectives
33
50
Introduction to the Subject Domain
33
3
Software Verification & Validation Introduced
36
10
Verification & Validation with Respect to the Product Development Process
36
2
The Main Weaknesses of the Testing Process
38
2
An Improved Process Model
40
3
How to Improve: the Road to Process Improvement
43
2
Cost/Benefit Analysis
45
1
Testware
46
11
A Testing Definition
46
1
Customer Needs
46
1
Types of Testing
47
1
Debugging
48
1
Other Techniques
49
1
Tools
49
5
Testware
54
1
Benefits and Limits
55
1
References
56
1
Classic Testing Mistakes
57
26
Theme One: The Role of Testing
58
4
Theme Two: Planning the Testing Effort
62
3
Theme Three: Personnel Issues
65
3
Theme Four: The Tester at Work
68
6
Theme Five: Technology Run Rampant
74
5
Acknowledgements
79
1
References
80
3
Resources for Practitioners
83
4
Methods and Tools
83
1
Books
84
1
Introductory Reference Books on Software Quality
84
1
Classics on Testing
84
1
Key Books on Testing
84
1
Key Books on Inspections
85
1
Organisations
85
1
Important Conferences
85
1
Web Sites
86
1
Experience Reports
87
54
PI3 Project Summary
90
7
Particuipants
91
1
Business Motivation and Objectives
91
1
The Experiment
92
1
Impact and Experience
93
2
References
95
2
PROVE Project Summary
97
10
Participants
97
1
Business Motivation and Objectives
98
1
The Experiment
99
3
Impact and Experience
102
5
TRUST Project Summary
107
12
Participants
107
1
Business Motivation and Objectives
107
2
The Experiment
109
7
Impact and Experience
116
3
FCI-STDE Project Summary
119
7
Participants
119
1
Business Motivation and Objectives
120
1
The Experiment
121
1
Impact and Experience
122
4
TESTLIB Project Summary
126
6
Participants
126
1
Business Motivation and Objectives
127
1
The Experiment
128
1
Impact and Experience
129
3
ATECON Project Summary
132
4
Participants
132
1
Business Motivation and Objectives
133
1
The Experiment
133
1
Impact and Experience
134
2
GUI-Test Project Summary
136
5
Participants
136
1
Business Motivation and Objectives
137
1
The Experiment
137
1
Impact and Experience
138
3
Lessons from the EUREX Workshops
141
58
Second Italian Workshop
141
28
Introduction
141
1
The Workshop Experts
142
1
Testing Web-based Applications
143
17
Workshop Conclusions
160
3
Workshop Discussions
163
6
Third Spanish Workshop
169
21
Introduction
169
1
Expert Presentation
170
11
Workshop Discussion and Conclusions
181
9
Pilot German Workshop
190
4
Introduction
190
1
Expert Presentation
191
2
Workshop Discussion and Conclusions
193
1
Lessons Learned from the Workshops
194
5
People Issues
195
1
Business Issues
195
2
Technical Issues
197
1
Final Conclusions
198
1
Significant Results
199
10
Barriers Preventing Change of Practices
200
2
Ignorance of the Software Product Quality Methods
200
1
Uncertainty about the Return on Investment and Fear of Raising Development Costs to an Unacceptable Level
201
1
Still Not Enough Pressure on Software Producers to Increase Quality Standards
201
1
Best Practices Recommended by Experts
202
2
Investing in the Acquisition of New Skills
202
1
Formalising the Verification Process and Integrating it with the Development Process
202
1
Investing Carefully but Inevitably in Automation
203
1
Measuring Results and Return on Investment
204
1
Revisiting the Classic Testing Mistakes
204
2
Mistakes in the Role of Testing
204
1
Mistakes in Planning the Complete Testing Effort
205
1
Mistakes in Personnel Issues
205
1
Mistakes in the Tester-at-Work
205
1
Mistakes in Test Automation
206
1
Mistakes in Code Coverage
206
1
The EUREX Process
206
3
Part III Process Improvement Experiments
209
86
Table of PIEs
211
4
Summaries of PIE Reports
215
80
ACIQIM 21757
215
1
AERIDS 10965
216
1
ALCAST 10146
217
2
AMIGO 21222
219
1
ARETES 24148
220
1
ASTEP 23860
221
1
ASTERIX 23951
222
1
ATECON 10464
223
1
ATM 21823
224
1
ATOS 21530
225
2
AUTOMA 10564
227
1
AUTOQUAL 24143
228
2
AVAL 21362
230
2
AVE 21682
232
1
BEPTAM 21284
233
1
CALM 21826
234
1
CITRATE 23671
235
1
CLEANAP 21465
236
2
CLISERT 24206
238
1
CONFITEST 24362
239
1
DATM-RV 21265
240
2
DOCTES 21306
242
1
EMINTP 21302
243
2
ENG-MEAS 21162
245
1
EXOTEST 24266
246
1
FCI-STDE 24157
247
1
FI-TOOLS 21367
248
1
GRIPS 23887
249
1
GUI-TEST 24306
250
1
IDEA 23833
251
1
IMPACTS2 24078
252
1
INCOME 21733
253
1
MAGICIAN 23690
254
2
METEOR 21224
256
1
MIST 10228
256
1
ODP 10788
257
1
OMP/CAST 24053
258
1
PCFM 23743
259
1
PET 10438
260
2
PI3 21199
262
1
PIE-TEST 24344
263
1
PREVE-DEV 23705
264
1
PROVE 21417
265
1
QUALITAS 23834
266
2
RESTATE 23978
268
1
SDI-WAN 10494
269
1
SIMTEST 10824
270
1
SMUIT 21612
271
2
SPIDER 21394
273
1
SPI 23750
274
1
SPIRIT 21799
275
1
STOMP 24193
276
1
STUP-IU 21160
277
1
SWAT 23855
278
2
TEPRIM 21385
280
1
TESTART 23683
281
2
TESTING 21170
283
1
TESTLIB 21216
284
1
TRUST 23754
285
1
USST 23843
286
1
VERA 23732
287
1
VERDEST 21712
288
1
VISTA 24153
289
2
STAR 27378
291
4
Index
295
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