The Handbook of MIS Application Software Testing: Methods, Techniques, and Tools for Assuring Quality Through Testing (Yourdon Press Computing Series)

This guide supplies innovative ideas concerning software quality control and the necessary theoretical and practical considerations of software testing needed by today's data processing practitioners. Features easy-to-understand discussions of software testing methods and contains example test plans designed for real world information systems.

This authoritative handbook draws together into a single, comprehensive volume the proven Software Testing principles, standards, and approaches that can be applied in MIS applications development. Practical and technical in perspective -- yet accessible in approach (even to those without a technical background) -- it demonstrates how to plan software testing activities in specific situations relating to MIS projects. Provides a practical mixture of strategic and tactical knowledge f or establishing software testing standards, planning software testing activities, organizing the software testing function within MIS, and for constructing a Software Test Methodology which includes methods, tools, and techniques for test planning, test execution, and test analysis and reporting.