Aimed at experts who are dedicated to software testing, The Software Testing Process: Test Management addresses the major issues related to advanced, state-of-the-art test management. This book covers the syllabus required to pass the Certified Tester Examination - Advanced Level as defined by the International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB).
Software developers, project managers, quality managers, and team leaders will benefit from the comprehensive coverage of risk oriented management and the way testing is shown to be an integral, though independent part of software development.
Included are best practices in the field of testing, as well as detailed descriptions of involved tasks, roles, and responsibilities. Well suited for self-study, the reader is "taken by the hand" and guided through the key concepts and terminology of software testing in a variety of scenarios and case studies (as featured in the first book in this series, Software Testing Foundations).
Not only will testers and test managers find this a must-read, but anyone requiring advanced professional knowledge and skills in this field, anyone wanting to become a true testing professional, will find this book a must for a successful, well-founded education in advanced test management.
Topics include:
Test process and test toolsTesting in the software life cycleTest policy and test manualTest plan and test planningTest controlIncident managementRisk management/risk-based testingStaff qualificationsTest metrics
Tilo Linz has worked in the software quality assurance and testing field for more than 20 years. He is a founder and chairman of imbus AG, one of the leading service and product providers in this sector. In addition to his work at imbus, Linz focuses on vocational education and training opportunities for test experts. He helped initiate the International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB) and served as its president from 2002 to 2005. In 2002 he also founded the German Testing Board e.V. (GBT), where he was chairman on a voluntary basis until 2013. He is a co-author of <i>Software Testing Practice:Test Management and four editions of Software Testing Foundations, and is the author of Testing in Scrum (to be released in 2014). He is ranked among the most renowned experts in the field of software testing.
Thomas Rossner is cofounder of imbus AG. As a member of the board of directors, he is responsible for research and technology projects. In this function he has, in recent years, led several international research projects on, among others, software reliability and model-based testing. In addition, he is actively involved in test management projects and in consultancy projects on the subject of test process improvement.
Mario Winter is a professor at the Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering Science of Cologne University of Applied Sciences, and a member of the Software Quality Group. From 1983 to 1987, he was engaged in the execution and management of industrial and scientific engineering projects, and between 1994 and 2002, he was research fellow at the FernUniversität Hagen. Currently he is spokesman of the working group on Testing, Analysis, and Verification of Software in the Software Technology unit of the German Informatics Society and a member of the German Testing Board. His teaching and research focus is on software development and project management, especially on the development and quality assurance of object-oriented software.
