Separation of responsibilities, which encourages the accomplishment of objective testing
A measure that can be used to estimate or predict another measure
A review not based on a formal (documented) procedure.
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indicator
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A review not based on a formal (documented) procedure
A measure that can be used to estimate or predict another measure
Separation of responsibilities, which encourages the accomplishment of objective testing
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informal review
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A review not based on a formal (documented) procedure.
Separation of responsibilities, which encourages the accomplishment of objective testing.
An instance of an input
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input
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A review not based on a formal (documented) procedure.
A variable (whether stored within a component or outside) that is read by a component
An instance of an input
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inspection
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The process of combining components or systems into larger assemblies
A type of peer review that relies on visual examination of documents to detect defects, e.g., violations of development standards and non-conformance to higher level
documentation. The most formal review technique and therefore always based on a documented procedure.
An integration test type that is concerned with testing the interfaces between components or systems
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installation guide
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Supplied instructions on any suitable media, which guides the installer through the installation process. This may be a manual guide, step-by-step procedure, installation
wizard, or any other similar process description.
The capability of the software product to interact with one or more specified components or systems.
An integration test type that is concerned with testing the interfaces between components or systems
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integration
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The process of combining components or systems into larger assemblies.
Testing performed to expose defects in the interfaces and in the interactions between integrated components or systems
An integration test type that is concerned with testing the interfaces between components or systems.
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integration testing
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An integration test type that is concerned with testing the interfaces between components or systems.
Testing performed to expose defects in the interfaces and in the interactions between integrated components or systems
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Interface testing
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The process of combining components or systems into larger assemblies.
An integration test type that is concerned with testing the interfaces between components or systems
The capability of the software product to interact with one or more specified components or systems
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Interoperability
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Testing using input values that should be rejected by the component or system
The capability of the software product to interact with one or more specified components or systems
Testing to determine the interoperability of a software product.
The capability of the software product to interact with one or more specified components or systems.
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invalid testing
See Also: error tolerance, negative testing
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Testing using input values that should be rejected by the component or system
A test plan that typically addresses one test level.
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Iterative development model
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A type of performance testing conducted to evaluate the behavior of a component or system with increasing load, e.g., numbers of parallel users and/or numbers of
transactions, to determine what load can be handled by the component or system.
A development lifecycle where a project is broken into a usually large number of iterations. An iteration is a complete development loop resulting in a release (internal or
external) of an executable product, a subset of the final product under development, which grows from iteration to iteration to become the final product.
A test plan that typically addresses one test level.
A type of performance testing conducted to evaluate the behavior of a component or system with increasing load, e.g., numbers of parallel users and/or numbers of
transactions, to determine what load can be handled by the component or system.
A scripting technique that uses data files to contain not only test data and expected results, but also keywords related to the application being tested. The keywords are
interpreted by special supporting scripts that are called by the control script for the test.
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A document describing the scope, approach, resources and schedule of intended test activities.
A test plan that typically addresses one test level
A test plan that typically addresses multiple test levels.
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load testing
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A type of performance testing conducted to evaluate the behavior of a component or system with increasing load, e.g., numbers of parallel users and/or numbers of
transactions, to determine what load can be handled by the component or system.
Testing to determine the performance of a software product
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Maintainability
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Modification of a software product after delivery to correct defects, to improve performance or other attributes, or to adapt the product to a modified environment.
The ease with which a software product can be modified to correct defects, modified to meet new requirements, modified to make future maintenance easier, or adapted to a
changed environment
Testing the changes to an operational system or the impact of a changed environment to an operational system
The ease with which a software product can be modified to correct defects, modified to meet new requirements, modified to make future maintenance easier, or adapted to a
changed environment.
Testing to determine the maintainability of a software product
Testing the changes to an operational system or the impact of a changed environment to an operational system
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Maintenance
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Modification of a software product after delivery to correct defects, to improve performance or other attributes, or to adapt the product to a modified environment
Testing the changes to an operational system or the impact of a changed environment to an operational system.
Testing to determine the maintainability of a software product
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Maintenance testing
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Testing the changes to an operational system or the impact of a changed environment to an operational system.
Modification of a software product after delivery to correct defects, to improve performance or other attributes, or to adapt the product to a modified environment.
Testing to determine the maintainability of a software product.
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Master test plan
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A test plan that typically addresses multiple test levels.
A document describing the scope, approach, resources and schedule of intended test activities. It identifies amongst others test items, the features to be tested, the testing
tasks, who will do each task, degree of tester independence
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The capability of an organization with respect to the effectiveness and efficiency of its processes and work practices. (2) The capability of the software product to avoid
failure as a result of defects in the software
A structured collection of elements that describe certain aspects of maturity in an organization, and aid in the definition and understanding of an organization's processes. A
maturity model often provides a common language, shared vision and framework for prioritizing improvement actions.
The number or category assigned to an attribute of an entity by making a measurement
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Maturity model
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The number or category assigned to an attribute of an entity by making a measurement.
A structured collection of elements that describe certain aspects of maturity in an organization, and aid in the definition and understanding of an organization's processes. A
maturity model often provides a common language, shared vision and framework for prioritizing improvement actions.
The process of assigning a number or category to an entity to describe an attribute of that entity.
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Measure
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The process of assigning a number or category to an entity to describe an attribute of that entity
The number or category assigned to an attribute of an entity by making a measurement
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measurement
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The number or category assigned to an attribute of an entity by making a measurement
The process of assigning a number or category to an entity to describe an attribute of that entity.
A point in time in a project at which defined (intermediate) deliverables and results should be ready.
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A memory access failure due to a defect in a program's dynamic store allocation logic that causes it to fail to release memory after it has finished using it, eventually causing
the program and/or other concurrent processes to fail due to lack of memory.
The number or category assigned to an attribute of an entity by making a measurement
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A measurement scale and the method used for measurement.
The number or category assigned to an attribute of an entity by making a measurement
The process of assigning a number or category to an entity to describe an attribute of that entity.
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Milestone
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A point in time in a project at which defined (intermediate) deliverables and results should be ready
A tool that supports the creation, amendment and verification of models of the software or system
A measurement scale and the method used for measurement.
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Modeling tool
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A point in time in a project at which defined (intermediate) deliverables and results should be ready.
A tool that supports the creation, amendment and verification of models of the software or system.
A software tool or hardware device that runs concurrently with the component or system under test and supervises, records and/or analyzes the behavior of the component or system.
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Moderator
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The leader and main person responsible for an inspection or review process.(2) A neutral person who conducts a usability test session.
The percentage of combinations of all single condition outcomes within one statement that have been exercised by a test suite. 100% multiple condition coverage implies
100% modified condition / decision coverage.
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Monitoring tool
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A software tool or hardware device that runs concurrently with the component or system under test and supervises, records and/or analyzes the behavior of the component or system.
A requirement that does not relate to functionality, but to attributes such as reliability, efficiency, usability, maintainability and portability
The percentage of combinations of all single condition outcomes within one statement that have been exercised by a test suite. 100% multiple condition coverage implies
100% modified condition / decision coverage.
Testing the attributes of a component or system that do not relate to functionality, e.g., reliability, efficiency, usability, maintainability and portability.
A software tool that is available to all potential users in source code form, usually via the internet. Its users are permitted, usually under license, to study, change, improve and, at times, to distribute the software.
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Testing the attributes of a component or system that do not relate to functionality, e.g., reliability, efficiency, usability, maintainability and portability.
A requirement that does not relate to functionality, but to attributes such as reliability, efficiency, usability, maintainability and portability.
A software tool that is available to all potential users in source code form, usually via the internet. Its users are permitted, usually under license, to study, change, improve and,
at times, to distribute the software.
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Testing the attributes of a component or system that do not relate to functionality, e.g., reliability, efficiency, usability, maintainability and portability.
A requirement that does not relate to functionality, but to attributes such as reliability, efficiency, usability, maintainability and portability.
Operational testing in the acceptance test phase, typically performed in a (simulated) operational environment by operations and/or systems administration staff focusing on operational aspects, e.g., recoverability, resource-behavior, installability and technical compliance.
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Open source tool
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The representation of a distinct set of tasks performed by the component or system, possibly based on user behavior when interacting with the component or system, and their
probabilities of occurrence. A task is logical rather that physical and can be executed over several machines or be executed in non-contiguous time segments.
A software tool that is available to all potential users in source code form, usually via the internet. Its users are permitted, usually under license, to study, change, improve and, at times, to distribute the software.
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Synonyms: production acceptance testing
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The representation of a distinct set of tasks performed by the component or system, possibly based on user behavior when interacting with the component or system, and their
probabilities of occurrence. A task is logical rather that physical and can be executed over several machines or be executed in non-contiguous time segments.
Operational testing in the acceptance test phase, typically performed in a (simulated) operational environment by operations and/or systems administration staff focusing on operational aspects, e.g., recoverability, resource-behavior, installability and technical compliance
Testing conducted to evaluate a component or system in its operational environment.
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operational profile
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The representation of a distinct set of tasks performed by the component or system, possibly based on user behavior when interacting with the component or system, and their
probabilities of occurrence. A task is logical rather that physical and can be executed over several machines or be executed in non-contiguous time segments.
A variable (whether stored within a component or outside) that is written by a component.
Testing conducted to evaluate a component or system in its operational environment.
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output
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A variable (whether stored within a component or outside) that is written by a component.
A variable (whether stored within a component or outside) that is read by a component.
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pair programming
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A test is deemed to pass if its actual result matches its expected result.
A software development approach whereby lines of code (production and/or test) of a component are written by two programmers sitting at a single computer. This implicitly
means ongoing real-time code reviews are performed.
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A test is deemed to fail if its actual result does not match its expected result.
A test is deemed to pass if its actual result matches its expected result.
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Path
Synonyms: control flow path
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The task of analyzing, e.g., identifying performance bottlenecks based on generated metrics, and tuning the performance of a software component or system using tools
A sequence of events, e.g., executable statements, of a component or system from an entry point to an exit point.