Software Testing and Quality Assurance

<b>A superior primer on software testing and quality assurance, from integration to execution and automation</b> <p>This important new work fills the pressing need for a user-friendly text that aims to provide software engineers, software quality professionals, software developers, and students with the fundamental developments in testing theory and common testing practices.</p> <p><i>Software Testing and Quality Assurance: Theory and Practice</i> equips readers with a solid understanding of:</p> <ul> <li>Practices that support the production of quality software</li> <li>Software testing techniques</li> <li>Life-cycle models for requirements, defects, test cases, and test results</li> <li>Process models for units, integration, system, and acceptance testing</li> <li>How to build test teams, including recruiting and retaining test engineers</li> <li>Quality Models, Capability Maturity Model, Testing Maturity Model, and Test Process Improvement Model</li> </ul> <p>Expertly balancing theory with practice, and complemented with an abundance of pedagogical tools, including test questions, examples, teaching suggestions, and chapter summaries, this book is a valuable, self-contained tool for professionals and an ideal introductory text for courses in software testing, quality assurance, and software engineering.</p>