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Managing the Testing Process (Paperback)

by Rex Black (Author) "Testing requires a tight focus ..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 381 pages
  • Publisher: Microsoft Press,U.S.; Pap/Cdr edition (May 1999)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 073560584X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0735605848
  • Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 18.3 x 3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 825,422 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)
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An updated edition of the best tips and tools to plan, build, and execute a structured test operation

In this update of his bestselling book, Rex Black walks you through how to develop essential tools and apply them to your test project. He helps you master the basic tools, apply the techniques to manage your resources, and give each area just the right amount of attention so that you can successfully survive managing a test project!

Offering a thorough review of the tools and resources you will need to manage both large and small projects for hardware and software, this book prepares you to adapt the concepts across a broad range of settings. Simple and effective, the tools comply with industry standards and bring you up to date with the best test management practices and tools of leading hardware and software vendors. Rex Black draws from his own numerous testing experiences–– including the bad ones, so you can learn from his mistakes–– to provide you with insightful tips in test project management. He explores such topics as:

  • Dates, budgets, and quality–expectations versus reality
  • Fitting the testing process into the overall development or maintenance process
  • How to choose and when to use test engineers and technicians, contractors and consultants, and external test labs and vendors
  • Setting up and using an effective and simple bug–tracking database
  • Following the status of each test case

The companion Web site contains fifty tools, templates, and case studies that will help you put these ideas into action––fast! --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

From the Author
Practical Tools and Techniques for Test Managers
Hi! I'm Rex Black, test and quality assurance practitioner and the author of Managing the Testing Process. I have written this book for people who lead or manage software and hardware development test projects. Those of you who are new to the role will find this book especially helpful, as I cover all the "must know" topics that will enable your success. Experienced test managers will get a chance to see another perspective on this challenging activity. In addition to ten chapters covering the essentials of test management, I have included a CD-ROM full of useful templates that I have honed in my twelve years as a software and hardware test engineer and test manager. These templates will allow you to get started right away, even when you're behind schedule and unsure of where to start.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent advise., 20 Sep 1999
By colinmee@purplenet.co.uk (Manchester ,England) - See all my reviews
As a test manager working on my fourth testing project I can honestly say that I wish I'd read this book before my first one. I was thrown in at the deep end when the test manager was sacked and I had to step in. This book confirms that most of the things we did were right and also highlights the things that can go wrong, particularly in the 'soft' issues. It's especially good on the managerial aspects and politics of testing and I recognise quite a few of the political mistakes that test managers can make.

As a review of testing techniques its not so hot but the title 'Managing the Testing Process' says it all. Its about managing and it does it very well.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Simply Great!, 15 Jul 1999
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Very clear writing, a great voice offering light and granular guidance, and the CD is helpful to those who might need a "jump-start" to managing their own testing strategy and process.

Why not 5 stars: I wished the CD had been more robust, and that a website/extranet for the book could be included in the purchase price.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Good, but not great, 20 Jul 1999
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As an aspiring tester, I can say that this book is not quite what I was looking for. It didn't give me a big picture of the testing process, nor did it give me any insight into how to use effective methods. On the whole, the better book for your money is "Testing Computer Software" by Kaner, et al. Now that one is a winner. This, just so so.
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