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"The book offers two major benefits to the
reader. The first is when to test at points
during the development life cycle, and the
second is how to test at those points in
the development life cycle. The book even addresses
an important issue of testing the test plan. Testers
cannot assume that their work is defect free. Drabick
provides an approach for testers to use to remove
defects from their test process.
"Drabick's book contains literally hundreds
of ideas. . . . If you only picked one good idea
from the book, it would be more than worth the price."
—William E. Perry
Executive Director, Quality Assurance Institute
". . . this book is invaluable to mature organizations
that are committed to software engineering at the
defined, managed or optimizing levels of maturity.
It distills formal test practices drawn from a variety
of sources and the author's experience into a succinct,
process-oriented guide. . . . This process-oriented
structure gives a great deal of clarity to a complex
set of processes that touch all milestones in any
SDLC."
—Mike Tarrani
posted on Amazon.com
"Rodger Drabick has written a useful book
for those working on test efforts in formal environments.
. . . There have been plenty of templates and standards
floating around for years on what to write down
for such tests, but precious little describing how
to manage the formal testing process. This book
fills that void. . . .
"Anyone testing in a formal environment will
likely benefit from Rodger's book. If you are testing
in a formal environment for the first time, reading
Rodger's book might well go from a good idea to
a survival requirement. Formal environments are
the world Rodger has worked in for decades, and
no one else has brought his wealth of experience
in that world into writing a book about the testing
process."
—Rex Black
posted on Amazon.com
"This book will interest managers and developers
with any level of experience in software testing,
professional testers and QA managers, especially
those involved in large projects that must meet
requirements for safety or mission-critical functions.
". . . provides enough material for the book
to be used both as a 'how-to' manual for test management
and as a template for documenting a testing project.
"One of the book's greatest strengths is that
Drabick does a good job of connecting the theoretical
to the real, explaining how the documents and diagrams
he recommends relate to everyday thoughts and actions,
and empower software practitioners to improve their
daily work. That is, ultimately, the purpose of
all engineering books—and this one fulfills
it well."
—Susan McVey
The Rational Edge
"When faced with impossible tasks, something
that software testing has now become, the best that
you can do is examine a subset composed of the most
likely scenarios. By applying the models in this
book, it is possible to raise the level of your
testing quality to the point where you can be confident
in your software."
—Charles Ashbacher
posted on Amazon.com
"Written for test engineers and process improvement
leaders, this book provides a series of tasks to
develop formal testing process models and shows
how to apply these tasks to increase the efficiency
of testing efforts. The model involves creation
of test documentation, acquisition of automated
testing tools, and test execution. The book also
shows how to tailor the model for projects of all
sizes. Drabick is a quality engineering and systems
testing expert with experience in the Capability
Maturity Model for software and process improvement."
—Book News, Inc.
"Rodger Drabick has written a comprehensive
and practical guide to formal software testing process.
Everyone involved in software testing will benefit
from his years of experience and his revealing insights.
I've been in the testing field for more than 10
years, and I'm learning a lot from this book! This
is a great textbook for new testers, a step-by-step
cookbook for new managers, and a great reference
book for everyone in the testing world. Rodger takes
what can be a difficult and elusive process and
explains it thoroughly, using graphic models as
well as real-life examples. The best part is that
he explains how to adapt the testing process in
various situations, even Extreme Programming projects.
He gives specific advice to testers at every level,
most valuably for new testers and new test managers."
—Lisa Crispin
posted on Amazon.com
"This book is a fabulous primer for
those faced with moving from an ad hoc or exploratory
testing situation to a fully documented CMMI type
process. This is especially valuable when you have
an industrial giant, such a Boeing, looking over
your shoulder and wondering what your standard processes
are like. Using this book as a reference, I was
able to put the 'right' process in place."
—David Tardiff
TYBRIN Corp.
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