Software Testing and Quality Assurance: Theory and Practice, Priyadarshi Tripathy, Kshirasagar Naik

A superior primer on software testing and quality assurance, from integration to execution and automation

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.

Software Testing and Quality Assurance: Theory and Practice

equips readers with a solid understanding of:

Practices that support the production of quality software

Software testing techniques

Life-cycle models for requirements, defects, test cases, and test results

Process models for units, integration, system, and acceptance testing

How to build test teams, including recruiting and retaining test engineers

Quality Models, Capability Maturity Model, Testing Maturity Model, and Test Process Improvement Model

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.