STARWEST 2017 Tutorial: Fundamentals of Software Test Design

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Tuesday, October 3, 2017 - 8:30am to 12:00pm

Fundamentals of Software Test Design

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As testers, we know that we can define many more test cases than we will ever have time to design, execute, and report. The key problem in testing is choosing a small, “smart” subset—from the almost infinite number of tests available—that will find a large percentage of the defects. Join Lee Copeland to discover how to design test cases using formal black-box techniques, including equivalence class testing, boundary value testing, decision tables, and state-transition diagrams. Explore examples of each of these techniques in action. Don’t just pick test cases randomly. Learn to selectively choose a set of test cases that maximizes your effectiveness and efficiency to find more defects in less time. Then, see how you can use the test results to evaluate the quality of both your products and your testing. Discover the test design techniques that will make your testing more productive.

Lee Copeland
TechWell Corp.

With more than forty years of experience as an information systems professional at commercial and nonprofit organizations, Lee Copeland has held technical and managerial positions in applications development, software testing, and software process improvement. At TechWell, Lee has developed and taught numerous training courses on software development and testing issues, and is a sought-after speaker at software conferences in the United States and abroad. He is the author of the popular reference book, A Practitioner’s Guide to Software Test Design.