Test Design: A BBST Workbook by Cem Kaner

by Cem Kaner

Test Design, third in the BBST workbook series, supports students and self-studiers who want a context-driven introduction to black box software testing. Used in parallel with the instructional materials provided at the Center for Software Testing Education and Research (testingeducation.org/BBST), the workbook introduces students to a broad array of test design techniques. Subsequent courses and workbooks will focus on one technique each, allowing time for tasks that build a deeper knowledge and skill with each technique. This core provides a foundation. The course introduces you many techniques at a superficial level (what the technique is); a few techniques at a practical level (how to do it); ways to mentally organize this collection of techniques; using the the Heuristic Test Strategy Model for test planning and and using concept mapping tools for test planning. Any of these techniques can be applied in a scripted way or an exploratory way."

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About the author

Cem Kaner is a Professor of Software Engineering at Florida Institute of Technology, and the Director of Florida Tech's Center for Software Testing Education & Research (CSTER) since 2004. He is perhaps best known outside academia as an advocate of software usability and software testing.

Prior to his professorship, Kaner worked in the software industry beginning in 1983 in Silicon Valley "as a tester, programmer, tech writer, software development manager, product development director, and independent software development consultant." In 1988, he and his co-authors Jack Falk and Hung Quoc Nguyen published what became, at the time, "the best selling book on software testing," Testing Computer Software. He has also worked as a user interface designer.

In 2004 he cofounded the non-profit Association for Software Testing.

Reviews

[Simina · Rating 4 out of 5]

"BBST Test Design" is a workbook for students enrolled in the homonymous software testing course. The content is valuable, stemming from Cem Kaner’s extensive work over the years in both the software development industry and in teaching software testing in academia. The structure enables note-taking and facilitates studying, making it a good resource for visual learners enrolled in the course.

[Karito Moca · Rating 5 out of 5]

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