The Technical Test Analyst’s Tasks in Risk-Based Testing

• Introduction
• Risk-based Testing Tasks

1. Risk Identification
2. Risk Assessment
3. Risk Mitigation

White-box Test Techniques

• Introduction
• Statement Testing
• Decision Testing
• Modified Condition/Decision Coverage (MC/DC) Testing
• Multiple Condition Testing
• Basis Path Testing
• API Testing
• Selecting a White-box Test Technique

Analytical Techniques

• Introduction
• Static Analysis

1. Control Flow Analysis
2. Data Flow Analysis
3. Using Static Analysis for Improving Maintainability
4. Call Graphs

• Dynamic Analysis

1. Overview
2. Detecting Memory Leaks
3. Detecting Wild Pointers
4. Analysis of Performance Efficiency

Quality Characteristics for Technical Testing

• Introduction
• General Planning Issues

1. Stakeholder Requirements
2. Required Tool Acquisition and Training
3. Test Environment Requirements
4. Organizational Considerations
5. Data Security Considerations
6. Risks and Typical Defects

• Security Testing

1. Reasons for Considering Security Testing
2. Security Test Planning
3. Security Test Specification

• Reliability Testing

1. Introduction
2. Measuring Software Maturity
3. Fault Tolerance Testing
4. Recoverability Testing
5. Availability Testing
6. Reliability Test Planning
7. Reliability Test Specification

• Performance Efficiency Testing

1. Types of Performance Efficiency Testing
2. Performance Efficiency Test Planning
3. Performance Efficiency Test Specification
4. Quality Sub-characteristics of Performance Efficiency

• Maintainability Testing

1. Static and Dynamic Maintainability Testing
2. Maintainability Sub-characteristics

• Portability Testing

1. Introduction
2. Installability Testing
3. Adaptability Testing
4. Replaceability Testing

• Compatibility Testing

1. Introduction
2. Co-existence Testing

Reviews

• Technical Test Analyst Tasks in Reviews
• Using Checklists in Reviews

1. Architectural Reviews
2. Code Reviews

Test Tools and Automation

• Defining the Test Automation Project

1. Selecting the Automation Approach
2. Modeling Business Processes for Automation

• Specific Test Tools

1. Fault Seeding/Fault Injection Tools
2. Performance Testing Tools
3. Tools for Web-Based Testing
4. Tools to Support Model-Based Testing
5. Component Testing and Build Tools
6. Tools to Support Mobile Application Testing