Model-Based Testing Essentials, Guide to the ISTQB® Certified Model-Based Tester Foundation Level by Krammer, Anne -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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COVER TITLE PAGE COPYRIGHT TABLE OF CONTENTS DEDICATION FOREWORD BY GUALTIERO BAZZANA FOREWORD BY ROBERT V. BINDER PREFACE

THE ISTQB CERTIFIED TESTER FOUNDATION LEVEL – MODEL-BASED TESTER HOW THIS BOOK IS ORGANIZED? ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

1 INTRODUCTION TO MODEL-BASED TESTING

1.1 WHY DO WE NEED NEW APPROACHES TO TESTING? 1.2 WHAT IS MODEL-BASED TESTING? 1.3 BENEFITS OF MBT 1.4 PITFALLS OF MBT 1.5 WHAT CAN YOU REALISTICALLY EXPECT?

2 WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT MBT BEFORE STARTING

2.1 ISTQB MBT GLOSSARY TERMS USED IN THIS BOOK 2.2 OTHER TERMS TO KNOW 2.3 THE MODELING LANGUAGES USED IN THIS BOOK

3 PROCESS ASPECTS OF MBT

3.1 MBT AND THE FUNDAMENTAL TEST PROCESS 3.2 THE TYPICAL MBT PROCESS 3.3 MBT AND SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT LIFECYCLES 3.4 HOW MBT SUPPORTS REQUIREMENT ENGINEERING

4 ASPECTS TO CONSIDER BEFORE YOU START WRITING AN MBT MODEL

4.1 PRELIMINARY CONSIDERATIONS ON MBT MODELING 4.2 SUBJECT AND FOCUS OF YOUR MBT MODEL 4.3 THE INFLUENCE OF TEST OBJECTIVES ON MBT MODELS

5 MODELING LANGUAGES – THE AGONY OF CHOICE

5.1 MAIN CATEGORIES OF MODELING LANGUAGES 5.2 UML AND BPMN 5.3 OTHER GRAPHICAL MODELING LANGUAGES USED FOR MBT 5.4 TEXTUAL MODELING LANGUAGES USED FOR MBT 5.5 HOW TO SELECT THE APPROPRIATE MODELING LANGUAGE

6 GOOD MBT MODELING PRACTICES

7 HOW MBT RELATES TO TEST DESIGN TECHNIQUES?

7.1 EQUIVALENCE PARTITIONING AND BOUNDARY VALUE ANALYSIS 7.2 DECISION TABLES 7.3 STATE TRANSITION TESTING 7.4 USE CASE TESTING

8 DERIVING TESTS FROM AN MBT MODEL

8.1 TAXONOMY OF SELECTION CRITERIA 8.2 TEST CASE SELECTION IN PRACTICE 8.3 EXAMPLES OF COVERAGE CRITERIA 8.4 PROS AND CONS OF SPECIFIC TEST SELECTION CRITERIA 8.5 SOME RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING TEST CASE SELECTION 8.6 DEGREE OF AUTOMATION IN TEST GENERATION

9 EXECUTING MODEL-BASED TESTS

9.1 UNDERSTANDING THE CONCEPTS 9.2 ADAPTING TEST CASES FOR AUTOMATED EXECUTION 9.3 ADAPTING MBT ARTIFACTS DUE TO CHANGES

10 INTRODUCING MBT IN YOUR COMPANY

10.1 FIVE STEPS TO MBT ADOPTION 10.2 RETURN-ON-INVEST CONSIDERATIONS 10.3 PRIORITIZE YOUR ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES 10.4 HOW TO MEASURE PROGRESS AND SUCCESS? 10.5 DEPLOYING MBT 10.6 INITIAL AND RUNNING COSTS OF MBT 10.7 INTEGRATING THE TOOLS

11 CASE STUDIES

12 CONCLUSIONS APPENDIX A SOLUTIONS OF EXERCISES APPENDIX B TEST YOURSELF APPENDIX C TAXONOMY OF MBT APPROACHES ABBREVIATIONS TERMS AND DEFINITIONS

ISTQB Terms Other Terms

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