Pragmatic software testing : becoming an effective and efficient test professional

World-renowned testing expert, Rex Black shows readers how to take the potentially daunting task of testing a system and building the right plan to effectively and efficiently test it within the designated budget and time constraints.

Extensive use of hands-on exercises successfully executed by Rex Black himself provides readers with practice in realistic test scenarios.

It lays the foundation for risk-based testing by showing readers how to analyze, prioritize, and document risks to the quality of the system.

It teaches test skills including risk analysis, selecting test strategies, essential behavioral (black box) test design techniques, useful structural (white box) test design techniques, approaches for unit and integration testing, and using intuition, experience, and knowledge to explore and attack the system.