Software Testing Code of Best Practice

Published: 2007
Type: Business guidance
Area: Software

Summary

The Software Testing Code of Best Practice is a guide that helps ensure more software testing programmes are delivered successfully. It also looks at testing both as a stand-alone activity and as part of a larger development, and seeks to inform the activities of both internal and external clients. The document covers ten commitments that represent the main areas of assessment when undertaking software testing. They range from types and levels of testing, to test completeness and evidence of test progress. It acts as a practical improvement roadmap that yields real benefits to supplier and customers’ organisations.

Why is it important?

The increasing complexities of projects, nature of the commercial collaborations and increasing number of multi-supplier relationships impacts testing specifications and requirements. The Software Testing Code of Best Practice looks at these issues from a broader perspective and advises both the customer and the supplier how to balance these elements to deliver a successful testing project.

What is the rationale?

Codes of best practice rarely cover testing procedures assessing the complexities of the customer/supplier relationship and multiple parties project. The Software Testing Code of Best Practice advises suppliers and customers how to take ownership in the various phases. It also goes beyond software and meets business expectations.

How to use the code

This Software Testing Code of Best Practice goes beyond being a checklist. It provides guidance on how to establish, perform and assess the progress of software testing through the various phases of the project.

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