Risk-based E-business Testing

Paul Gerrard · Neil Thompson

Jan 2002 · Artech House

About this ebook

This hands-on guide for business, project and test managers and test practitioners presents an effective approach for using risk to construct test strategies for e-business systems. Using an easily-learned risk-analysis technique, it teaches you how to use risk to select and prioritize test methods for e-business projects. This innovative resource shows you how to select test techniques to address business risks and integrate them into a coherent test process. The book presents twenty-four test techniques that address failure modes found in web applications. Grouped into seven categories, they are organized to make test strategy development easy. Each chapter has a comprehensive list of references to papers, books and web resources. The book provides you with guidelines for post-deployment monitoring of availability, performance, security and site integrity. It includes an overview of eight most important tool types with guidelines for selection and implementation. What?

About the author

Paul Gerrard received his M.A. in engineering science from Oxford University and MSc. and DIC in structural engineering from Imperial College, London University. Gerrard is Technical Director of Systeme Evolutif Limited, London. Neil Thompson received his B.A. in natural sciences and MA from Cambridge University. He is director of Thompson Information Systems Consulting Limited, Surrey, England.