Testing Strategies: How to Become a Better Tester?

This chapter about the general strategies to testing. We present the possible sources of testers’ inspiration, psychological aspects of software testing, and several methodological laws and tools that may be helpful in the tester’s everyday work. We also discuss the role of several methods and techniques, such as: standards and norms, error models, plans, documentation, estimation, metrics and simulations.

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