Identifying relevant information for testing technique selection - an instatiated characterization schema

List of Figures. List of Tables. Foreword. Preface. Acknowledgements. 1: Introduction. 1. Basics on Software Testing. 2. The Problem of Selecting Testing Techniques. 3. Getting a Characterisation Schema for Testing Techniques. 4. Organisation of the Book. 2: State of the Practice. 1. Areas Surveyed. 2. Testing Area. 3. Area of Characterisation. 4. Conclusions on the State of the Practice. 3: Research Goals. 1. Description of the Problem. 2. Problem-Solving Approach. 3. Hypotheses. 4: Problem-Solving Process. 1. Research Methods. 2. Objectives of Technological Research. 3. Applying the Scientific Method to Technological Research. 4. Expert Peer Review versus Experimental Testing. 5. The Problem-Solving Process Used in this Book. 5: First Generative Iteration: Deductive Theoretical Schema. 1. Description of the Research Stage: Generation of a Theoretical Schema. 2. Testing Process. 3. Stratification and Testing-Related Information. 4. testing Process Elements. 5. Attributes of the Theoretical Schema. 6. Result of the Construction of the Theoretical Schema. 7. Use and Evolution of the Characterisation Schema. 6: Second Generative Iteration: Inductive Empirical Schema. 1. Description of the Research Stage: Generation of an Empirical Schema. 2. Data Collection. 3. Data Analysis. 4. Result of Building the Empirical Schema. 5. Study of the Evolution of the Empirical Schema. 7: Synthesis of Perspectives: Proposal of the Preliminary Schema. 1. Description of the Research Stage: Synthesis of Schemas. 2. Rules of Synthesis. 3. Synthesis of the Theoretical and Empirical Schemas. 4. Result of Schema Synthesis. 5. Study of Schema Synthesis. 8: Improvement of the Schema: Expert Peer Review. 1. Description of the Research Stage: Improvement. 2. Questionnaire for Experts. 3. Questionnaire Analysis Method. 4. Analysis of Responses. 5. Improved Schema. 9: Empirical Evaluation. 1. Objective of the Experiment. 2. Choice of the Workload. 3. Analysis of the Results 4. Conclusions on the Empirical Evaluation. 10: Experimental Evaluation. 1. Objective of the Experiment. 2. Experiment Planning. 3. Experimental Design. 4. Data Analysis. 5. Conclusions on Experimental Evaluation. 6. Characterisation of Schema Improvement. 11: Conclusions. Appendices: Forms Used to Obtain the Empirical Schema. Questionnaires Used in Expert Peer Review. Schema Instantiation. Experiment Forms. Index.