Product Description

Testing problems are difficult, expensive, and hard to
understand. Most software companies have bugs escape the testing cycles and
reach customers.

How can some of the inherent problems with software testing be eliminated?
This book addresses this fundamental issue and helps the reader understand
the high-level elements necessary to better execute software test
automation and outsourcing initiatives.

Although your team may know about test automation, have they ever executed
efficiently to meet the goals of faster delivery, better quality, and
saving money? If not, this book is a must read.

The goal of the book is to help make testing less of an albatross and to
provide a guide to software testing success. If done right, you can:
Increase quality, Decrease cost and Increase speed to market.

Co-Apple founder Steve Wozniak says that "Software is complex but I'm tired
of finding bug after bug that a 5th grader wouldn't have turned in.
Virtually every technical product these days includes a lot of software.
It's a rare engineer that can write nearly perfect code. Methodical and
thorough testing of software is the key to quality products that do what
the user expects. Read this book to learn what you need to do!"

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #747286 in Books
• Published on: 2006-08-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 164 pages

From the Publisher
This book elevates the status of software testing from a "must
be part of software development" to a "it's really a valuable addition to
the software development process. If you're a software company, I'd
recommend that the entire management team browse through this book. If
you're company develops software, this book should be part of every
person's library.

From the Back Cover
"Software is complex but I'm tired of finding bug after bug
that a 5th grader wouldn't have turned in. Virtually every technical
product these days includes a lot of software. It's a rare engineer that
can write nearly perfect code. Methodical and thorough testing of software
is the key to quality products that do what the user expects. Read this
book to learn what you need to do!"
Steve Wozniak, Wheels of Zeus, CTO

"In theory, test automation is supposed to be a silver bullet to
increase test coverage and improve quality; offshoring is supposed to
drastically cut costs. In reality, many organizations struggle with both,
and don't see significant gains despite extensive efforts. This book
clearly presents the challenges of test automation and a practical way for
organizations of any size to overcome them to realize significant time and
cost savings in their software testing effort. Every executive responsible
for development and testing of software should become familiar with these
ideas!"
Bruce Martin, Vice President, Product Strategy, PSS Systems

"Offshoring by itself is not enough.This book provides you testing
strategies to stay ahead of the competition and maximize your
investment."
Robert S. Alvin, CEO and Chairman, Netline Corporation

"Despite continued advances in development techniques and technologies,
software quality problems are as pervasive as ever. Software testing teams
are under tremendous pressure to test more complex systems with the same or
fewer resources, and corporate managers are always looking to shave costs
by leveraging offshore testing. This book does a great job of highlighting
the fundamental challenges of software testing today, and then presents a
thoughtful solution for leveraging test automation and offshoring to
meeting your organizations quality goals."
Adam Au, Vice President, Engineering, Centrify Corporation

"Automation isn't just about technical decisions. Finally, this book is
the first that offers a practical business case for effective test
automation."
Michael Hatam, President, Application Services, Moyo Group

"This is one of the must read books by software executives. It goes over
the major concepts and best practices of software testing in an efficient
and effective manner. At Sun, we already use some of the best practices
described in this book and are planning to adopt the remaining best
practices."
Satya Dodda, QA Director, J2EE App Server, Sun Micro Systems, Inc.

About the Author
Hung Nguyen is CEO, President, and Founder of
LogiGear and is responsible for the company's strategic direction and
executive business management. He's been a leading innovator in software
testing, test automation, testing tool solutions and testing education
programs for the last two decades.

Mr. Nguyen is coauthor of the top-selling book in the software testing
field, Testing Computer Software (Wiley, 2nd ed. 2002) and other
publications including Testing Applications on the Web (Wiley, 2nd ed.
2003). His experience over the past two decades includes leadership roles
in software development, quality, product and business management at
Spinnaker, PowerUp, Electronic Arts, Palm Computing and other leading
companies. A frequent speaker at industry events and a contributor to many
industry publications, Nguyen also teaches software testing at LogiGear
University, and at the University of California Berkeley Extension and
Santa Cruz Extension in San Francisco and Silicon Valley.

Michael Hackett is Michael Hackett co-founded LogiGear in
1994 and leads the company's LogiGear University training operations
division, setting the standard in software testing education programs for
many of the world's leading software development organizations. Mr. Hackett
is coauthor of the popular Testing Applications on the Web (Wiley, 2nd ed.
2003), and has helped many clients produce, test and deploy applications
ranging from business productivity to educational multimedia across
multiple platforms and multiple language editions. His clients have
included Palm Computing, Oracle, CNET, Electronics for Imaging, The
Learning Company, and PC World.

Prior to co-founding LogiGear, Mr. Hackett managed QA teams at The Well,
Adobe Systems, and PowerUp Software. He holds a Bachelor of Science in
Engineering from Carnegie-Mellon University.

Brent K. Whitlock is currently a Program Manager at
Digidesign, a division of Avid Technology, Inc. Prior to this, he was
Director of Optical Systems Research and Business Development at RSoft
Design Group, Inc., where he initiated and led the development and
commercialization of several optical communication system simulation
software packages including LinkSIM, ModeSYS, and OptSim 4, which won the
Lightwave OFC/NFOEC 2005 Attendees Choice Award. He has also secured and
served as Principal Investigator on federally funded SBIR, STTR, and NIST
ATP research contracts.

Dr. Whitlock earned his BS, MS, and PhD all in Electrical Engineering from
the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Dr. Whitlock has
co-authored over 30 technical papers and articles. He is a Sr. Member of
the IEEE and Chair of the Santa Clara Valley chapter of IEEE LEOS.