Sftwr tstng s th ct f chckng whthr sftwr stsfs xpcttns.
Sftwr tstng cn prvd bjctv, ndpndnt nfrmtn bt th qlty f sftwr nd th rsk f ts flr t sr r spnsr.
Sftwr tstng cn dtrmn th crrctnss f sftwr fr spcfc scnrs, bt cnnt dtrmn crrctnss fr ll scnrs. t cnnt fnd ll bgs.
Bsd n th crtr fr msrng crrctnss frm n rcl, sftwr tstng mplys prncpls nd mchnsms tht mght rcgnz prblm. xmpls f rcls ncld: spcfctns, cntrcts, cmprbl prdcts, pst vrsns f th sm prdct, nfrncs bt ntndd r xpctd prps, sr r cstmr xpcttns, rlvnt stndrds, pplcbl lws.
Sftwr tstng s ftn dynmc n ntr; rnnng th sftwr t vrfy ctl tpt mtchs xpctd. t cn ls b sttc n ntr; rvwng cd nd ts ssctd dcmnttn.
Sftwr tstng s ftn sd t nswr th qstn: Ds th sftwr d wht t s sppsd t d nd wht t nds t d?
nfrmtn lrnd frm sftwr tstng my b sd t mprv th prcss by whch sftwr s dvlpd.: 41–43
Sftwr tstng shld fllw "pyrmd" pprch whrn mst f yr tsts shld b nt tsts, fllwd by ntgrtn tsts nd fnlly nd t nd (2) tsts shld hv th lwst prprtn.