Agile Information Assurance

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, nd 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.