ability
abstract
acceptance criteria
acceptance testing = acceptance = user acceptance testing
accessibility testing
accuracy
accuracy testing
acronym
acting (IDEAL)
action word driven testing
activities
activity
actor
actual
actual result = actual outcome
ad hoc testing
adaptability
agile manifesto
agile software development
agile testing
alpha testing
analysis
analytical testing
analyzability
anomaly
anti-pattern
API (Application Programming Interface) testing
approach
architect
arithmetic
assessment
assessment report
assessor
atomic condition
attack = fault attack = software attack
attack-based testing
attractiveness
attribute
audit
audit trail
automated testware
automation
availability
back-to-back testing = mutation testing
balanced scorecard
based
baseline
basic block
basis
basis test set
behavior
benchmark test (1)
benchmark test (2)
bespoke software = custom software
best practice
beta testing = field testing
big-bang testing
black
black box test design technique = black box technique = specification-based technique = specification-based test design technique
black box testing = specification-based testing
blocked test case
board
bottom-up testing
boundary value
boundary value analysis = boundary value testing
boundary value coverage
box
branch
branch coverage
branch testing = algorithm test = arc testing
buffer
buffer overflow
business process-based testing
call graph
capability
Capability Maturity Model Integration = CMMI
capture/playback tool = capture/replay tool = record/playback tool
CASE
case
CAST
category
causal analysis
cause
cause-effect diagram = Ishikawa diagram = fishbone diagram
cause-effect graph
cause-effect graphing = cause-effect analysis
certification
change
change management (1)
change management (2)
changeability
characteristic
chart
checklist-based testing
classification tree
classification tree method
cmmi
co-existence
code
code coverage
codependent behavior
collection
combination
combinatorial testing
committee
comparison
compiler
complexity
compliance
compliance testing = conformance testing = regulation testing = standards testing
component = module = unit
component integration testing = integration testing in the small = link testing
component specification
component testing = module testing = program testing = unit testing
components
compound condition = multiple condition
concurrency testing
condition = branch condition
condition coverage = branch condition coverage
condition outcome
condition testing
confidence interval
configuration
configuration auditing
configuration control = change control = version control
configuration control board (CCB) = change control board
configuration identification
configuration item
configuration management
configuration management tool
confirmation
consistency
consultative testing
content-based model
continuous representation
control
control chart = Shewhart chart
control flow
control flow analysis
control flow graph
control flow testing
convergence metric
conversion testing = migration testing
corporate dashboard
cost of quality
coverage = test coverage
coverage analysis
coverage item
coverage tool = coverage measurement tool
criteria
critical success factor
Critical Testing Processes = CTP
custom tool
cycle
cyclomatic complexity = cyclomatic number
daily build
dashboard
data
data definition
data flow
data flow analysis
data flow coverage
data flow testing
data quality
data-driven testing
database integrity testing = data integrity testing
dd-path
debugging
debugging tool = debugger
decision
decision condition coverage
decision condition testing
decision coverage
decision outcome
decision table = cause-effect decision table
decision table testing
decision testing
defect = bug = fault = problem
defect density = fault density
Defect Detection Percentage (DDP) = Fault Detection Percentage (FDP)
defect management = problem management
defect management committee = defect triage committee
defect management tool = bug tracking tool = defect tracking tool
defect masking = fault masking
defect report = bug report = problem report
defect taxonomy = bug taxonomy
defect type = defect category
defect-based test design technique = defect-based technique
defects
defined
definition
definition-use pair
degree
deliverable
Deming cycle
density
derive
design
design-based testing
desk checking
determine
developing
development
development testing
device
diagnosing (IDEAL)
diagram
document
documentation testing
domain
domain analysis
driven
driver = test driver
dynamic
dynamic analysis
dynamic analysis tool
dynamic comparison
dynamic testing
ease
effect
effectiveness
efficiency (1)
efficiency (2)
efficiency testing
EFQM (European Foundation for Quality Management) excellence model
element
elementary comparison testing
embedded iterative development model
emotional intelligence
emulator
entity
entry criteria
entry point
environment
environmental
equivalence
equivalence partition = equivalence class
equivalence partition coverage
equivalence partitioning = partition testing
error = mistake
error guessing
error tolerance
establishing (IDEAL)
estimation
exception handling
executable
executable statement
execution
exercised
exhaustive testing = complete testing
exit
exit criteria = completion criteria = test completion criteria
exit point
expected
expected result = expected outcome = predicted outcome
experience
experience-based test design technique = experience-based technique
experience-based testing
exploratory testing
extreme programming (XP)
factor
factory acceptance testing
fail = test fail
failover testing
failure
failure mode
Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA) = Software Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (SFMEA)
Failure Mode, Effects, and Criticality Analysis (FMECA) = Software Failure Mode, Effects, and Criticality Analysis (SFMECA)
failure rate
false-fail result = false-positive result
false-pass result = false-negative result
fault injection
fault seeding = bebugging = error seeding
fault seeding tool = error seeding tool
fault tolerance
Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) = Software Fault Tree Analysis (SFTA)
feasible path
feature = software feature
feature-driven development
finite state machine
flow
form
formal
formal review
framework
frozen test basis
Function Point Analysis (FPA)
functional
functional integration
functional requirement
functional test design technique
functional testing
functionality
functionality testing
Goal Question Metric = GQM
graph
graphical
hardware
hardware-software integration testing
hazard analysis
heuristic evaluation
high
high level test case = abstract test case = logical test case
horizontal traceability
hyperlink
hyperlink test tool
IDEAL
identification
impact
impact analysis
implementation
improvement
incident = deviation = software test incident = test incident
incident logging
incident management
incident management tool
incident report = deviation report = software test incident report = test incident report
incremental
incremental development model
incremental testing
independence of testing
indicator
individual
infeasible path
informal
informal review = ad hoc review
initiating (IDEAL)
input
input domain
input value
insourced testing
inspection
installability
installability testing
installation guide
installation wizard
instance
instrumentation
instrumenter = program instrumenter
intake test = pretest
integration
integration testing
interface testing
interoperability
interoperability testing = compatibility testing
invalid testing
inventory
isolation testing
item
iterative
iterative development model
keyword-driven testing
language
LCSAJ
LCSAJ coverage
LCSAJ testing
lead assessor
leader
learnability
learning (IDEAL)
level
level test plan
lifecycle
lifecycle model
load profile
load testing
load testing tool
log
logging
low level test case = concrete test case
maintainability
maintainability testing = serviceability testing
maintenance
maintenance testing
man in the middle attack
management
management review
manifesto
manufacturing-based quality
masking
master test plan = project test plan
matrix
maturity (1)
maturity (2)
maturity level
maturity model
Mean Time Between Failures = MTBF
Mean Time To Repair = MTTR
measure
measurement
measurement scale
meeting
memory
memory leak
method
methodical testing
methodology
metric
milestone
mind map
model
model-based testing
modeling tool
moderator = inspection leader
modified condition decision coverage = condition determination coverage = modified multiple condition coverage
modified condition decision testing = condition determination testing = modified multiple condition testing
monitor = monitoring tool
monkey testing
multiple
multiple condition coverage = branch condition combination coverage = condition combination coverage
multiple condition testing = branch condition combination testing = condition combination testing
mutation analysis
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)
N-switch coverage = Chow's coverage metrics
N-switch testing
negative testing = dirty testing
neighborhood integration testing
non
non-conformity
non-functional requirement
non-functional test design technique
non-functional testing
number
off-the-shelf software = COTS = Commercial Off-The-Shelf software = standard software
open source tool
operability
operational
operational acceptance testing = production acceptance testing
operational environment
operational profile
operational profile testing
operational profiling
operational testing
organization
organizational
orthogonal array
orthogonal array testing
output
output domain
output value
outsourced testing
pair
pair programming
pair testing
pairwise integration testing
pairwise testing
Pareto analysis
partition
partitioning
pass = test pass
pass/fail criteria
path = control flow path
path coverage
path sensitizing
path testing
peer
peer review
percentage
performance = time behavior
performance indicator = key performance indicator
performance profiling
performance testing
performance testing tool
performed
period
person
phase
phase containment
phase test plan
plan
planning
planning poker
point
pointer
portability
portability testing = configuration testing
post-execution comparison
postcondition
precondition
predicate
priority
probe effect
procedure
procedure testing
process
process assessment
process cycle test
process improvement
process model
process-compliant testing
processes
product
product risk
product-based quality
profile
profiling
program
programming
project
project retrospective
project risk
pseudo-random
qualification
quality
quality assurance
quality attribute = quality characteristic = software product characteristic = software quality characteristic
quality control
quality gate
quality management
quality risk
questionnaire
RACI matrix
random
random testing
Rational Unified Process = RUP
re-testing = confirmation testing
reactive testing
recording
recoverability
recoverability testing = recovery testing
regression testing
regression-averse testing
release note = item transmittal report = test item transmittal report
reliability
reliability growth model
reliability testing
replaceability
report
representation
requirement
requirements
requirements management tool
requirements phase
requirements-based testing
resource utilization = storage
resource utilization testing = storage testing
result = outcome = test outcome = test result
resumption criteria
resumption requirements
retrospective meeting = post-project meeting
review
review plan
review tool
reviewer = checker = inspector
risk
risk analysis
risk assessment
risk control = risk mitigation
risk identification
risk impact
risk level
risk likelihood
risk management
risk type = risk category
risk-based testing
robustness
robustness testing
root cause
root cause analysis
run
S.M.A.R.T. goal methodology
safety
safety critical system
safety testing
scalability
scalability testing
scale
scenario
schedule
scorecard
scribe = recorder
scripted testing
scripting
scripting language
SCRUM
security
security testing
security testing tool
security tool
see
seeding
sequence
session-based test management
session-based testing
set
severity
short-circuiting
simulation
simulator
site acceptance testing
smoke test = confidence test = sanity test
software
software integrity level
software lifecycle
Software Process Improvement = SPI
software quality
Software Usability Measurement Inventory (SUMI) = SUMI
source
special
specification
specified input
stability
staged representation
standard
standard-compliant testing
state
state diagram
state table
state transition
state transition testing = finite state testing
statement = source statement
statement coverage
statement testing
static
static analysis
static analyzer = analyzer = static analysis tool
static code analysis
static code analyzer = code analyzer
static testing
statistical
statistical testing
status accounting
step
stress testing
stress testing tool
structural coverage
structure
structured
stub
subpath
suitability
suitability testing
suite
supplied
support
supports
suspension criteria
syntax testing
system
system integration testing = integration testing in the large
system of systems
system testing
systematic
Systematic Test and Evaluation Process = STEP
systems
table
taxonomy
technical review
technique
test
test approach
test architect (1)
test architect (2)
test automation
test basis
test case
test case specification
test charter = charter
test closure
test comparator = comparator
test comparison
test condition = test requirement = test situation
test control
test cycle
test data
test data management
test data preparation tool = test generator
test deliverable
test design (2)
test design specification = test design
test design technique = test case design technique = test specification technique = test technique
test design tool
test director
test driven development
test environment = test bed = test rig
test estimation
test evaluation report
test execution
test execution automation
test execution phase
test execution schedule
test execution technique
test execution tool
test harness
test implementation
test improvement plan
test infrastructure
test input
test item
test level = test stage
test log = test record = test run log
test logging = test recording
test management
test management tool
test manager = test leader
Test Maturity Model integration = TMMi
test mission
test monitoring
test object
test objective
test oracle = oracle
test performance indicator
test phase
test plan
test planning
Test Point Analysis (TPA)
test policy
test procedure specification = test procedure = test scenario
test process
Test Process Group = TPG
test process improvement manifesto
test process improver
test progress report = test report
test reproducibility
test run
test schedule
test script
test session
test specification
test strategy
test suite = test case suite = test set
test summary report = test report
test target
test tool
test type
testability
testability review
testable requirement
tester
testing = evaluation
testware
thread testing
three point estimation
time
tolerance
tool
top-down testing
Total Quality Management = TQM
TPI Next
traceability
tracing
transactional analysis
transcendent-based quality
transition
tree
type
understandability
unit test framework
unreachable code = dead code
usability
usability testing
use
use case
use case testing = scenario testing
user
user scenario testing
user story
user story testing
user test
user-based quality
V-model
validation
value
value-based quality
values
variable
verification
vertical traceability
view
volume testing
walkthrough = structured walkthrough
Website Analysis and MeasureMent Inventory (WAMMI) = WAMMI
white
white-box test design technique = structural test design technique = structure-based technique = structure-based test design technique = white-box technique
white-box testing = clear-box testing = code-based testing = glass box testing = logic-coverage testing = logic-driven testing = structural testing = structure-based testing
Wide Band Delphi
wild pointer
Work Breakdown Structure = WBS
