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TMap Next, for result-driven testing (2006)
The first print has the following errors.
1) page 652, Data combination test
In the first column (adult) for 3 test cases a bullet is missing:
TC-1: adult = 1 (position 1)
TC-3: adult >1 (position 2)
TC-4: adult = 1 (position 1)
TC-1: adult = 1 (position 1)
TC-3: adult >1 (position 2)
TC-4: adult = 1 (position 1)
Also the test cases are abbreviated to TO instead of TC.
2) page 729, glossary, business case
The word "economic" should be erased.
3) page 144, example progress report
This page shows an example of a progress report, but is hard to read. At www.tmap.net, "TMap/downloads/TMap Next downloads" the example can be downloaded.
4) page 530, numbering of steps
The steps should be numbered 1 to 4, instead of 5-8
5) page 60, figure 3.2
The feedback box from test execution to the client misses the word Results and should be "Results, Risks, Time and Costs".
Software testing, a guide to the TMap approach (2002)
The changes within TMap have been integrated with all the chapters of the book. It is therefore almost impossible to pinpoint those exact places in the book that have been changed. We are convinced that an experienced TMap user can fathom the most important changes without reading the entire book. For them we have drawn up the list below referring to all chapters, sections and subjects that have undergone important changes:
- TMap is divided in four essentials. Chapter 3 gives a full description of this subject. It also contains an overview of business-driven test management.
- A full description of implementing a product risk analysis is given in chapter 9.
- Business-driven test management and the product risk analysis have a great influence on, amongst others, understanding the testing assignment, strategy, estimation and planning. See chapter 5 and 6.
- Control phase of the total test process and the Control phase for acceptance and system testing have become separate phases (separated from the Planning phase). See sections 5.3 and 6.3.
- The Setting up and maintaining infrastructure phase is new. See section 6.4.
- The Planning phase and the Control phase (of the total test process) mainly describe the test management activities. To be able to see all the changes (shifts) the activity diagrams in chapters 5 and 6 should be looked at.
- Chapter 11 contains a great number of new estimation techniques.
- A new ‘look’ on development testing is described in chapter 7.
- Besides the test process chapters we now have a chapter that contains supporting processes. This chapter 8 goes further into subjects such as: test policy, permanent test organisation, test environments, test tools and the test professional.
- In chapter 14, mainly in the first three sections, a new angle can be found on coverage, basic techniques and test design techniques.
- The test design techniques decision table test and data combination test have been altered. New techniques are use case test and exploratory testing. Besides these four techniques section 14.4 describes a further seven techniques.
- The set of test types have been extended with testing of regression, usability, performance, portability and security in section 10.3.
