Software Testing Glossary

Repeated action, process, structure or reusable solution that initially appears to be beneficial and is commonly used but is ineffective and/or counterproductive in practice.

Testing technique similar to unit testing in that it targets the code level.

Type of testing consisting in verifying if the conditions confirm the product requirements.

A document summarizing the assessment results, for example, conclusions, recommendations and findings.

A person who conducts an assessment; any member of an assessment team.

A condition that cannot be decomposed.

Directed and targeted attempt to assess the quality, reliability of testing object at the attempts to cause some failures.

An experience-based testing technique that uses software attacks to induce failures, particularly security related failures.

The ability of the product to be attractive for the user.

An independent evaluation of software products or processes for establish up a correspondence to standards, guidelines, specifications and / or procedures based on objective criteria, including documents that specify: