Software Testing Glossary

A proprietary adaptable iterative software development process framework consisting of four project lifecycle phases: inception, elaboration, construction and transition.

Testing, in which the test cases which contained bugs during the previous run are executed, in order to confirm the success of found errors fixing.

Testing that dynamically responds to the actual system under test and test results being obtained. Typically reactive testing has a reduced planning cycle and the design and implementation test phases are not carried out until the test object is received.

The ability of software to restore the required level of performance and operational data affected by errors.

The process of software testing that aims at exploring the recoverability of a software product.

Testing of a program that has already been tested.

Testing using various techniques to manage the risk of regression.

Document identifying test objects, their configuration, current status and other information provided by the developers to testers and other interested parties at the early stages of software testing.

The ability of the software to function under the given conditions for a specified period of time or for a certain number of operations.

Model showing the growth of the test component or system reliability, caused by the fixing of faults that had caused denials.