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A testing technique used to test the business functionality or business logic of the AUT in an end-to-end manner, in much the same way a User or an operator might interact with the system during its normal use.[Testing IT: An Off-the-Shelf Software Testing Process by John Watkins ]

(TPI)Test Process Improvement »

A method for baselining testing processes and identifying process improvement opportunities, using a static model developed by Martin Pol and Tim Koomen.

Testing »

The execution of tests with the intent of providing that the system and application under test does or does not perform according to the requirements specification.

Testability »

Attributes of software that bear on the effort needed for validating the modified software [ISO 8402]

Test Tree »

A physical implementation of Test Suite. [Dorothy Graham, 1999]

Test Suites »

A test suite consists of multiple test cases (procedures and data) that are combined and often managed by a test harness.

Test Stub »

A dummy software component or object used (during development and testing) to simulate the behaviour of a real component. The stub typically provides test output.