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Status of Developers’ Testing Process
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Intelligent Information Management·Volume 02 (2010)·Pages 343–353·Published 29 June 2010·DOI10.4236/iim.2010.26042
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Abstract
Even if recent methodologies bring more recognition to developers’ testing process, we still have little insight into its status within the industry. In this paper, we study the status of developers’ testing process at Nomadic Software. Our results show that the process is not uniformly executed. The company suffers from lack of control over the methods used, lack of formal communication on requirements, lack of static testing practice, and lack of testing process documentation.
KeywordsDynamic TestingStatic TestingPeer ReviewsInspectionsDebuggingTest CasesTesting Techniques
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