Software Testing Resource Materials : Basic Library

Basic Software Testing Resource Materials

For your convenience, these software testing resource materials are listed alphabetically and can be individually downloaded. 

Articles and Publications:

ISTQB Glossary
Bug Reporting Process
Critical Testing Processes
Critical Testing Processes:  Introduction (Russian Translation)

translation courtesy of Andrey Punin

Freightliner Test Level Matrix
courtesy of Bill Lind
Introduction to Critical Testing Processes
Introduction to Managing the Testing Process, 2nd ed.
Investing in Testing (audio file)
ISTQB Certification: Why you need it and how to get it
Measuring Defect Potentials and Defect Removal Efficiency
Capers Jones
Mission Made Possible
Quality Risk Analysis
Quality Software
Release Management Processes
Risk Perception
by Erik Simmons, Intel Corporation
Seven Steps to Reducing Software Security Risks
Test Execution Processes
Testing ROI: What IT Managers Should Know
The Right Stuff: Four Small Steps for Testers, one Giant leap for Risk Mitigation
by Rex Black and Barton Layne
Two Weeks to Better Testing in 2008

MTP Exercise Solutions

by Rex Black and Judy McKay (supplement to Managing the Testing Process 3ed)

Slides:

Charting the Progress of System Development Using Defect Data
Create Your Own Luck
Fine Art of Writing a Good Bug Report
Five Trends Affecting Testing
Integrated Test Automation of IVR-Telephony Apps and Client-Server Call Center Apps
Investing in Software Testing
Managing Complex Test Environments
Quality and the Internet Appliance
Requirements to Release Criteria
Risk Based Testing:  What It Is and How You Can Benefit

Shoestring Manual Testing
The ISTQB Advanced Syllabus: Guiding the Way to Better Software Testing

Templates and Examples:

Webinar Slides (no audio):

Webinar 4/30/2009: Agile Testing Challenges

Webinar 5/27/2009: Testing on the Outsourced Project

Webinar 6/9/2009: Ten Worst Things for Testing

Webinar 7/1/2009: Six Surprising Findings from Test Team Assessments

Webinar 8/6/2009: The ISTQB Advanced Syllabus

Webinar 9/3/2009: Five Testing Best Practices 

Webinar 10/8/2009:  Future of Test Management 

Webinar 11/23/2009:  Test Reporting for Impact

Webinar 12/9/2009: Achieving Realistic, Truthful, Actionable Schedules

Webinar:  1/20/2010:  Five Hard-Won Lessons in Performance, Load and Reliability Testing

Webinar:  2/23/2010:  Risk Based Testing:  What it is and How You Can Benefit 

Webinar:  3/11/2010:  Code Coverage Metrics and How to Use Them

Webinar:  4/6/2010:  Advanced Software Testing: Decision Tables

Webinar:  5/20/2010:  Satisfying Test Stakeholders 

Webinar:  6/1/2010:  Advanced Software Testing:  Applying state diagrams to business logic 

Webinar:  7/1/2010:  Test Organization Options

Webinar:   8/3/2010:  Advanced Software Testing:  Use cases