Software Testing Discussions

Week 1

• What major functions must your system/software provide?
• Based on the identification of the functions, what outputs must be produced by the system/software to fulfill those functions?
• What input data are required by the system/software to produce the outputs required for each function?

Week 2

Your customer on the current software development project would like to know how your team will identify the required test cases for your product as you enter the test planning phase of the project.

Describe the purpose of white-box testing, the techniques available for white-box testing, and some examples of how your team will use white-box testing to view the structure and flow of the software.

Finally, contrast the test methodologies between black-box and white-box testing.

Week 3

The importance of this week is to understand the real meaning of the two different classes of software testing: white-box and black-box testing approaches and how these approaches can be used in testing your evolving product. Each approach is unique and has different types of testing approaches. Provide the following information in 2 to 3 paragraphs to the Discussion Board:

• Compare and contrast the two different testing approaches (white-box vs. black-box testing).
• Allocate at least 3 of the following tests to either white-box/black-box approaches and explain why: unit, integration, functional, acceptance, regression, and beta.