Testing Throughout the SDLC
Testing Throughout the SDLC explains how software testing is integrated into every phase of the Software Development Life Cycle, from requirements through maintenance. This category covers different development approaches, test levels, test types, confirmation testing, regression testing, and maintenance testing. Understanding where and why testing activities occur helps testers choose the right testing approach and collaborate effectively throughout a project's lifecycle.
106 terms in this category
Terms in Testing Throughout the SDLC
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106 terms
- acceptance criteria
- acceptance testing
- accessibility
- alpha testing
- api testing
- audio testing
- automotive spice
- availability
- behavior-driven development
- bug hunting
- capability maturity model integration
- capacity
- classification tree technique
- coding standard
- combinatorial testing
- common weakness enumeration
- common weakness scoring system
- compatibility
- compliance
- compliance testing
- component
- component testing
- computer forensics
- confidentiality
- configuration management
- connectivity
- continuous integration
- coverage criteria
- critical testing processes
- definition-use pair
- demilitarized zone
- denial of service
- dynamic application security testing
- encryption
- end-to-end testing
- equivalent manual test effort
- feature-driven development
- formative evaluation
- functional appropriateness
- functional completeness
- functional safety
- functional suitability
- grey-box testing
- human-centered design
- impact analysis
- inspection
- installability
- interactive application security testing
- internal failure
- internationalization
- intrusion detection system
- keyword-driven testing
- load management
- load profile
- load testing
- low-level test case
- maintainability
- maintenance
- moderator
- modified condition/decision testing
- monitoring tool
- neuron coverage
- open-source tool
- operability
- penetration testing
- performance efficiency
- playtest
- portability
- quality characteristic
- recoverability
- regression testing
- regulatory acceptance testing
- reliability
- replaceability
- resource utilization
- reusability
- scalability
- scalability testing
- sequential development model
- smoke test
- software development lifecycle
- software lifecycle
- software qualification test
- spike testing
- stress testing
- stub
- system integration testing
- system of systems
- system qualification test
- system testing
- system throughput
- system under test
- test double
- test level
- test technique
- test-first approach
- think aloud usability testing
- threshold coverage
- transcendent quality
- usability evaluation
- usability test session
- usability testing
- use case testing
- user-agent based testing
- user-based quality
- visual testing
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