Glossary
Select the term of interest:
- Bug
- Exploratory Testing
- Heuristic Testing
- Risk-Based Testing
- Satisfice
- Test Design
- Test Execution
- Test Logistics
- Test Strategy
Bug:
Anything that threatens the value of the product. Something that bugs someone whose opinion matters.
Exploratory Testing:
An interactive process of simultaneous learning, test design, and test execution.
Heuristic Testing:
An approach to test design that employs heuristics to enable rapid development of test cases.
Risk-Based Testing:
Any testing organized to explore specific product risks.
Satisfice:
To obtain an outcome that is good enough. Coined in 1957 by economist and Nobel Laureate Herbert Simon.
Test Design:
The process of creating tests.
Test Execution:
The process of configuring, operating, and observing a product for the purpose of evaluating it.
Test Logistics:
The set of ideas that guide how resources are applied to fulfill the test strategy.
Test Strategy:
The set of ideas that guide test design.