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| Book | Author(s) | Review | Reviewer | Category | Review Published |
| Usability Testing Essentials: Ready, Set ...Test! | Steve Krug | Usability Testing Essentials presents a practical, step-by-step approach to learning the entire process of planning and conducting a usability test. | www.kalahari.net | Usability | Volume 12, Number 3, 3rd Quarter 2011 |
| Handbook of Usability Testing: How to Plan, Design, and Conduct Effective Tests | Jared Spool | Handbook of Usability Testing, Second Edition, is a nuts-and-bolts guide for beginners, loaded with tips and tricks for effectively testing products of all types. | www.kalahari.net | Usability | Volume 12, Number 3, 3rd Quarter 2011 |
24 Deadly Sins of Software Security |
Michael Howard, David LeBlanc and John Viega |
If you have advanced so far in testing that you are in a position to talk algorithms to developers or discuss frameworks and patterns and by-reference versus by-value invocations with them, then this book is for you. | Johnny Diamond | Security | Volume 12 No 2, 2nd Quarter 2011 |
| Nitesh Dhanjani, Billy Rios, Brett Hardin | This book had me very excited. It is fresh, reasonably up to date and very topical and relevant. With many security books that I have read in the past, by the time I got the book in my hand, any technical vulnerabilities demonstrated no longer existed, or the specific browser version had long since been replaced. | Johnny Diamond | Security | Volume 12 No 2, 2nd Quarter 2011 | |
| The Software Test Engineer’s Handbook: A Study Guide for the ISTQB Test Analyst and Technical Analyst Advanced Level Certificates |
Graham Bath & Judy McKay | Do you remember all those test design techniques and other technical things you learn of in basic software testing courses? This book dives into more detail on a lot of those concepts. Indeed a good book for the true testing geek. | Johnny Diamond | Software Testing Certification | Volume 12, Number 1, 1st Quarter 2011 |
| Testing Embedded Software | Bart Broekman & Edwin Notenboom |
The testing of embedded software is an exciting and growing field; the SCADA and mobile fields are expanding rapidly and defence is as large a market as it has always been, albeit even more computerised. Embedded testing is what I consider to be one of the deepest specialisation fields in software testing, along with security and performance testing. | Johnny Diamond | Practitioner | Volume 12, Number 1, 1st Quarter 2011 |
| Perfect Software and other Illusions about Testing | Gerald M. Weinberg | Jerry Weinberg, one of the most prominent gurus of the testing community, author of the famous “Introduction to General Systems Thinking” and “The Psychology of Computer Programming”, takes yet another swing at the never ending story of misconceptions about testing as a discipline. | Mihai Grigorescu | Developers and Testers | Volume 11, Number 4, 4th Quarter 2010 |
| xUnit Test Patterns Refactoring Test Code |
Gerard Meszaros | This book is the most comprehensive manual that I have seen on the xUnit framework and its use | Johnny Diamond | Developers and Testers | Volume 11, Number 4, 4th Quarter 2010 |
| Code Complete - 2nd Edition | Steve McConnell | If you are one of those privileged testers that has an opportunity to work with one of the few forward-thinking, open-to-innovation and mature-enough not-to-feel-threatened development teams, you’ll enjoy reading this book. | Johnny Diamond | Developers and Testers | Volume 11, Number 3, 3rd Quarter 2010 |
| John C. Maxwell | Attitude 101 is a well thought-out guideline-type book. The author, John C. Maxwell, has an interesting way of writing, and you find your thoughts provoked even days after reading the book. | Helen Doble | Life Skills | Volume 11, Number 3, 3rd Quarter 2010 | |
| Hacking Exposed - Network Security Secrets & Solutions | Stuart McClure, Joel Scambray and George Kurtz |
This book is more than just a guide for IT hacking wannabes. It is the bible for implementing good enough network security and exposing operating system technical vulnerabilities. |
Peter Chong | Networking | Volume 11, Number 2, 2nd Quarter 2010 |
| Blink | Malcolm Gladwell | Simply put, this is a book about the kind of thinking that happens in the blink of an eye. In life we are constantly faced with decisions. | Helen Doble | Life Skills | Volume 11, Number 2, 2nd Quarter 2010 |
| Uyless Black | Networking in 24 Hours covers the overview and important aspects of computer networking from beginner to intermediate level. It is a recommended read for most software testing professionals, because the importance and technical understanding of how a system interfaces through networks and the Internet to other systems, are often overlooked. For individuals who have an advanced understanding of computer networks, this book will serve as an excellent brief reference guide. |
Peter Chong | Networking | Volume 11, Number 1, 1st Quarter 2010 | |
| Ian Molyneaux | This book strikes a very informative balance between teaching you how to approach and manage a performance test project, as well as digging into some of the technical detail that the reader can expect to have to deal with during performance testing. |
Walter Kruse | Performance Testing | Volume 11, Number 1, 1st Quarter 2010 | |
| Ken Schwaber, Mike Beedle | A very readable book for those wishing to gain insight into Agile development in general, and particularly those interested in Scrum, an Agile management practice. |
Wayne Mallinson | Agile Testing | Volume 10, Number 3, 3rd Quarter 2009 | |
| Agile Testing – A Practical Guide for Testers and Agile Teams | Lisa Crispin and Janet Gregory | The authors have shone a light into the darkness that surrounds the role of testing in Agile development. There is a lot of information about Test Driven Development, but testing is always the poor cousin. However, this is no longer true. | Peter Sage | Agile Testing | Volume 10, Number 3, 3rd Quarter 2009 |
| Scripted GUI Testing with Ruby | Ian Dees | In the beginning of the book, Ian Dees says that this is the book that he needed when he embarked on the particular testing task after inheriting a Ruby test automation project. He eventually wrote the book as a record of what he has learned on his journey. | Walter Kruse | GUI Testing | Volume 10, Number 1, 1st Quarter 2009 |
| Software Testing - An ISEB Foundation | Brian Hambling (Editor), Peter Morgan, Angelina Samaroo, Geoff Thompson, Peter Williams | This book isn’t aimed at novices, but rather at testers who have been in the industry for a while and have gained experienced in testing. This book can be used to supplement the Foundation course material or to aid the reader in passing the Foundation course without attending the actual course. In either of these choices the Syllabus must be carefully consulted. | Alex Gonçalves | Software Testing | Volume 9, Number 4, 4th Quarter 2008 |
| Security in Computing | Charles P. Pfleeger, Shari Lawrence Pfleeger | This book starts off with answers to questions like “What is the meaning of security?” and illustrations of types of attacks. | Walter Kruse | Security | Volume 9, Number 4, 4th Quarter 2008 |
| The Art of Software Security Assessment | Mark Dowd, John McDonald, Justin Schuh | This is an in-depth manual for manual code audits. In the intro, the authors assert that code audits for application security is a deeply technical skill and that there are not many people with the knowledge to do this work – hence the decision to write the book. It contains real-world examples of defective code which allows for buffer and stack overflow exceptions. | Walter Kruse | Security | Volume 9, Number 4, 4th Quarter 2008 |
| Software Engineering 8 | Ian Sommerville | This is a good high-level book for any new IT professional as a student manual as well as reference guide. It mentions things like critical systems, object-oriented programming, and real-time systems, but at a very high level; so it should not be used for a specialised course. It covers the complete overview of all the aspects of Software Engineering and therefore serves as an excellent read for testers. It provides many helpful examples and diagrams to understand the subject matter. | Eddie Dreyer | Software Systems Engineering | Volume 9, Number 3, 3rd Quarter 2008 |
| MySpace | Larry Magid and Anne Collier | In this edition we review a book dealing with teens and their use of MySpace. Many testers are parents and know the dangers of security being compromised. | John Sandys | General | Volume 9, Number 2, 2nd Quarter 2008 |
| Failure is not an Option Mission Control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond |
Gene Krantz | This is a fascinating account of the NASA space programme, from the earliest Mercury missions through to the Apollo programme that placed astronauts on the moon in the late 60’s. | Wayne Mallinson | General | Volume 8, Number 6, November/December 2007 |
| CIO Wisdom II: More Best Practices | Phillip Laplante, Thomas Costello | As Test Managers and consultants we need to know our testing profession well, but also need to understand and know the needs and challenges of business leaders and the technical needs of Chief Information Officers (CIOs). This book is aimed at mature testing professionals with 5+ years experience, or those aspiring to understand the complex technical and other CIO-relevant contexts in which testing takes place. | Wayne Mallinson | Business | Volume 8, Number 5, September/October 2007 |
| The Developer's Guide to Debugging | Holger Keding; Thorsten Grtker; Ulrich Holtmann | "The Developer's Guide to Debugging" is a book for both professional software developers seeking to broaden their skills and students who want to learn the tricks of the trade from the ground up | kalahari.net | Development | Volume 8, Number 4, July/August 2007 |
| Coder to Developer: Tools and Strategies for Delivering Your Software | Mike Gunderloy | This title addresses all of the skills required to effectively design and develop complex applications, including planning, building and developing the application and coding defensively to prevent bugs. | kalahari.net | Development | Volume 8, Number 4, July/August 2007 |
| Everyday Scripting with Ruby (For Teams, Testers, and You) | Brian Marick | The book is designed for practical hands-on learning, with lots of exercises in a task-based tutorial fashion. Interspersed with the tasks are nuggets called Ruby Facts. These brief sections are summaries of concepts in the language, which can almost serve as cheat sheets. | Walter Kruse | Testing | Volume 8, Number 3, May/June 2007 |
| Find the Bug: A Book of Incorrect Programs | Adam Barr | The book is aimed more at developers, but will be very interesting to forward-thinking testers who write code. It is split up into 50 exercises over the course of seven chapters. It has three appendices, two of which are important for the cross referencing of the bugs in the 50 exercises: Classification of Bugs and Index of Bug by Type. Adam uses a unique method of bug classification in the book that makes the type of bug clear while it is being discussed. The classification method is based on Donald Knuth’s method. | Walter Kruse | Development | Volume 8, Number 2, March/April 2007 |
| Sofware Security: Building Security In | Gary McGraw | If you want to read a work that encompasses the design and development philosophy that those prominent in the software testing sphere have been advocating for years - specifically aimed at the security aspects of software - this book deserves a prominent place on your bookshelf. If you are managing a development effort, and the security aspects of your project hold any importance to you, then this book should not only be required reading for you, but also for every developer in your team. | Jan Holtzhausen | Security | Volume 7, Number 6, November/December 2006 |
| Methods & Tools | Martining & Associates | This edition’s book review is a little different… We are reviewing a magazine that addresses so-called advanced development methodologies. It is an electronic magazine - a publishing format that is growing in popularity. Martinig & Associates provide topical and relevant content that every testing professional should have a good grasp of in order to maximise understanding of the development world we live in. | Walter Kruse | IT General | Volume 7, Number 5 , September/October 2006 |
| Software Testing Foundations - A Study Guide for the Certified Tester Exam - Foundation Level - ISTQB compliant | Andreas Spillner, Tilo Linz, Hans Schaefer, dpunkt.verlag GmbH | Software testing is now a profession taken seriously by management in successful and competitive nations. The determination to ensure good and reliable Information Technology products and support is visible in the in- creasing uptake of international test certification by testers in these nations. | Wayne Mallinson | Testing Specialty | Volume 7, Number 4 , July/August 2006 |
| Access by Design : A Guide to Universal Usability for Web Designers | Sarah Horton | Access by Design is ideal for all levels of web designer (however, do note that you should ideally have prior knowledge of hypertext markup language and cascading style sheets to fully appreciate this work). It is especially applicable if you are fresh from a course where you have been taught to use nested tables and graphics for that ‘perfect’ web page layout. Sarah Horton will help you stamp out those very bad habits before they become entrenched in your technique. | Natalie Stebbing | IT General | Volume 7, Number 3 , May/June 2006 |
| Genetic Algorithms for VLSI Design, Layout and Test Automation | Pinaki Mazumder and Elizabeth M. Rudnick | Genetic Algorithms for VLSI Design, Layout and Test Automation was written for practicing design engineers and individuals researching computer aided design (CAD) and very large-scale integration (VLSI). This already tells us that this book is not for the faint-hearted. It is a highly technical book with a strong mathematical, statistical academic base. | Henk Coetzee | Testing Specialty - Automation | Volume 7, Number 2 , March/April 2006 |
| Core Security Patterns: Best Practices and Strategies for J2EE, Web Services, and Identity Management | Christopher Steel, Ramesh Nagappan, Ray Lai | If you are involved in java/ Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) development/architecture design or security testing, this book is a must to have. Written by three of the top security gurus in the field, it contains everything you might need to know on security aspects in the Java/J2EE environment. | Henk Coetzee | Testing Specialty - Automation | Volume 7, |
| Information Systems Project Management: Methods, Tools and Techniques | John McManus Trevor Wood-Harper |
This book really interested me: it answered the project management questions that I have picked up along the way (over 18 years in ICT across various disciplines) for which I have never before found answers! | Nina Nyback | IT - General | Volume 7, Number 1, January/February 2006 |
| Test Driven Development: By Example | Kent Beck | Benefits of Test-Driven Development: Kent Beck, in the preface to this book mentions Ron Jeffries' pithy phrase, 'Clean code that works', and suggests that this is the goal of Test-Driven Development. The benefits of clean code that works from Test-Driven Development are many according to Kent... | Wayne Mallinson | IT - General | Volume 6, Number 6, November/December 2005. |
| Fundamentals of Software Engineering | Carlo Ghezzi, Mehdi Jazayeri & Dino Mandrioli | This book is a must have if you are student in software engineering. As a software engineering professional or software project manager, you will benefit from this book as it describes the usefulness of the modern practices of software engineering, and the need to adopt these. | Corné Kruger | IT - General | Volume 6, Number 5, September/October 2005. |
| Troubleshooting Linux Firewalls | Michael Shinn and Scott Shinn | This book is a pleasant read, catering for people unfamiliar with the basics of security and firewalls in the first half, then moving on to more technical matters in the second half. | Walter Kruse | IT - General |
Volume 6, Number 4, July/August 2005. |
| Principles of Software Engineering Management | Tom Gilb | Tom Gilb addresses some of the methods and key thinking required to produce quality products in an elegant and pragmatic way in this easy to read book. | Wayne Mallinson | IT - General |
Volume 6, Number 4, July/August 2005. |
| All Change! The Project Leader's Secret Handbook | Eddie Obeng | This book struck me as being very intriguing from the word 'go'. Half the book is written upside-down! The first part (it is better reading this part first), reads as a novel. A project manager quits a 'bad' project, and wonders why so many of his projects have failed. | Nina Nyback | IT - General |
Volume 6, Number 3, May/June 2005. |
| Customer-Centered Design: a New Approach to Web Usability | Kreta Chandler and Karen Hyatt | Wow! This book is definitely an investment! The two authors have extensive experience in marketing, catalogue marketing, and usability. Think about it... authors with both business and technical (IT) backgrounds, writing a book on customer-centred design. Just by the title, one can sense that something is going to be different this time round. | Gideon Stoop | Testing Specialty - Usability |
Volume 6, Number 2, March/April 2005. |
| Absolute Beginners' Guide to Programming | Greg Perry | This book is highly recommended for those with absolutely no programming experience, and who would like to become familiar with programming. | Corné Kruger |
IT General |
Volume 6, Number 1, January/February 2005. |
| Critical Testing Processes | Rex Black | Rex Black introduces a risk-focused approach to testing, using this as one of the core guiding threads to driving the test process from the initial test project request to release. His logical approach to critical testing processes, which is backed by practical examples in the form of a hypothetical test project, provides real learning that will complement your current testing experience. | Rob Kerrich-Walker | Testing |
Volume 6, Number 1, January/February 2005. |
| Amplifying Your Effectiveness | Edited by Gerald M. Weinberg, James Bach, and Naomi Karten | This book arose from a brainstorming session for the first Amplifying Your Effectiveness conference. This collection of essays has been written by a number of forward-thinking, software engineering professionals (who were also the hosts for the first conference). | Peter Sage |
IT - General |
Volume 5, Number 6, November/December 2004. |
| I am a Bug | Robert Sabourin | I read this book in 10 minutes. Yes, this is a very short book, containing lots of pictures. If you have difficulty explaining your job as a tester to your children, then this is the book to read to them. | Peter Sage |
Testing - Introductory |
Volume 5, Number 6, November/December 2004. |
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Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability |
Steve Krug | Steve Krug's book, Don't Make Me Think, is undoubtedly one of the best interface design books I've read. And I've read a few. Looking out over my desk I can see a good 20 odd books on usability and interface design, and Don't Make Me Think is the pick of the lot in the web design category. | Trish Müllenberg | Testing Specialty - Usability |
Volume 5, Number 5, September/October 2004. |
| A Practitioner's Guide to Software Test Design | Lee Copeland | I enjoyed this book! It is about time that a practical approach to test design was written. In fact, I had planned to write such a book, but now this is pointless as Lee has already done an excellent job. Seldom do you get this combination of practical techniques, good tips and humour in one package. | Peter Sage | Testing - Practice |
Volume 5, Number 4, July/August 2004. |
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Effective Software Testing - 50 Specific Ways to Improve Your Testing |
Elfriede Dustin | Effective Software Testing lists 50 specific ways to improve your testing. The book is for both Manual and Automation testers, and is broken down into various chapters. Requirements phase, Test planning, The Testing Team, The System Architecture, Test design and documentation, etc. are just a few of the chapters in this book. |
Alex Gonçalves | Testing - Practice |
Volume 5, Number 3, May/June 2004. |
| Testing Embedded Software | Bart Broekman and Edwin Notenboom | This was a long awaited book! I had been looking forward to getting my hands on it. What a pleasure! Edwin Notenboom and Bart Broekman have successfully put all the basic fundamentals of testing into an easily readable and understandable format. The facts differentiating the specialist testing of embedded software from everyday testing of software systems (running on computers that can accommodate various different functions) have been neatly summarised in separate chapters. | Annatjie Joubert | Testing - Practice |
Volume 5, Number 2, March/April 2004. |
| The Testing Practitioner | Compiled by Erik van Veenendaal | The Testing Practitioner was written in response to the development of the Information Systems Examinations Board (ISEB) Practitioner Certificate syllabus. This book is a compilation of twenty-three papers (chapters) written by twenty-four different authors. It was compiled and edited by Erik van Veenendaal using the Practitioner syllabus as a framework. | Natalie Stebbing | Testing - Practice |
Volume 5, Number 1, January/February 2004. |
| Effective Software Testing - 50 Specific Ways to Improve Your Testing | Elfriede Dustin | The quality of most software development companies hinges strongly on their testing department. The function of this testing department is to ease the product from the relative safety and comfort of the development environment into the real world. Therefore the success of these products, as well as the respectability of the organisation and its reputation, could lie squarely on the quality of the application of testing. | Wilson Wray |
Testing - Practice |
Volume 4, Number 6, November/December 2003. |
| Systematic Software Testing | Rick D. Craig and Stefan P. Jaskiel | This is a good book. The authors have succeeded in writing an informative book. They have also managed to make it fun! You feel that you are in the classroom hearing the instructors discuss the various aspects of testing. | Peter Sage | Testing - Practice |
Volume 4, Number 5, September/October 2003. |
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How to Break Software - A Practical Guide to Testing |
James A. Whittaker | What an outstanding book. The author has taken a refreshing approach to the subject of software testing as the title of the book suggests. This is not a book that tells you why to test, or even which techniques to use. Instead it offers an error model upon which to base your testing effort i.e. where to find bugs. | Peter Sage | Testing - Practice |
Volume 4, Number 3, May/June 2003. |
| Testing Extreme Programming | Lisa Crispin, Tip House | This book addresses a crucial aspect of XP: the whole model is based on writing "user stories", and then writing automated tests (both Acceptance and Unit) before the code is written. | Peter Sage | Testing - Practice |
Volume 4, Number 2, March/April 2003. |
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Managing Software Requirements: A Unified Approach |
Dean Leffingwell and Don Widrig | Here is a book on managing software requirements written by authors who have had to technically implement their own gathering of requirements of diverse high-risk medical systems. | Wayne Mallinson | IT - General |
Volume 4, Number 1, January /February 2003. |
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Homepage Usability: 50 Websites Deconstructed |
Jakob Nielsen, Marie Tahir | "Homepages are the most valuable real estate in the world." This is the opening line of the latest by internationally renowned web usability 'guru' Jakob Nielsen and one of his expert colleagues, Marie Tahir. |
Deborah Abratt | Testing Specialty - Usability |
Volume 3, Number 11, November/December 2002. |
| The Complete Guide to Software Testing | Dr Bill Hetzel | In the 1970s testing gurus were emerging, and suggesting the concept of developing a test plan at the beginning of the life cycle, based on requirements. One of these pioneers was Dr Bill Hetzel. | Wilson Wray | Testing - Practice |
Volume 3, Number 10, October 2002. |
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Software Testing: A Guide to the TMap® Approach |
Martin Pol, Ruud Teunissen, Erik van Veenendaal | TMap® (Test Management approach) is a well-established and internationally proven methodology ... It will help save your company time and money by producing well-designed, reliable quality systems. | Peter Sage | Testing - Practice |
Volume 3, Number 9, September 2002. |
| Six Thinking Hats | Edward de Bono | Thinking is the ultimate human resource, and real testing is all about thinking in different ways, and on different planes. | Kimon Paxinos | Business - General |
Volume 3, Number 8, August 2002. |
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The Mind of a Fox: Scenario planning in action |
Chantell Illbury and Clem Sunter | Many of the world’s true leaders in politics, business and sport have succeeded by adopting the mental processes typical of the ingenuity of one of nature’s most resourceful animals – the fox. | Kimon Paxinos | Business - General |
Volume 3, Number 7, July 2002. |
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Making the Invisible Visible: How Companies Win with the Right Information, People and IT |
Donald Marchand, William Kettinger, and John Rollins | This book presents a new way of seeing the business value of information, people and IT as well as a way of measuring and managing these capabilities in order to improve business performance. | Wayne Mallinson | Business - General |
Volume 3, Number 6, June 2002. |
| Human-Computer Interaction | Edited by Alan J. Dix | This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the field of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) with an emphasis on design methodologies for software usability. | Deborah Abratt | Testing Specialty - Usability |
Volume 3, Number 5, May 2002. |
| The Design Of Everyday Things | Donald A. Norman | Norman makes a strong case for the needlessness of badly conceived and badly designed everyday objects… | Cornè Boshoff Wayne Mallinson |
Testing Specialty - Usability |
Volume 3, Number 4, April 2002. |
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Real Dream Teams : Seven Practices Used by World-Class Team Leaders to Achieve Extraordinary Results |
Bob Fisher & Bo Thomas | Want the best out of your test team or software project team? | Wayne Mallinson | Business - General |
Volume 3, Number 3, March 2002. |
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Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies |
James C. Collins, Jerry I. Porras | You may be asking, "what has a book on the successful habits of visionary companies got to do with software testing?" | Wayne Mallinson | Business - General |
Volume 3, Number 2, February 2002. |
| Mastering the Requirements Process | Suzanne Robertson & James Roberts | An excerpt from the back cover nicely introduces this book, "It is widely recognised that incorrect requirements account for up to 60% of errors in software products ... " | Wayne Mallinson | IT - General |
Volume 3, Number 1, January 2002. |
| Writing Effective Use Cases | Alistair Cockburn | If you have not yet decided to embark on the use of use cases within your company, then this book will supply the answers to most, if not all, of your questions concerning this decision. | Wayne Mallinson | IT - General |
Volume 2, Number 12, December 2001. |
| Effective Requirements Practices | Ralph R. Young | Amongst other material, Ralph Young quotes industry statistics about requirements based on thousands of projects. The fact that 80 percent of project defects may be attributed to the requirements process should make management and any self-respecting testers sit up! | Wayne Mallinson | IT - General |
Volume 2, Number 11, November 2001. |
| Software Testing and Continuous Quality Improvement | William E. Lewis | This book is a must for all software testing practitioners and managers. It is a comprehensive work that covers a vast spectrum of software testing. | Peter Sage | Testing - Practice |
Volume 2, Number 10, October 2001. |
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Managing Six Sigma: A Practical Guide to Understanding, Assessing, and Implementing the Strategy That Yields Bottom-Line Success. |
Forrest W. Breyfogle III, James M. Cupello,and Becki Meadows | Six Sigma is a quality improvement approach that was initiated by Motorola in 1987. It is based on well-prepared trainers teaching and mentoring staff in statistical methods for the purpose of process improvement... | Wayne Mallinson | IT - General |
Volume 2, Number 9, September 2001. |
| Metrics and Models in Software Quality Engineering | Stephen H. Kan | Software quality is becoming a strategic differentiator between organisations today. Measuring this quality and using measurement techniques to improve software development is a logical step... | Wayne Mallinson | IT - General |
Volume 2, Number 8, August 2001. |
| Dare to be Excellent | Alka Jarvis and Linda Hayes | This book is not another theoretical "how to" book, but rather a "how we did it" book. This is putting it into practice. If you are thinking of implementing effective software development life cycles, using sound engineering practices, but are not too sure of the road ahead, this is the book for you. | Peter Sage | IT - General |
Volume 2, Number 7, July 2001. |
| Client-Server Software Testing On The Desktop And The Web | David J. Mosley | As its name suggests, this book covers software testing for distributed applications. | John Stebbing | Testing - Practice |
Volume 2, Number 6, June 2001. |
| Measurment as a Powerful Management Tool | Nicholas Ashley | Software testing is a developing science. Nicholas Ashley's book has useful information on implementing a measurement program for software quality. | Wayne Mallinson | Testing - Practice |
Volume 2, Number 5, May 2001. |
| Software Requirements | Karl E. Wiegers | Why is a book on how to create and manage software requirements in Test Focus? It is because poor requirements elicitation, capture and management will most likely result in poor software quality. | Wayne Mallinson | IT - General |
Volume 2, Number 4, April 2001. |
| Software Testing Techniques | Boris Beizer | This book covers all the basic topics of software testing. A must for everybody, especially the practitioner. | Carel Grové | Testing - Practice |
Volume 2, Number 3, March 2001. |
| Principles of Software Engineering Management | Tom Gilb | Interesting information on the subject of software engineering management. "Simply the best book on software development I have read." | Wayne Mallinson | IT - General |
Volume 2, Number 2, February 2001. |
| Software Inspection | Tom Gilb and Dorothy Graham | A book that is directed at people who want a thorough introduction to the topic of Software inspection. This book brings back hope. | Nina Nyback | Testing - Practice |
Volume 2, Number 1, January 2001. |
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Testing Computer Software. Second edition. |
Cem Kaner, Jack Falk, Hung Quoc Nguyen | A book aimed at test practitioners, both beginners and advanced. Reviewers feel that the authors are knowledgeable and experieced in handling this subject. | Peter Sage | Testing - Introductory |
Volume 1, Number 6, December 2000. |
| Managing The Testing Process | Rex Black | A book that is aimed at managers, or testers that would like to manager their own team. What do other reviewers say? "we have two opposite options... you either love it or hate it". | Peter Sage | Testing - Practice |
Volume 1, Number 5, November 2000. |
| The Art Of Software Testing | G.J. Myers | The reviewers find this book to be practical, comprehensive, concise and insightful. They consider it to be more of a reference book that can be used by programmers at all levels, and for the professional tester and developer. | D.M. Halford | Testing - Practice |
Volume 1, Number 4, October 2000. |
| Software Test Automation | Mark Fewster & Dorothy Graham | A deep, practical treatment of software testing. how to create and achieve highly effective software behaviour verification and validation. | Peter Sage | Testing Specialty - Automation |
Volume 1, Number 3, September 2000. |
| Surviving the top 10 challenges of software Testing | William E. Perry, Randall W. Rice | The book addresses the problems experienced by testing departments and with specific emphasis on individual testers. The book is a must for any Quality Assurance Professional. | Pieter Joubert | Testing - Practice |
Volume 1, Number 2, August 2000. |
| Software Testing In The Real World | Edward Kit | A book on how to create effective testing strategies. This Book is not on the technicalities of how to test, but rather on how to create effective testing strategies. | Wayne Mallinson | Testing - Practice |
Volume 1, Number 1, July 2000. |