What is Waterfall Model- Advantages, Disadvantages and When to Use It

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What is Waterfall model advantages, disadvantages and when to use it?

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Search this website… ISTQB CERTIFICATION EXAM STUDY MATERIAL Chapter 1. Fundamentals of testing What is Software testing? Why is testing necessary? Software testing objectives and purpose

s †rst Process Model to be introduced. It is also referred

What is Defect or bugs or faults?

life cycle model. It is very simple to understand and use.

What is a Failure?

ch phase must be completed fully before the next phase

From where do Defects and failures arise?

model is basically used for the for the project which is uncertain requirements. At the end of each phase, a

termine if the project is on the right path and whether or

rd the project. In this model the testing starts only after

plete. In waterfall model phases do not overlap.

When do defects arise? What is the cost of defects? Defect or Bug Life Cycle What is the di†erence between Severity and Priority? Principles of testing Fundamental test process Psychology of testing Independent testing- it’s bene†ts and risks Software Quality Chapter 2. Testing throughout the testing lifecycle What is Veri†cation? What is Validation? Capability Maturity Model (CMM-Levels) Software Development Life Cycle Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) phases Software Development Models Waterfall model V-model Incremental model

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model:

e and easy to understand and use.

age due to the rigidity of the model – each phase has

RAD model Agile model Iterative model

s and a review process.

Spiral model

es are processed and completed one at a time. Phases do

Prototype Model Software Testing Levels

orks well for smaller projects where requirements are

Unit testing Component testing

fall model:

n is in the testing stage, it is very di†cult to go back and

that was not well-thought out in the concept stage.

re is produced until late during the life cycle.

sk and uncertainty.

Integration testing Big Bang integration testing Incremental testing Component integration testing System integration testing

for complex and object-oriented projects.

System testing

g and ongoing projects.

Acceptance testing

e projects where requirements are at a moderate to high

Alpha testing Beta testing

ll model: only when the requirements are very well known, clear

s stable.

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r action is involved during the development of the

uct is ready then only it can be demoed to the end users.

eloped and if any failure occurs then the cost of †xing

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Software Test Types Functional testing Non functional testing Functionality testing Reliability testing Usability testing E†ciency testing Maintainability testing Portability testing Baseline testing Compliance testing Documentation testing Endurance testing Load testing Performance testing Compatibility testing Security testing Scalability testing Volume testing


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Stress testing Di†erence between Volume, Load and stress testing in software Recovery testing Internationalization testing and Localization testing Con†rmation testing Regression testing Structural testing Maintenance Testing Impact analysis 173

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managers involved during a review Types of review Walkthrough Technical review Inspection What is static analysis? What is a static analysis tools? Chapter 4. Test design techniques Test analysis Traceability Test design Test implementation Test design technique Categories of test design techniques Static testing techniques


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Dynamic testing technique i. Black box testing or Speci†cation-based Equivalence partitioning (EP) Boundary Value Analysis (BVA) why it is important to do both EP and BVA Decision tables State transition testing Use case testing ii. White box testing or Structure-based iii. Experience-based testing Error guessing Exploratory testing Structure based technique Test coverage Where to apply this test coverage? Why to measure code coverage? How we can measure the coverage? Types of coverage Statement coverage Branch Coverage or Decision Coverage Condition coverage How to choose that which technique is best? Chapter 5. Test management Roles and responsibilities of a Test Leader Roles and responsibilities of a Tester Purpose and importance of test plans Things to keep in mind while planning tests What testing will involve and what it will cost? Estimation techniques Factors a†ecting test e†ort Test strategy Test monitoring Test control Con†guration management http://istqbexamcertification.com/whatiswaterfallmodeladvantagesdisadvantagesandwhentouseit/

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Risks in software testing Product risk Project risk Risk-based testing Risk analysis Incident management Incident logging Or How to log an Incident What are incident reports? How to write a good incident report? What is test status report? Chapter 6. Tool support for testing Types of test tools Tool for management of testing and tests Test management tools Requirements management tools Incident management tools Con†guration management tools Static testing tools Review process support tools Static analysis tools (D) Modelling tools (D) Test speci†cation tools Test design tools Test data preparation tools Test execution and logging tools Test execution tools Test harness/ Unit test framework tools (D) Test comparators Coverage measurement tools (D) Security tools Performance and monitoring tools Dynamic analysis tools (D) Performance testing, Load testing and http://istqbexamcertification.com/whatiswaterfallmodeladvantagesdisadvantagesandwhentouseit/

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