Software testing

Software testing is an investigation conducted to provide stakeholders with information about the quality of the product or service under test.^[1] Software Testing also provides an objective, independent view of the software to allow the business to appreciate and understand the risks at implementation of the software. Test techniques include, but are not limited to, the process of executing a program or application with the intent of finding software bugs.

Software Testing can also be stated as the process of validating and verifying that a software program/application/product:

1. meets the business and technical requirements that guided its design and development;
2. works as expected; and
3. can be implemented with the same characteristics.

Testing methods

• The box approach
  • Black box testing
  • White box testing
  • Grey Box Testing

Testing Levels

• Unit Testing
• Integration Testing
• System Testing
• System Integration Testing
• Regression Testing
• Acceptance testing
• Alpha testing
• Beta testing