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SOFTWARE SYSTEM
CONTEXT
OLEH :
SUCI RAHMAWATI
11453201617
Program Studi Sistem Informasi
Fakultas Sains dan Teknologi
Universitas Islam Negeri Sultan Syarif Kasim Riau
Testing Primciple – Testing is
Context Dependent
Testing is done differently in different
contexts. For example, safety-critical software is
tested differently from an ecommerce site.
These days, almost everyone is aware of
software systems. We encounter them in our
homes, at work, while shopping, and because of
mass-communication systems. More and more,
they are part of our lives. We use software in
day-to-day business applications such as
banking and in consumer products such as cars
and washing machines.
Countinue…
However, most people have had an experience
with software that did not work as expected: an error on
a bill, a delay when waiting for a credit card to process
and a website that did not load correctly are common
examples of problems that may happen because of
software problems.
Not all software systems carry the same level of
risk and not all problems have the same impact when
they occur. A risk is something that has not happened
yet and it may never happen; it is a potential problem.
We are concerned about these potential problems
because, if one of them did happen, we'd feel a negative
impact.
Continue…
Some of the problems we encounter when
using software are quite trivial, but others can be
costly and damaging - with loss of money, time or
business reputation - and even may result in injury
or death. For example, suppose a user interface
has typographical defects. Does this matter? It may
be trivial, but it could have a significant effect,
depending on the website and the defect:
Continue…
O If my personal family-tree website has my
maternal grandmother's maiden name spelt
wrong, my mother gets annoyed and I have to put
up with some family teasing, but I can fix it easily
and only the family see it (probably).
O If the company website has some spelling
mistakes in the text, potential customers may be
put off the company as it looks unprofessional.
Continue…
O If a software program miscalculates pesticide
application quantities, the effect could be very
significant: suppose a decimal point is wrongly
placed so that the application rate is 10 times
too large.
Causes of Software Defect
Why is it that software systems sometimes don't work
correctly? We know that people make mistakes - we
are fallible.
 If someone makes an error or mistake in using the
software, this may lead directly to a problem - the
software is used incorrectly and so does not behave
as we expected. However, people also design and
build the software and they can make mistakes
during the design and build. These mistakes mean
that there are flaws in the software itself. These are
called defects or sometimes bugs or faults.
Remember, the software is not just the code; check
the definition of soft- ware again to remind yourself.
Continue…
Do our mistakes matter?
 Our mistakes are also important because software
systems and projects are complicated. Many interim
and final products are built during a project, and people
will almost certainly make mistakes and errors in all the
activities of the build. Some of these are found and
removed by the authors of the work, but it is difficult for
people to find their own mistakes while building a
product. Defects in software, systems or documents
may result in failures, but not all defects do cause
failures. We could argue that if a mistake does not lead
to a defect or a defect does not lead to a failure, then it
is not of any importance we may not even know we've
made an error.
Continue…
 It is not just defects that give rise to failure. Failures
can also be caused by environmental conditions as
well: for example, a radiation burst, a strong mag- netic
field, electronic fields, or pollution could cause faults in
hardware or firmware. Those faults might prevent or
change the execution of software. Failures may also
arise because of human error in interacting with the
software, perhaps a wrong input value being entered or
an output being misinterpreted. Finally, failures may
also be caused by someone deliberately trying to cause
a failure in a system malicious damage.
Continue…
When we think about what might go wrong we have
to consider defects and failures arising from:
O errors in the specification, design and
implementation of the software and system;
O errors in use of the system;
O environmental conditions;
O intentional damage;
O potential consequences of earlier errors, intentional
damage, defects and failures.
Continue…
In Figure 1.1 we can see how defects may arise in four requirements for a
product.
 We can see that requirement 1 is implemented correctly - we
understood the customer's requirement, designed correctly to meet that
requirement, built cor- rectly to meet the design, and so deliver that
requirement with the right attributes: functionally, it does what it is
supposed to do and it also has the right non-functional attributes, so it is
fast enough
Continue…
If we relate the scenarios mentioned previously to Figure 1.2, we
see that, if an error is made and the consequent defect is detected in the
requirements at the specification stage, then it is relatively cheap to find
and fix. The observation of increasing defect-removal costs in software
traces back to [Boehm]. The specification can be corrected and re-issued.
Similarly if an error is made and the consequent defect detected in the
design at the design stage then the design can be corrected and re-issued
with relatively little expense. The same applies for construction.
Bibliography
O Graham et.al. (2011). ISTQB-Fondation of
Software Testing. London: Cengage Learning
EMEA.
LINK
O http://sif.uin-suska.ac.id/
O http://fst.uin-suska.ac.id/
O http://www.uin-suska.ac.id/
THANK YOU

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Context Dependent Software Testing

  • 1. SOFTWARE SYSTEM CONTEXT OLEH : SUCI RAHMAWATI 11453201617 Program Studi Sistem Informasi Fakultas Sains dan Teknologi Universitas Islam Negeri Sultan Syarif Kasim Riau
  • 2. Testing Primciple – Testing is Context Dependent Testing is done differently in different contexts. For example, safety-critical software is tested differently from an ecommerce site. These days, almost everyone is aware of software systems. We encounter them in our homes, at work, while shopping, and because of mass-communication systems. More and more, they are part of our lives. We use software in day-to-day business applications such as banking and in consumer products such as cars and washing machines.
  • 3. Countinue… However, most people have had an experience with software that did not work as expected: an error on a bill, a delay when waiting for a credit card to process and a website that did not load correctly are common examples of problems that may happen because of software problems. Not all software systems carry the same level of risk and not all problems have the same impact when they occur. A risk is something that has not happened yet and it may never happen; it is a potential problem. We are concerned about these potential problems because, if one of them did happen, we'd feel a negative impact.
  • 4. Continue… Some of the problems we encounter when using software are quite trivial, but others can be costly and damaging - with loss of money, time or business reputation - and even may result in injury or death. For example, suppose a user interface has typographical defects. Does this matter? It may be trivial, but it could have a significant effect, depending on the website and the defect:
  • 5. Continue… O If my personal family-tree website has my maternal grandmother's maiden name spelt wrong, my mother gets annoyed and I have to put up with some family teasing, but I can fix it easily and only the family see it (probably). O If the company website has some spelling mistakes in the text, potential customers may be put off the company as it looks unprofessional.
  • 6. Continue… O If a software program miscalculates pesticide application quantities, the effect could be very significant: suppose a decimal point is wrongly placed so that the application rate is 10 times too large.
  • 7. Causes of Software Defect Why is it that software systems sometimes don't work correctly? We know that people make mistakes - we are fallible.  If someone makes an error or mistake in using the software, this may lead directly to a problem - the software is used incorrectly and so does not behave as we expected. However, people also design and build the software and they can make mistakes during the design and build. These mistakes mean that there are flaws in the software itself. These are called defects or sometimes bugs or faults. Remember, the software is not just the code; check the definition of soft- ware again to remind yourself.
  • 8. Continue… Do our mistakes matter?  Our mistakes are also important because software systems and projects are complicated. Many interim and final products are built during a project, and people will almost certainly make mistakes and errors in all the activities of the build. Some of these are found and removed by the authors of the work, but it is difficult for people to find their own mistakes while building a product. Defects in software, systems or documents may result in failures, but not all defects do cause failures. We could argue that if a mistake does not lead to a defect or a defect does not lead to a failure, then it is not of any importance we may not even know we've made an error.
  • 9. Continue…  It is not just defects that give rise to failure. Failures can also be caused by environmental conditions as well: for example, a radiation burst, a strong mag- netic field, electronic fields, or pollution could cause faults in hardware or firmware. Those faults might prevent or change the execution of software. Failures may also arise because of human error in interacting with the software, perhaps a wrong input value being entered or an output being misinterpreted. Finally, failures may also be caused by someone deliberately trying to cause a failure in a system malicious damage.
  • 10. Continue… When we think about what might go wrong we have to consider defects and failures arising from: O errors in the specification, design and implementation of the software and system; O errors in use of the system; O environmental conditions; O intentional damage; O potential consequences of earlier errors, intentional damage, defects and failures.
  • 11. Continue… In Figure 1.1 we can see how defects may arise in four requirements for a product.  We can see that requirement 1 is implemented correctly - we understood the customer's requirement, designed correctly to meet that requirement, built cor- rectly to meet the design, and so deliver that requirement with the right attributes: functionally, it does what it is supposed to do and it also has the right non-functional attributes, so it is fast enough
  • 12. Continue… If we relate the scenarios mentioned previously to Figure 1.2, we see that, if an error is made and the consequent defect is detected in the requirements at the specification stage, then it is relatively cheap to find and fix. The observation of increasing defect-removal costs in software traces back to [Boehm]. The specification can be corrected and re-issued. Similarly if an error is made and the consequent defect detected in the design at the design stage then the design can be corrected and re-issued with relatively little expense. The same applies for construction.
  • 13. Bibliography O Graham et.al. (2011). ISTQB-Fondation of Software Testing. London: Cengage Learning EMEA.