- ISBN13: 9781933952192
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Product Description
This book is written for the test analyst who wants to achieve advanced skills in test analysis, design, and execution. With a hands-on, exercise-rich approach, this book teaches you how to define and carry out the tasks required to put a test strategy into action. Learn how to analyze the system, taking into account the user’s quality expectations. Additionally, learn how to evaluate system requirements as part of formal and informal reviews, using an understanding of the business domain to determine requirement validity. You will be able to analyze, design, implement, and execute tests, using risk considerations to determine the appropriate effort and priority for tests. You will learn how to report on testing progress and provide necessary evidence to support your evaluations of system quality.
#1 by B. Rao Vemulapalli on January 31, 2010 - 6:39 pm
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The book is poorly written and contains lot of repeated information. The style of writing is not at all interesting. As I did not take the Advanced Test Analyst exam, I can not say how this book helps to pass the exam. But, my guarantee to you is that you can not enjoy reading this book. Not at all recommended to learn the subject.
The book written by Graham Bath and JudyMcKay is very neat and interesting to read. Once again, I can not tell you which book helps you to clear the ISTQB exam(Advanced level).
Rating: 1 / 5
#2 by ~[[NK]]~ on January 31, 2010 - 7:30 pm
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1. 60% of book is duplicate stuff ( with minor change, like figure test case of one page is repeated again on the next page with two three changed word). Rest 15% is ISTQB glossary put in big boxed
2. 20% of the book deals with a HELLOCARMS ( CASE STUDY) BUT AS A MATTER OF FACT THIS HELLOCARMS IS HELLOCRAP.
3. Book as a matter of fact have only less than 50 pages( out of 468 ) of new knowledge
IN NUTSHELL THIS BOOK IS CRAP.
Rating: 1 / 5
#3 by T. Smith on January 31, 2010 - 8:11 pm
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The title says it all. Only chapter 4 (Testing Techniques) was particularly useful. Its also very frustrating the author does not list a way to get feedback from readers (email, blogs, etc). Of course, I could have missed it in the 400+ pages, but I do not think so.
In either case, it is troubling that a book on software quality cannot verify its own quality by hearing what the readership has say.
PS — Amazon does not count since there is not mention of that in the book either.
Rating: 1 / 5
#4 by K. Patel on January 31, 2010 - 9:52 pm
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Rex Black’s `Advanced Software Testing Vol. 1′ book starts off with brief overview of testing in SDLC process and different type of test, and how to plan, implement, execute and do reporting on the test result. Risk based testing has been covered in detail displaying how to analyze the risk in project and plan the testing based on the identified risk. Lot of examples has been used throughout the book explaining each topic. Good half of the book is used to explain specification based testing or black-box testing and structure-based technique or white-box test design technique.
As a senior tester I felt that the book title didn’t reflect the book and personally didn’t feel like reading the book added to the testing knowledge that I already have.
Although I would definitely recommend this book to junior and mid-level tester since it does a good job explaining everything with lot of examples.
Rating: 3 / 5
#5 by L. S. Hoogenboom on February 1, 2010 - 12:41 am
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Currently there are two books to help people take the ISTQB Advanced exam. One is “The Software Test Engineers’s Handbook” by Graham Bath and Judy McKay, the other is this book by Rex Black. I have read both of them and prefer this book for several reasons. The most important reason is that the different subjects like test techniques, testing within the development life-cycle and relevant international standards are thoroughly elaborated upon. Giving credit to the term “Advanced”in the title of the book.
Its true though, that the material isn’t organized very well. This concerns both the way in wich the book is organized into chapters and the way the chapters are organized into sections. In my opinion the author followed the ISTQB advanced syllabus too closely in structuring the book (even though this book is supposed to help people prepare for the exam). The book by Graham Bath is organized more clearly and as such is more easily committed to memory. However Rex Black writes in a clear almost scientific style and offers more useful information. To me this is more important that the way the information is structured. I think this book is abundant with good ideas and deserves to be rated as such.
Rating: 5 / 5