Thomson, C.D., Holcombe, M. and Simons, A.J.H. (2009) What makes testing work: Nine case studies of software development teams. In: TAIC PART 2009 - Testing: Academic and Industrial Conference - Practice and Research Techniques. Testing: Academic and Industrial Conference - Practice and Research Techniques (TAIC PART '09), 04-06 Sep 2009, Windsor, UK. IEEE , pp. 167-175. ISBN 9780769538204
Abstract
Recently there has been a focus on test first and test driven development; several empirical studies have tried to assess the advantage that these methods give over testing after development. The results have been mixed. In this paper we investigate nine teams who tested during coding to examine the effect it had on the external quality of their code. Of the top three performing teams two used a documented testing strategy and the other an ad-hoc approach to testing. We conclude that their success appears to be related to a testing culture where the teams proactively test rather than carry out only what is required in a mechanical fashion. © 2009 IEEE.
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Item Type: | Proceedings Paper |
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Keywords: | Software testing, Programming, Automatic testing, Performance evaluation, Computer industry, Computer science, Writing, Software measurement, Time measurement, Software quality |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Engineering (Sheffield) > Department of Computer Science (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 18 Aug 2016 13:28 |
Last Modified: | 03 Nov 2016 17:35 |
Published Version: | https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TAICPART.2009.12 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | IEEE |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1109/TAICPART.2009.12 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:98337 |