Software Testing Standards

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Software testing standards
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction:...........................................................................................................................2
2. IEEE 1008 standard:..............................................................................................................2
2.1 Discussion based on the research paper...........................................................................5
3. Conclusion:............................................................................................................................6
4. References:.............................................................................................................................7

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1. Introduction:
To understand standards in Software Testing, there is a need to look into viewpoints
related to producers and that of customers. A standard governs quality of particular software
and thus this can be considered as good thing from customer viewpoint. Standards are in the
form of published documents that specifies procedures and standards to ensure quality of
software and also ensures safety and reliability of it (Fuggetta & Di Nitto, 2014). The
research paper that is chosen discusses the growth or evolution of software testing. It
highlights the fact that as penetration of computers increased, cost of software failure also
increased and this resulted in the growth of testing. The paper outlines major testing models
and discusses national standards for software (Gelperin & Hetzel, 1988). The paper refers to
ANSI/IEEE standard. There are many standards under ANSI/IEEE standard. This report will
focus on IEEE 1008 unit testing standard. The will then try to answer some specific questions
about the chosen standard.
2. IEEE 1008 standard:
The first paragraph will provide the standard name. IEEE 1008 unit testing standard is
the chosen standard.
This paragraph will provide details about copyright holder for the given standard. A
task group of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) technical committee
holds the copy right for this standard. In short, IEEE is the copyright holder ("1008-1987 -
IEEE Standard for Software Unit Testing - IEEE Standard", 2018).
IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronic engineers) was the sole contributor for this
standard. There was a working group within the IEEE which was responsible for framing the
standard.