Software Testing: Analysis of Standards and Future Implications

This report delves into the realm of software testing, examining various standards and their practical applications. The paper primarily focuses on the IEEE standard, comparing it with ANSI 1983 and ANSI 1987. It explores the authorization procedures, universities involved, and the scope of each standard. The report highlights the significance of the IEEE standard, its alignment with software security protocols, and its role in ensuring software reliability and functionality. It also discusses the future implications of the selected article, including potential tools and techniques for future software testing procedures. Commonalities and differences between the IEEE standard and the selected articles are also analyzed. The report concludes with the effectiveness of maintaining software quality standards in software development organizations.

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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
Description of the selected paper.................................................................................................2
Chosen Standard..........................................................................................................................3
Reason behind choosing IEEE standard..................................................................................3
Questions for the standards..............................................................................................................4
Future implications of the selected article.......................................................................................5
Commonalities.............................................................................................................................6
Differences...................................................................................................................................6
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................6
Reference.........................................................................................................................................8

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Introduction
The foremost objective of the paper is to focus on a research paper associated with the
software testing procedures which are used by most of the software testers all over the world
(Wichmann. and Cox 1992). This paper will be very much useful for the readers of this
document to understand different aspects of the software testing standards such as their
authorization procedure, universities associated with the standard and the implementation of the
standard. Detailed analysis of the selected article will be discussed in the paper as well.
The latest developments in the field of IT has resulted in the growth of numerous
software testing procedures which are used by numerous software testers in the world (Arts et al.
2015). These software testing procedures can be very much important for maintaining the
reliability of the paper. The quality of service offered by the software testers can also be
improved with the help of these software testing procedures (Takanen et al. 2018). The software
testing standards which will be discussed in the paper are accepted by most of the IT experts all
over the world.
Description of the selected paper
The chosen paper helps in understanding the issues of software testing from different
perspectives. The researcher of the paper highlighted the concepts of components testing, quality
standards and importance of maintaining standards in the paper. The paper highlighted the
degree of testedness in each level of software testing. The importance of maintaining the British
Standard BS 5887 has been provided in the paper as well (Steenstrup et al. 2018). The paper
highlighted the adequacy of testing such as the level of the testing standard. The test strategy of
the software testing and the importance of test coverage as well. Different aspects of complier

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regression testing standards has been provided in the paper as well. The two software testing
standards which was discussed in the paper are ANSI 1983 and ANSI 1987. The concept of
specialised testing has been provided in the paper as well (Takanen et al. 2018). The role of the
data generators and restrictive algorithms in the paper as well. The role of the compiler
validation has been provided in the paper as well.
Chosen Standard
The chosen which was prepared in the paper is IEEE and it will be compared with two
standards which were selected in the chosen article are ANSI 1983 and ANSI 1987. The
following unit of the paper will be discussing the reason behind choosing IEEE standard in this
paper.
Reason behind choosing IEEE standard
IEEE software testing standard can be defined as the type of software testing standard
which are desired by most software testers all over the world. The concepts of software testing
are very well aligned with the protocols of the IEEE format. The SDLC is also compatible with
the software security protocols of IEEE which helps the testers to understand the bugs identified
in the software testing (Sánchez-Gordón and Colomo-Palacios 2018). This universally accepted
standard can be very much important to understand the issues coming from the supply,
development, operation, disposal and maintenance of the software. The usability and
effectiveness of the software can be maintained with the help of this universally accepted
software testing standard. The application of the IEEE standard can be very much important to
retain the functionality and reliability of the software (Ratwani et al. 2015). The questions which
will be used to understand the software testing protocols in a more organized manner will be
presented in the following section of the paper.

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Questions for the standards
Questions ANSI 1983 ANSI 1987 IEEE
Copyright Holder American National
Standard
Commission holders
the right of this
software security
method.
This software
security standard is
also maintained with
the help of the
American National
Standard
Commission.
Institute of Electrical
and Electronics
Engineers Standards
Association holds
the copyrights of this
software security
standards.
Universities involved Acoustical society of
the United States of
America is very
much important for
holding the
copyrights of this
software security
standard.
The university which
is associated with
this software
security standard is
Acoustical society of
United States of
America.
The authorization of
the standard is done
with the help of this
software security
standard.
Intent of the standard EIC standards are
maintained by this
software security
standards.
The unit testing
procedures of the
websites, as well as
the applications, uses
this universally
accepted standard.
Openness and the
transparency of the
software can be
maintained with the
help of this software
security stand.
Scope of the standard The practical
accuracy of the
software can be
maintained with the
help of this software
quality standards.
This software
standard helps in
understanding the
unit testing
procedure of each
software.
The scope of this
software security
standard is to
provide potential
claims of the
software standards.
Key terms and
understandings needed to
understand the standard
Impulse sound level
of the software can
be tried and tested
with the help of this
software security
standards.
The prime
specifications of the
paper is that it helps
in identifying the
limitations of the
software.
The insights of the
standard can be
understood with the
help of the IEE
patent policy.
Application of the
standard
Omnidirectional
response is the most
significant
application of this
software security
standard.
This software
security standards
are very much
essential for
maintaining the
security of the
software. This
application is used in
most IT
Wide range of
industries can use
this software testing
procedure.

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organizations.
Functionality of the
standard
The stability of the
software can be
maintained with the
help of the software
security standards
(Mao and Su 2016).
Resource
information and
guidance important
specifications of this
software security
standard.
Consensus of the
software is
maintained with the
help of this software
security standard.
Significance of
software testing
The software testing
can be very much
beneficial for
maintaining the non-
linear distortions. At
the same time, it can
also be said that
overload
minimization is the
other significance
associated with the
help of this software
testing standard are
analog indicator
scale.
The implementation
of this software
security protocol is
very much important
in numerous IT
organizations (Jandl-
Scherf et al. 2016).
The standardization
process of IEEE can
be divided into seven
basic steps such as
securing
sponsorship, project
authorization,
drafting the standard,
reviewing the
software.
Table 1: Description of software security standards
(Created by the author)
Future implications of the selected article
The selected article can be very much important to understand the problems and
strategies of software testing procedures. The importance of maintaining software security
standard has been understood in the paper as well (Grønli and Ghinea 2016). The tools and
techniques which are used in the paper indicate that these tools can also be used in future
software testing procedures. The different types of software testing procedures which can be
used in the future implications are equivalence partitioning, cause-effect graphing, boundary
testing, syntax direct testing, statement testing, linear code sequence testing, branch testing and
path testing. The selected article also helps in identifying the numeric testing operations which
can be used in the future software testing procedures (Gong, Lu and Cai 2016). The difference

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and the similarities of the chosen standard with the selected article will be presented in the
following unit of the paper.
Commonalities
There are lots of similarities between the chosen paper and the chosen standard such as
both this software security standard are universally accepted (Flores, Bechtel and Lowenkamp
2016). The protocols of these standards are almost similar in nature. It can be said that both these
software security standards can be used for both the website based software as well as mobile
applications. All the monitoring activities of the software can be tested with the help of these
software security standards.
Differences
The copyrights of ANSI 1983 and ANSI 1987 are held with the American National
Standard Commission whereas the copyright of the IEEE is under Institute of Electrical and
Electronics Engineers Standards Association (Ammann and Offutt 2016). It can be said that the
ANSI 1983 and ANSI 1987 are very much outdated and are not used in the recent times however
IEEE standards is the current universally accepted security protocol.
Conclusion
The paper helps in concluding the effectiveness of maintaining software quality standards
in most of the software development organization with the help of security standards such as
IEEE. The paper identifies the reason behind choosing the IEEE standards which is the
universally accepted software security standard. The copyright holder for the selected software
security standard were presented in the paper as well. The paper helps in identifying the
universities involved for each of the software security standards along with that scope of the

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standard is presented in the paper in an organized manner. The paper was very much helpful to
understand the intent of each of the software security standards. The prime concepts which can
help to understand the software standards in an organized way can be understood from the paper
as well. The application of the standard and the functionality of the standard for each of the
selected standards has e been presented in the paper as well. The significance of each of the
software security standards was presented in the paper was presented in the paper as well.

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