Impact of education and experience level on the effectiveness of exploratory testing: an industrial case study

Name: Impact of education and experience level on the effectiveness of exploratory testing: an industrial case study
Author: Şahin Gebizli, Ceren, Sözer, Hasan

İsim	Impact of education and experience level on the effectiveness of exploratory testing: an industrial case study
Yazar	Şahin Gebizli, Ceren, Sözer, Hasan
Basım Tarihi:	2017
Basım Yeri	- IEEE
Konu	Software testing, Industrial case study, Exploratory testing, Testing effectiveness, Testing experience, Testing education
Tür	Belge
Dil	İngilizce
Dijital	Evet
Yazma	Hayır
Kütüphane:	Özyeğin Üniversitesi
Demirbaş Numarası	978-1-5090-6676-6
Kayıt Numarası	cf78d1de-658c-4a83-b36c-a10864d580d6
Lokasyon	Computer Science
Tarih	2017
Notlar	Vestel Electronics ; the Turkish Ministry of Science, Industry and Technology
Örnek Metin	Exploratory Testing (ET) is a widely applied approach in practice. This approach relies on the knowledge and experience of test engineers and technicians who perform ET. Hence, we aimed at evaluating the impact of education and experience level on the effectiveness of ET. We conducted an industrial case study for this purpose. 19 practitioners, who have different educational backgrounds and experience levels, were involved in applying ET for testing a Digital TV system. We measured the number of detected failures and categorized these failures based on their severity. We evaluated effectiveness from two aspects: criticality of the detected failures and efficiency in terms of number of failures detected per unit of time. The results show that the efficiency of ET is significantly affected by both the educational background and experience. When it comes to the number of critical failures detected, we cannot observe any impact of education on results. However, experience level has a significant impact for this aspect as well.
DOI	10.1109/ICSTW.2017.8

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Impact of education and experience level on the effectiveness of exploratory testing: an industrial case study

Yazar Şahin Gebizli, Ceren, Sözer, Hasan

Basım Tarihi 2017

Basım Yeri - IEEE

Konu Software testing, Industrial case study, Exploratory testing, Testing effectiveness, Testing experience, Testing education

Tür Belge

Dil İngilizce

Dijital Evet

Yazma Hayır

Kütüphane Özyeğin Üniversitesi

Demirbaş Numarası 978-1-5090-6676-6

Kayıt Numarası cf78d1de-658c-4a83-b36c-a10864d580d6

Lokasyon Computer Science

Tarih 2017

Notlar Vestel Electronics ; the Turkish Ministry of Science, Industry and Technology

Örnek Metin Exploratory Testing (ET) is a widely applied approach in practice. This approach relies on the knowledge and experience of test engineers and technicians who perform ET. Hence, we aimed at evaluating the impact of education and experience level on the effectiveness of ET. We conducted an industrial case study for this purpose. 19 practitioners, who have different educational backgrounds and experience levels, were involved in applying ET for testing a Digital TV system. We measured the number of detected failures and categorized these failures based on their severity. We evaluated effectiveness from two aspects: criticality of the detected failures and efficiency in terms of number of failures detected per unit of time. The results show that the efficiency of ET is significantly affected by both the educational background and experience. When it comes to the number of critical failures detected, we cannot observe any impact of education on results. However, experience level has a significant impact for this aspect as well.

DOI 10.1109/ICSTW.2017.8