Author
Şahin Gebizli, Ceren, Sözer, Hasan
Publication Date
2017
Publication Place
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IEEE
Subject
Software testing, Industrial case study, Exploratory testing, Testing effectiveness, Testing experience, Testing education
Type
Document
Language
English
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Library
Özyeğin University
Library Asset ID
978-1-5090-6676-6
Record ID
cf78d1de-658c-4a83-b36c-a10864d580d6
Library Location
Computer Science
Date
2017
Notes
Vestel Electronics ; the Turkish Ministry of Science, Industry and Technology
Sample Text
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
