A qualitative survey of regression testing practices

Summary, in English

Aim: Regression testing practices in industry have to be better understood, both for the industry itself and for the research community. Method: We conducted a qualitative industry survey by i) running a focus group meeting with 15 industry participants and ii) validating the outcome in an on line questionnaire with 32 respondents. Results: Regression testing needs and practices vary greatly between and within organizations and at different stages of a project. The importance and challenges of automation is clear from the survey. Conclusions: Most of the findings are general testing issues and are not specific to regression testing. Challenges and good practices relate to test automation and testability issues.

• Författare: Emelie Engström; Per Runeson
• Redaktör: M. A. Babar; M. Vierimaa; M . Oivo
• Avdelning/ar: Institutionen för datavetenskap; Programvarusystem; ELLIIT: the Linköping-Lund initiative on IT and mobile communication
• Publiceringsår: 2010
• Språk: Engelska
• Sidor: 3-16
• Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie: Product-Focused Software Process Improvement/Lecture Notes in Computer Science
• Volym: 6156
• Fulltext: - 858 kB; Download statistics
• Länkar: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-13792-1_3
• Dokumenttyp: Konferensbidrag
• Förlag: Springer
• Ämne: Computer Science
• Conference name: 11th International Conference, PROFES 2010
• Conference date: 2010-06-21 - 2010-06-23
• Conference place: Limerick, Ireland
• Status: Published
• Projekt: Embedded Applications Software Engineering
• ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt: ISSN: 0302-9743; ISSN: 1611-3349; ISBN: 978-3-642-13791-4