Testing Complex and Embedded Systems (Hardcover)

Many enterprises regard system-level testing as the final piece of the development effort, rather than as a tool that should be integrated throughout the development process. As a consequence, test teams often execute critical test plans just before product launch, resulting in much of the corrective work being performed in a rush and at the last minute.

Presenting combinatorial approaches for improving test coverage, Testing Complex and Embedded Systems details techniques to help you streamline testing and identify problems before they occur—including turbocharged testing using Six Sigma and exploratory testing methods. Rather than present the continuum of testing for particular products or design attributes, the text focuses on boundary conditions. Examining systems and software testing, it explains how to use simulation and emulation to complement testing.

• Details how to manage multiple test hardware and software deliveries
• Examines the contradictory perspectives of testing—including ordered/ random, structured /unstructured, bench/field, and repeatable/non repeatable
• Covers essential planning activities prior to testing, how to scope the work, and how to reach a successful conclusion
• Explains how to determine when testing is complete

Where you find organizations that are successful at product development, you are likely to find groups that practice disciplined, strategic, and thorough testing. Tapping into the authors’ decades of experience managing test groups in the automotive industry, this book provides the understanding to help ensure your organization joins the likes of these groups.

許多企業將系統級測試視為開發工作的最後一個環節，而不是整合到開發過程中的工具。因此，測試團隊通常在產品上市前才執行關鍵的測試計劃，導致大部分的修正工作都在匆忙和最後一刻進行。

《測試複雜和嵌入式系統》介紹了改善測試覆蓋率的組合方法，詳細說明了幫助您精簡測試並在問題發生之前識別問題的技術，包括使用六西格瑪和探索性測試方法進行加速測試。本書不僅僅介紹特定產品或設計屬性的測試連續體，而是專注於邊界條件。通過檢視系統和軟體測試，它解釋了如何使用模擬和仿真來補充測試。

本書詳細介紹了如何管理多個測試硬體和軟體交付、檢視測試的矛盾觀點（包括有序/隨機、結構化/非結構化、臺架/現場、可重複/不可重複）、涵蓋測試前的重要計劃活動、如何界定工作範圍以及如何達到成功結論，並解釋了如何確定測試何時完成。

當您找到在產品開發方面取得成功的組織時，很可能會發現這些組織實踐著紀律、策略性和全面的測試。本書借鑒了作者在汽車行業管理測試團隊數十年的經驗，提供了理解，以確保您的組織能夠加入這些成功組織的行列。