Acceptance Test Engineering Guide

Volume I: Thinking about Acceptance

Preamble

• Foreword - Kent Beck
• Preface
• Introduction
• Acknowledgements
• Cautionary Tale

Part 1 - Thinking About Acceptance

• The Acceptance Process
• Elaborating Acceptance Process
• Decision Making Model
• Project Context Model
• System Requirements Model
• Risk Model
• Doneness Model

Part 2 - Perspectives on Acceptance

• Business Lead Perspective
• Product Manager Perspective
• Test Manager Perspective
• Development Manager Perspective
• UX Specialist Perscpective
• Operations Manager Perscpective
• Solution Architect Perspective
• Enterprise Architect Perspective
• Legal Perspective
• References

Part 3 - Accepting Software

• Planning for Acceptance
• Assessing Software
• Managing Acceptance Process
• Fine-tuning Acceptance Process

Appendices

• Organization Stereotypes and Reader Personas
• Key Points
• Glossary

Volume II: Managing Acceptance

Test Processes

• Acceptance Test Phase (Test Last Acceptance Testing)
• Incremental Acceptance Testing
• Acceptance Test Driven Development
• Regression Testing

Styles of Testing

• Exploratory Testing
• Script-Driven Testing

Planning Practices

• Project Chartering
• Customer Proxy Selection
• Risk Assessment
• Test Strategy
• Test Planning
  • Planning Test Automation
  • Test Estimation - Testing
• Test Outsourcing
• Done-Done Checklists

Test Management Practices

• Plan-Driven (Cycle-Based) Test Management
• Session-Based Test Management
• Test Status Reporting
• Paired/Collaborative Testing
• Assessing Test Effectiveness
• Test Asset Management
• Test Evolution, Refactoring and Maintenance

Bug Management Practices

• Bug Management System
• Bug Backlog Analysis
• Bug Triage