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Software testing: a changing career

Cunningham, Sean, Gambo, Jemil, Lawless, Aidan, Moore, Declan, Yilmaz, Murat orcid logoORCID: 0000-0002-2446-3224, Clarke, Paul orcid logoORCID: 0000-0002-4487-627X and O'Connor, Rory orcid logoORCID: 0000-0001-9253-0313 (2019) Software testing: a changing career. In: 26th European and Asian Conference on Systems, Software and Services Process Improvement (EuroSPI 2019), 18-20 Sept 2019, Edinburgh, Scotland. ISBN 978-3-030-28004-8

Abstract
The software tester is an imperative component to quality software development. Their role has transformed over the last half a century and volumes of work have documented various approaches, methods, and skillsets to be used in that time. Software projects have gone from using monolithic architectures and heavyweight methodologies, to service-oriented and lightweight. Testing has transformed from a sequential step performed by dedicated testers to a continuous activity carried out by various development professionals. Technological advancements have pushed automation into routine test tasks permitting a change of focus for the tester. Management styles and methodologies have pushed development to be agile and lean, towards continuous integration and frequent release. Regardless of these many important changes, the software tester’s role remains the verification and validation of software code.
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Item Type:Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Event Type:Conference
Refereed:Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords:software quality improvement; test drive development; continuous development; software development lifecycle
Subjects:Computer Science > Software engineering
DCU Faculties and Centres:DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Engineering and Computing > School of Computing
Research Initiatives and Centres > Lero: The Irish Software Engineering Research Centre
Published in: Walker, Alastair, O'Connor, Rory and Messnarz, Richard, (eds.) Proceedings of the 26th European and Asian Conference on Systems, Software and Services Process Improvement (EuroSPI 2019). Communications in Computer and Information Science 1060. Springer. ISBN 978-3-030-28004-8
Publisher:Springer
Official URL:http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28005-5_57
Copyright Information:© 2019 Springer
Use License:This item is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License. View License
Funders:Science Foundation Ireland grant 13/RC/2094 to Lero - the Irish Software Research Centre (www.lero.ie).
ID Code:23873
Deposited On:22 Oct 2019 13:52 by Thomas Murtagh . Last Modified 26 Apr 2022 14:50
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