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TMap Next, for result-driven testing |  | Author: Tim Koomen; Leo van der Aalst; Bart Broekman; Michiel Vroon
Publisher: UTN Publishers
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Product Description
TMap is a test method that can be summarised by four essential points: -The client manages the test process on rational and economic grounds: Business Driven Test Management (BDTM). -The comprehensive test process, from test execution through test management, includes ample tips and examples. -TMap contains a complete tool set , i.e. technique descriptions and organisational and infrastructure support. -TMap is an adaptive method that is suitable for test situations in most environments (such as new development, maintenance, waterfall / iterative / agile development, customised or package software, outsourcing). TMap offers the tester and the test manager guidelines to deliver results for the client. Through the years, TMap evolved into a de facto standard for testing information systems. It is currently implemented in hundreds of companies and institutions all over the world. The power of TMap can be largely ascribed to the many experiences from actual practice that it incorporates. This makes the book a valuable tool for current and future challenges in the field of testing.
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 Excellent, comprehensive approach to software testing February 26, 2008
Craig Mayer (Austin, TX USA)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
If you're looking for an easy-to-understand approach to solving software testing problems, TMap Next delivers what you need. This book documents a practical approach to software testing, built on over 20 years of practical experience working with TMap, the previous iteration of the methodology.
I found this book especially helpful for deciding how to prioritize what was important to test and what was less important, given limited time for testing and people available for testing.
The authors have combined their experience into a guide that can help both inexperienced software testing teams set up a useful testing approach, as well as experienced teams who want to understand how to structure a software testing approach that helps determine how best to spend limited time and people when time-for-testing is squeezed on a project (which is nearly 100% of the time).
I recommend this book for the approach it describes and the practical lessons included in it.
Times have changed in the testing world December 25, 2009
L. S. Hoogenboom
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
TMap Next is definetely an improvement over the first version of TMap. The first version was mainly concerned with justifying testing as an activity, establishing testing as a separate profession and emphasizing the need for structured testing. Times have changed however, and businesses have started to take testing more seriously than in the 90's when the first version came out. This version therefore takes all the above for granted and takes testing one step further. It is mainly concerned with offering the readers a detailed testing process from planning and preparation to execution and reporting. The testing activities are described in sufficient detail to be usable by practitioners in the field, which sets this book apart from most other test related books. There also seems to be more attention to political factors in testing, for example the testing process now explicitly includes ways for the stakeholders to influence testing. The latter being rather uncommon in the literature as well. I'd recommend reading this to keep up with current developments in the field.
 Worthless QA book January 27, 2008
Tante Waileka (San Francisco - Atlanta - Honolulu - Chicago)
4 out of 13 found this review helpful
This book, on the TMAP process (for testing software) was written in Dutch and translated, directly, into English. It's very difficult to read and not worth the price. The TMAP process does not begin to compare to the RUP process. (I say that even though I have written a book on Software Quality Assurance "Best Practices" due for release later this year, 2008). This book should have been edited by an expert content editor. Had it been edited, it would have ended up being 240 pages long instead of its current 752 pages.
Here's an example of wasted, meaningless verbiage, right out of the book: "The process of the acceptance and systems tests consists of a number of different activities." Huh?!?
I believe that anything worthwhile in this book is not new but taken from the IBM SDLC processes that go all the way back to the 60s (when I worked for IBM). There's nothing new in the TMAP book, you can find all the same information, in a better readability format!, in William E. Perry's book, published in 1991, "A Standard for Testing Application Software."
The fact that Rex Black wrote a foreword to the TMAP book only reaffirms my opinion about Rex Black (egotistic, money-grubber, poor writer of 'quality' books). The fact that Mr. Salvador, CEO of Sogeti wrote a foreword, well, Sogeti OWNS TMAP now, so 'go figgur' who just wanted to see his name in print. This book proves the value of the 1970s bumper sticker "QUESTION AUTHORITY." You might call this a 'vanity press' book, since it is Sogeti / Cap Gemini's 'sales promotion' for their 'qa processes'.
There are many, much better SQA books out there. Take a look at the lists provided by other SQA people on this site. My favorite SQA book (aside from my own book) is "Quality Essentials" by Jack B. Revelle. It is a 'cookbook' of sorts, a great reference material.
As for really learning SQA, hopefully you find your way into a company that has at its SQA helm, a focused QA Process/test expert who knows how to mentor and help you learn how to THINK and ANALYZE, someone like ME, for example. There are a lot of good senior QA people, now in leadership roles, who have an experientially acquired understanding of SQA in all its phases and permutations. Be thankful if you work for such a person! If you do not, google 'rational, RUP' and learn the IBM RUP processes. They are solid.
As for this book, don't waste your money.
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