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A qualitative survey of regression testing practices

Author

Editor

  • M. A. Babar
  • M. Vierimaa
  • M . Oivo

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.

Publishing year

2010

Language

English

Pages

3-16

Publication/Series

Product-Focused Software Process Improvement/Lecture Notes in Computer Science

Volume

6156

Document type

Conference paper

Publisher

Springer

Topic

  • Computer Science

Conference name

11th International Conference, PROFES 2010

Conference date

2010-06-21 - 2010-06-23

Conference place

Limerick, Ireland

Status

Published

Project

  • Embedded Applications Software Engineering

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0302-9743
  • ISSN: 1611-3349
  • ISBN: 978-3-642-13791-4