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ARTICLE: State-Transition Diagrams
Author(s): Lee Copeland
Summary: This is the fourth and last in a series of articles written to, a) introduce you to the most important diagrams used in object-oriented development (use case diagrams, sequence diagrams, class diagrams, and state-transition diagrams); b) describe the UML notation used for these diagrams; and c) give you as a tester a set of practical questions you can ask to evaluate the quality of these object-oriented diagrams.
ARTICLE: Class Diagrams
Author(s): Lee Copeland
Summary: This is the third in a series of articles written to a) introduce you to the most important diagrams used in object-oriented development (use case diagrams, sequence diagrams, class diagrams, and state-transition diagrams); b) describe the UML notation used for these diagrams; and c) give you as a tester a set of practical questions you can ask to evaluate the quality of these object-oriented diagrams.
Date Posted: Jan 14, 2003 |
ARTICLE: Sequence Diagrams
Author(s): Lee Copeland
Summary: This is the second in a series of articles written to a) introduce you to the most important diagrams used in object-oriented development (use case diagrams, sequence diagrams, class diagrams, and state-transition diagrams); b) describe the UML notation used for these diagrams; and c) give you as a tester a set of practical questions you can ask to evaluate the quality of these object-oriented diagrams.
ARTICLE: Use Cases and Testing
Author(s): Lee Copeland
Summary: This article introduces you to the most important diagrams used in object-oriented development and describes the UML notation used for these diagrams. It also provides practical questions you can ask to evaluate the quality of these object-oriented diagrams: Three sets of questions (complete, correct, and consistent) under three areas of testing (syntax testing, domain expert testing, and traceability testing).
ARTICLE: Don’t Forget the Losses
Author(s): Lee Copeland
Summary: Starting a new way of doing things implies ending the old. People may accept that as obvious, but they often forget that endings bring with them losses. Using an example about adopting software inspections, Lee Copeland urges organizations to acknowledge the losses people experience when they leave the familiar behind.
Date Posted: Jan 14, 2002 |
ARTICLE: On the Road
Author(s): Lee Copeland
Summary: One of the demands of a software testing consultant is frequent travel. This article describes one consultant's experience having classes canceled and looking for a way home immediately after the attacks of 11 September. With the keen eye of one whose profession involves looking for quirks, Lee Copeland gives us his tester's-eye-view of the sometimes quirky American "family" regrouping and finding its way home amid the post-attack disarray.
Date Posted: Nov 9, 2001 |
BOOK: A Practitioner's Guide to Software Test Design
Author: Lee Copeland
Pages: 256 Published: 2003
Description: The most comprehensive, up-to-date, and practical introduction to software test design, "A Practitioner's Guide to Software Test Design" presents the most important test desig...More
COLUMN: On the Road: Adventures in Consulting on 9/11
Author(s): Lee Copeland
Summary: During the many years Lee Copeland has been a software consultant, he's logged quite a few travel miles and amassed numerous tales from all over the world. This particular story, a column originally published on StickyMinds.com in November 2001, takes place during and after the World Trade Center disaster. Life on the road changed drastically for many, and five years later it's still changing. But is it changing for the better or worse?
COLUMN: All I Ever Need to Know about Testing I Learned in Kindergarten
Author(s): Lee Copeland
Summary: Recently, Lee Copeland participated in the EuroSTAR testing conference. In addition to presenting a tutorial and a keynote address, Lee was asked to give the after dinner speech at the closing gala reception overlooking Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen. He chose to model his comments after Robert Fulghum's book "All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten." But in his speech, which we've reprinted as the column of the week, Lee changes the rules of childhood into guidelines for living life as a tester.
COLUMN: So You Have a New Job Assignment
Author(s): Lee Copeland
Summary: Every change involves endings, and endings mean loss. Even the best changes mean some things will end; things that are like warm, fuzzy blankets will be taken from us. But as one thing ends, a new one begins. In this week's column, Lee Copeland assures us that new beginnings involve new understandings, new values, new attitudes, and, most importantly, a new identity for you.
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