A qualitative survey of regression testing practices
(2010) 11th International Conference, PROFES 2010 6156. p.3-16- Abstract
- 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.
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- author
- Engström, Emelie
LU
and Runeson, Per LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2010
- type
- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- published
- subject
- host publication
- Product-Focused Software Process Improvement/Lecture Notes in Computer Science
- editor
- Babar, M. A. ; Vierimaa, M. and Oivo, M .
- volume
- 6156
- pages
- 14 pages
- publisher
- Springer
- conference name
- 11th International Conference, PROFES 2010
- conference location
- Limerick, Ireland
- conference dates
- 2010-06-21 - 2010-06-23
- external identifiers
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- wos:000286415300003
- scopus:77955435936
- ISSN
- 0302-9743
- 1611-3349
- ISBN
- 978-3-642-13791-4
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-642-13792-1_3
- project
- Embedded Applications Software Engineering
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- fbcf98cd-1343-4556-b331-6435c9d62762 (old id 1585601)
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- 2016-04-01 10:02:04
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