Program Testing & Maintenance

Looking through your code line by line to spot errors.

• Beta Testing

• Black Box Testing

• Dry Run Testing

• Stub Testing

Testing the program without access to the source code.

• Beta Testing

• Black Box Testing

• Dry Run Testing

• Stub Testing

Testing together a number of different features that have been developed independently

• Beta Testing

• Black Box Testing

• White Box Testing

• Integration Testing

Testing every possible outcome for a function by viewing the code and testing each branch.

• Black Box Testing

• White Box Testing

• Dry Run Testing

• Stub Testing

Creating a number of empty functions that return default values so that you can test other features during the development phase.

• Beta Testing

• Black Box Testing

• Dry Run Testing

• Stub Testing

Asking a small number of users from outside the development team (but usually inside the organisation) to test the program and give feedback.

• Beta Testing

• Alpha Testing

• Dry Run Testing

• Stub Testing

Asking a large number of users from outside the organisation to test the program prior to release and give feedback to the developers

• Beta Testing

• Alpha Testing

• Dry Run Testing

• Stub Testing

The final check performed with client and users to ensure that the system is functionally fully as expected.

• Beta Testing

• Alpha Testing

• Acceptance Testing

• Stub Testing

Adding a new feature to a program that wasn't required earlier.

• Adaptive Maintenance

• Corrective Maintenance

• Perfective Maintenance

Rolling out a patch for a critical security bug

• Adaptive Maintenance

• Corrective Maintenance

• Perfective Maintenance