Welcome to the home of the Testing Standards Working Party, sponsored by the BCS SIGiST (British Computer Society Specialist Interest Group in Software Testing).
The Testing Standards Working Party is currently undertaking a number of activities, for instance,
 | developing techniques and examples for non-functional testing. |
| writing formal definitions of techniques. |
| defining (or redefining) testing terms for the Glossary. |
As a member of the Testing Standards Working Party, or simply as a person with a passion for testing, you are invited to review the work published on the site. Reviews are performed across the web, and occasionally at formal review meetings.
The working practices of the Testing Standards Working Party have recently changed. For details of the working practices and how to get involved as a Reviewer or a Contributor visit the Working Practices page.
A record of substantial changes made to the material on the website can be found on the changes page, which shows when material was changed, the author of the changed material and who provided comments on the changed material.
This site contains:
| A current 'living' Glossary of Testing Terms |
| Details of BS 7925-1 Vocabulary of terms in software testing |
| Details of the BS 7925-2 Software component testing standard |
| Definitions and examples of non-functional testing techniques |
| Material for review and discussion by and within the Testing community |
| Information on other testing standards |
| Links to other sources of information on software testing. |
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