Testing and Validation

Abstract

Testing and validation are more closely associated with quality assurance and control than configuration management. Nevertheless, the two control systems are connected, as described in chapter 1. CM is responsible for ensuring that the measuring points required by quality assurance (QA) exist, and this subject has already been covered in chapter 3. In the programming world there is also the peculiarity that software is often used to test other software and the test programs, test data, etc., often need to be specifically produced. This means that the construction of the testing material must be an implicit part of the CM process, as well as the testing itself. This chapter considers these aspects.