Terms of Software Testing (ISTQB) (E)

Effectiveness :

The capability of producing an intended result. See also efficien ...

Efficiency :

(1) The capability of the software product to provide appropriate ...

efficiency testing :

The process of testing to determinethe efficiency of a software p ...

EFQM (European Foundation for Quality Management) excellence model :

A non-prescriptive framework for an organisation's quality manage ...

elementary comparison testing :

A black box test design technique in which test cases are designe ...

embedded iterative development model :

A development lifecycle sub-model that applies an iterative appro ...

emotional intelligence :

The ability, capacity, and skill to identify, assess, and manag ...

emulator :

A device, computer program, or system that accepts the same input ...

entry criteria :

The set of generic and specific conditions for permitting a proce ...

entry point :

An executable statement or process step which defines a point at ...

equivalence class :

See equivalence partition.

equivalence partition :

A portion of an input or output domain for which the behavior of ...

equivalence partition coverage :

The percentage of equivalence partitions that have been exercised ...

equivalence partitioning :

A black box test design technique in which test cases are designe ...

error :

A human action that produces an incorrect result. [After IEEE 610 ...

error guessing :

A test design technique where the experience of the tester is use ...

error seeding :

See fault seeding.

error seeding tool :

See fault seeding tool.

error tolerance :

The ability of a system or component to continue normal operation ...

establishing (İDEAL) :

The phase within the İDEAL model where the specifics of how an or ...

evaluation :

See testing.

exception handling :

Behavior of a component or system in response to erroneous input, ...

executable statement :

A statement which, when compiled, is translated into object code, ...

exercised :

A program element is said to be exercised by a test case when the ...

exhaustive testing :

A test approach in which the test süite comprises ali combination ...

exit criteria :

The set of generic and specific conditions, agreed upon with the ...

exit point :

An executable statement or process step which defines a point at ...

expected outcome :

See expected result.

expected result :

The behavior predicted by the specification, or another source, o ...

experience-based technique :

See experience-based test design technique.

experience-based test design technique :

Procedure to derive and/or select test cases based on thetester's ...

experience-based testing :

Testing based on the tester's experience, knowledge and intuition ...

exploratory testing :

An informal test design technique where the tester actively contr ...

extreme programming (XP) :

A software engineering methodology used within agile software dev ...