在2010年3月份的《testing experience》杂志Erik van Veenendaal在名为《Test Techniques - Why bother?》的文章中表达了测试设计技术的重要性。
正式与非正式的测试设计技术已经存在有多年了,但是很多测试团队对于它们的应用还不是很好。最近的调查表明只有50%的测试团队真正在他们的项目中应用了测试设计技术,而只有25%采用了多种测试技术。
文中对测试设计技术的重要作用进行了归纳:
Why use test case design techniques at all? Maybe the following will convince you of their value:
- Objectivity:guarantees a certain level of coverage linked to an identifiable process of achieving it
- Increase in the defect finding capability (recent surveys indicate up to 25% more defects are found when testers are trained and use test design techniques)
- The ability to reproduce tests
- Building testware to support long-term system maintainability and test automation