Fundamental Concepts for the Software Quality Engineer, Volume 2 [Paperback]

Sue Carroll (Author), Taz Daughtrey (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 29, 2007

This volume provides selected articles gathered from the last five volumes of Software Quality Professional (SQP), a peer-reviewed quarterly publication applying quality principles to the development and use of software and software-based systems. This collection of articles provides you with insights from authors around the globe, which is vital in today's global economy. As with SQP and this series' first volume, this book follows the categories of the ASQ Certified Software Quality Engineer Body of Knowledge. The articles are each related to one of the seven knowledge areas and provided in numbers proportional to the relative weights assigned to each category in the certification exam. Software engineers should use this book to broaden their knowledge in several important aspects of software quality. The field keeps growing and expanding to meet the changing needs of technology; the insights presented in this book can help you meet the challenge and begin your journey.

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About the Author

Sue Carroll is Principle Software Quality Analyst at SAS in the Software Quality Division, where she has been a conduit between customers and SAS R&D on issues of software quality, making internal quality processes visible to customers, and bringing external feedback into R&D. She holds a BS in nursing from North Carolina Central University and a post BS in Computer Science. She is an ASQ Fellow, past chair of the ASQ Software Division, and the Editor-in-Chief of Software Quality Professional. Taz Daughtrey is a member of the computer science faculty at James Madison University, where he has also served as Associate Director for Software Development in the Institute for Infrastructure and Information Assurance. He is the Founding Editor-in-Chief of Software Quality Professional and edited the first volume of Fundamental Concepts for the Software Quality Engineer. Taz earned a BS in physics and an M. Ed in science education, both from the University of Virginia. He is an ASQ Fellow and is Executive Director of the World Congress for Software Quality.

Product Details

• Paperback: 376 pages
• Publisher: ASQ Quality Press; Reprint edition (June 29, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 087389720X
• ISBN-13: 978-0873897204
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 7 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,002,649 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent material for CSQEs (and candidates), and QA pros, June 21, 2004

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Mike Tarrani "www.tarrani.com" (Deltona, FL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fundamental Concepts for the Software Quality Engineer (Hardcover)

Before describing this book, I want to clarify what this book is and is not.

It is: background material for candidates pursuing ASQ's Certified Software Quality Engineer, practicing CSQEs, and members of the software quality profession who may or may not be interested in becoming a CSQE.

It is NOT: the principle resource for studying for the CSQE exam, which is based upon the ASQ Software Quality Engineer Body of Knowledge.

What this book contains: twenty articles that comprise this compendium are aligned to the eight Software Quality Engineering Body of Knowledge topic areas:
(1) Standards, Principles, and Ethics
(2) Quality Management
(3) Software Processes
(4) Project Management
(5) Measurement
(6) Inspection and Testing
(7) Audits
(8) Configuration Management

The articles are primarily drawn from ASQ's Software Quality Professional magazine, of which this book's editor is editor-in-chief. Among recognizable names of some of the contributing authors - all of whom have published books in their respective areas of expertise - are: Watts Humphrey, William Florac and Anita Carleton, Tom Gilb, Dorothy Graham, and Tim Kasse. All of the other authors are experts in their respective fields as well, which is reflected by the uniformly high quality of writing and knowledge imparted by each of the articles.

I like the careful selection of articles, and the way they are aligned to the Software Quality Engineering Body of Knowledge. Each goes to the heart of the topic area, and also augment the body of knowledge by providing real-world views. Although this book is not intended to be the official study guide for the CSQE exam, the material will certainly reinforce the body of knowledge and better prepare candidates for the exam. For practicing CSQEs this book will provide a handy reference of realistic applications of the body of knowledge on the job. For others in the software quality profession - from testing professional to SQA analysts and engineers - this book gives a solid framework of the profession as a whole. The knowledge and experience imparted by the authors is invaluable.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Prepartion for CSQE, March 31, 2005

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Willibert Fabritius "qualityguy2000" (Midwest, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fundamental Concepts for the Software Quality Engineer (Hardcover)

The book is written in plain, simple terms and is a collection of articlesfrom subject experts. It covers basicly the BOK (Book of knowledge) for the CSQE-Exam from ASQ.

5.0 out of 5 stars Five star, July 18, 2011

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SANJEEV VASUDEVARAO CHENNAGIRI - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Fundamental Concepts for the Software Quality Engineer, Volume 2 (Paperback)

This is a must have for a beginner as well as practicing software testing professionals.

Articles have been carefully chosen and laid out in a orderly manner. Highly recommended.