Software QA FYI - SQAFYI

Glossary of Software QA/Testing

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Affinity Diagram
A group process that takes large amounts of language data, such as a list developed by brainstorming, and divides it into categories.


Brainstorming
A group process for generating creative and diverse ideas.


Cause-and-Effect (Fishbone) Diagram
A tool used to identify possible causes of a problem by representing the relationship between some effect and its possible cause.


Cause-effect Graphing
A testing technique that aids in selecting, in a systematic way, a high-yield set of test cases that logically relates causes to effects to produce test cases. It has a beneficial side effect in pointing out incompleteness and ambiguities in specifications.


Checksheet
A form used to record data as it is gathered.


Client
The end user that pays for the product received, and receives the benefit from the use of the product.


Control Chart
A statistical method for distinguishing between common and special cause variation exhibited by processes.


User
The end user that actually uses the product received.


V- Diagram (model)
a diagram that visualizes the order of testing activities and their corresponding phases of development

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Glossary of Software QA/Testing