Test Design for Complex System Testing

While functional testing generally focuses on specific areas of a single component, system testing focuses on multiple components and interactions within their environment. As software becomes more distributed and their topologies become more complex, these interactions require testers to apply additional skills in test design and execution. Mark Duquette offers an overview of system testing for those who are experienced in functional testing and are looking for more information about complex system testing. Mark introduces several types of system tests and explains how they differ. He explains the roles of workloads, topologies, data, and metrics as they relate to designing test cases for complex situations. Learn how to create reusable test cases for comparing quality over multiple releases. Explore using transaction profiles to ensure realistic workloads for performance tests. Take away these and other testing techniques to add to your toolkit for your next test design challenge.

• Types of system tests for complex situations
• Components of system test cases
• Ways to use data derived from customer feedback