We present a field study on how testers use knowledge while performing exploratory
software testing (ET) in industrial settings. We video recorded 12 testing sessions in four …

Software testing is the process of an execution based investigation of some aspects of the
software's quality. The efficiency of the process depends on the methods and technologies …

Context: Defect reporting is an important part of software development in-vivo, but previous
work from open source context suggests that defect reports often have insufficient …

The recent design shift towards multicore processors has spawned a significant amount of
research in the area of program parallelization. The future abundance of cores on a single …

The effectiveness of testing is a major determinant of software quality. It is believed that
individual testers vary in their effectiveness, but so far the factors contributing to this variation …

Context: Software development organizations need testers with high skill levels in a broad
range of technical areas and application domains. Accordingly, we need a better …

Testing is a very essential activity for software development. It is the act of executing a
software product in order to validate whether it behaves as intended and identify possible …

Context To determine the effectiveness of software testers a suitable performance appraisal
approach is necessary, both for research and practice purposes. However, review of …

With the growth of the software testing industry, many in-house testing groups and
outsourcing testing companies have been established. Underlying the success of these …

The reliability of delivered software depends on the performance of the individuals
responsible for testing it. However, there are currently no standard methods for assessing …