Testing and Quality Assurance.

A small selection of the practices around testing that can be employed on a software project.

Automated Testing

Writing and running tests for individual units or components of the software.

Integration Testing

Testing combined parts of the software to ensure they work together.

Measurement

Quantitatively evaluating the software against benchmarks along some defined dimension.

Performance Testing

Testing to ensure the software performs well under expected workloads.

Regression Testing

Testing to ensure new changes do not adversely affect existing functionality.

Security Testing

Ensuring the application is secure by identifying vulnerabilities.

User Acceptance Testing

Having a customer representative available onsite for feedback.