Bill Hayduk

Software testing - whether it's automated, manual, or model-based - is a systemic method of discovering variances between how a program was expected to perform and how it actually behaves in use. Every application should be tested to ensure it is both usable and functional - that it doesn't contain bugs or flaws. Model-based testing has stirred up a significant amount of interest over the past couple of years. For some development and testing teams it's certainly a test method worth exploring but be aware that model-based testing may be a great supplement to the automated testing you already do, but it's really an adjunct and not a replacement for standard automated testing. A properly constructed automated software quality assurance test aims to discover all of the way... (more)