Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- I Testing: Why Worry? -- The Testing Challenge and Those Who Take It On 1 -- Industrial-strength Software, ItÌs Not a Science Project 2 -- II The Testing Ecosystem -- The Development Process 3 -- The Test and Development Divide 4 -- III The Best- laid Plans -- Where to Start? Snooping for Information 5 -- Coping with Complexity through Teaming 6 -- Test Plan Focus Areas 7 -- Testing for Recoverability 8 -- Planning for Trouble 9 -- IV Preparing for the Test -- The Magic of Reuse 10 -- Developing Good Test Programs 11 -- Data Corruption 12 -- Tools-You Can't Build a House without Them 13 -- Emulating Customers to Find the Bugs That Matter 14 -- V Executing the Test -- Test Execution 15 -- Testing with a Virtual Computer 16 -- Simulators and Prototypes 17 -- Managing the Test 18 -- VI The Final Stages -- The Customer's Role in Testing 19 -- The Testing End Game 20 -- References -- Glossary -- Index.