The Future of Software Quality Assurance
This open access book, published to mark the 15th anniversary of the International Software Quality Institute (iSQI), is intended to raise the profile of software testers and their profession. It gathers contributions by respected software testing experts
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The Future of Software Quality Assurance
The Future of Software Quality Assurance
Stephan Goericke Editor
The Future of Software Quality Assurance
Editor Stephan Goericke iSQI GmbH Potsdam Germany
Translated from the Dutch Original book: ‘AGILE’, © 2018, Rini van Solingen & Management Impact – translation by tolingo GmbH, © 2019, Rini van Solingen
ISBN 978-3-030-29508-0 ISBN 978-3-030-29509-7 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29509-7 This book is an open access publication. © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and the Author(s) 2020 Open Access This book is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this book are included in the book’s Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the book’s Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors, and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, expressed or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. This Springer imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG. The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Foreword
In June 2002 David Parnas, one of the pioneers of software engineering, wrote1 : Software is well known for low reliability and lack of trustworthiness. In part this is attributable to the difficulty of dealing with the complexity of today’s software systems, but the inadequate knowledge, skills, and professionalism of many of the practitioners also contributes to this problem. Moreover, we can thank the inadequately qualified people who produced today’s software for the unreliability and complexity of the products that serve as support software for new products.
Dave sees the inadequate education of the people involved in software development as a major problem. In the field of software, lifelong education and training is essential to keep up
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