A qualitative survey of regression testing practices

Emelie Engström; Per Runeson

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-13792-1_3

A qualitative survey of regression testing practices

Emelie Engström, Per Runeson

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Aim: Regression testing practices in industry have to be better understood, both for the industry itself and for the research community. Method: We conducted a qualitative industry survey by i) running a focus group meeting with 15 industry participants and ii) validating the outcome in an on line questionnaire with 32 respondents. Results: Regression testing needs and practices vary greatly between and within organizations and at different stages of a project. The importance and challenges of automation is clear from the survey. Conclusions: Most of the findings are general testing issues and are not specific to regression testing. Challenges and good practices relate to test automation and testability issues.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Product-Focused Software Process Improvement/Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Editors	M. A. Babar, M. Vierimaa, M . Oivo
Publisher	Springer
Pages	3-16
Number of pages	14
Volume	6156
ISBN (Print)	978-3-642-13791-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-13792-1_3
Publication status	Published - 2010
Event	11th International Conference, PROFES 2010 - Limerick, Ireland Duration: 2010 Jun 21 → 2010 Jun 23

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Volume	6156
ISSN (Print)	1611-3349
ISSN (Electronic)	0302-9743

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Conference	11th International Conference, PROFES 2010
Country/Territory	Ireland
City	Limerick
Period	2010/06/21 → 2010/06/23

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Computer Science

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Åkesson, J. (Researcher), Magnusson, B. (Researcher), Svensson Fors, D. (Researcher), Magnusson, E. (Researcher), Hedin, G. (Researcher), Kuchcinski, K. (Researcher), Andersson, P. (Researcher), Nugues, P. (Researcher), Robertz, S. (Researcher), Ekman, T. (Researcher), Loconsole, A. (Researcher), Orucevic-Alagic, A. (Researcher), Johnsson, B. A. (Researcher), Pfahl, D. (Researcher), Bjarnason, E. (Researcher), Söderberg, E. (Researcher), Sabaliauskaité, G. (Researcher), Jonsson, H. (Researcher), Janneck, J. (Researcher), Wnuk, K. (Researcher), Borg, M. (Researcher), Skoglund, M. (Researcher), Sulaman, S. M. (Researcher), Minör, S. (Researcher), Sandholm, T. (Researcher), Alce, G. (Researcher), Wallergård, M. (Researcher), Zhang, C. (Researcher), Barney, S. (Researcher), Martinsen, J. K. (Researcher), Grahn, H. (Researcher), Jalali, S. (Researcher), Ardö, A. (Researcher), Engström, E. (Researcher), Berntsson Svensson, R. (Researcher), Regnell, B. (Researcher), Runeson, P. (PI), Wohlin, C. (PI), Höst, M. (Researcher) & Wisbrant, J. (Project communication officer)
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