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2010 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
A Qualitative Survey of Regression Testing Practices
Authors : Emelie Engström, Per Runeson
Published in: Product-Focused Software Process Improvement
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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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.