Not only does testing have an important part to play
throughout the entire development and implementation process, the
testing activities can be used to manage most of the project and
business risks that exist with software development and implementation.
This paper will describe and illustrate how overall risk management
and project control is managed with the strategic planning of testing
activities.
A compelling business case will be put forward for the early involvement
of testers in projects as well as the integration of the testing process.
This will be accomplished by extensive use of examples from projects
where this was done; many of these will come from e-commerce and
e-business implementation projects. All types and phases of testing will
be used in the examples from the many projects the author has worked on.