Customer Reviews
An excellent intro and great substitute for the course - By: G. King, 16 Oct 2008 
I've been pretty involvedin testing for years but it's never been a full-time job until recently. I was asked to take the ISEB Foundation Certificatein Software testing by my boss & this book is the one ISEB & the BCS recommend to go with the exam.
This was a very clearly laid-out book with each conceptin bite-sized chunks. The authors clearly draw on their real-life experiences of software testingin the frequent worked examples. Overall, with the revision questions & exercises, it's a very practical book.
I used the revised edition, but there are still a few typos & a couple of munged graphics which could do with tidying up, but they don't detract much from what is otherwise a very polished & concise book.
I was able to take & pass this exam solely on the basis of studying this book, doing the exercises & revision questions & making notes.
If you're planning to do the same, I can thoroughly recommend this book. For the exam, I would also suggest that you concentrate on the "white box" techniquesin Chapter 4 & do all the exercisesin this chapter. Good luck!
Very Useful - By: Kain Victor, 04 Jun 2008 I can highly recommend this book.
I read the book before doing the course & certification. From the class I can see that the book really help me toin peace & quiteness understand how to do the diagrams for statement-, decision-, & path diagrams. Reading the book beforein a decent pace also makes it much easier to cope with the high amount of information givingin the 3 days.
My recommendation for passing the exam is:
1) Read the book
or
2) Read the book & do the class
The book should be mandatory - the course is nice to have (and yes, I did have a VERY good teacher).
Good luck with the certification exam ;)
Excellent Book - By: Test Analyst, 03 May 2008 I was initially given this book to self study for the ISEB exam & had read it before my employer changed her mind & sent me on the 3 day course.
I have to say that this book provides everything that you need to know for the exam. Make sure that you practice things such as Boundary Analysis, Equivalence Partitioning, Data Flows, Decision tables & State Transition if you only have the opportunity to self study. Make sure that you also cover testing tools. Once you have those testing methods fixedin your mind, you are half way there to a successful result. The course that I sat was good but this book covers everything that the course does.
Perfect in style and content - By: Richie G, 12 Oct 2007 After recently starting a new job as a software tester, I had no formal experience of the theory & principles of testing & bought this book to help me pass the ISEB Foundation Certificatein Software Testing exam. Unlike many text books, I found this book was easy to just sit down & read & the example questions at the end of each section/chapter were spot-on for helping me re-cap on what had been learntin the previous pages.
My employer put me through an intesive 3-day course for the cerficatein which the knowledge I had already learnt was cementedin my head! After each day at home I used the book as a revision guide, topping up knowledgein those areas I wasn't too confident on. I passed the exam with a Distinction (88%) & would recommend this book to anyone thinking of, or currently working towards this qualification.
Help Me Self Study For Exam - By: R. Pemberton, 26 Apr 2007 I have just passed the exam 1st go by self studying. This was one of the two books that I read to revise. I found the format of the book very good, each chapter starts off with a quick 3 question quiz to see what parts of the chapter you need to read. Then you get to the bulk of the information & finally a few test questions so you can see what parts you need to re-read.
Of the two books I used this was the most easy to read & put complex ideasin an easy to understand what they are trying to teach.
