Software Testing and Quality Assurance: Theory and Practice equip the reader with a solid understanding of: Practices that support the production of quality software engineering software testing Life-cycle models for requirements, defects, test cases, and test results for the unit process models, integration, system, and acceptance testing How to build a testing team, including recruiting and retaining test engineers Quality Models, Capability Maturity Model, Test Maturity Model, and Test Process Improvement Model Expert balancing theory with practice, and is equipped with an abundance of teaching tools, including test questions, examples, teaching suggestions, and chapter summaries, this book is, self-contained valuable tool for professionals and an ideal introductory text for courses in software testing, quality assurance, and software engineering.