WHAT IS TESTING (WIT): A living set of books on software testing

I want to write these books but I have not been able to devote much time to it for various reasons. However, there is still hope. At http://www.softrel.org/STGB.html you will find a book that is free, is somewhat similar to what I had in mind and is hopefully a living book. This effort has been driven by Harinath who own the SoftRel.org site and lot of people have contributed to this effort. They all have my sincere thanks and praise.

Disclaimer: I might not agree with everything contained in that book. 

Purpose

This book (or set of books) should exist if not for original contribution then just for collecting the software testing information, scattered on the Web, into a coherent volume. This book should exist to tie together the theory and practice of software testing, its various methods and processes, its terminology, its new methods and development, and to present sometimes multiple conflicting views with or without taking sides.

This book aims to be a dynamic book, the first source of reference for the newest growth in testing technology. For this to happen, this book WANTS to be be authored by various experts in respective areas.

There are texts available that explain various testing topics in great details. This book does not want to pretend to come in the same league. Wherever detailed coverage of topic is available the book will provide a concise treatmen of the topic followed by reference to those sources for the interested readers. This book aims to borrows a lot from various sources after getting permissions from various authors and other sources.

Audience

All software testers and testing managers and probably other people who want toget introduced to the subject. This Book intends to target following types of software testing audience

• Beginners: Those who want to embark on a journey of software testing as career or those who have been into it but have not had much formal exposure to testing theory.
• Experienced testers: Those who want to keep their knowledge updated. This section will deal with latest theory and practices in software testing. Of course this section will be most volatile and (hopefully) will have contributions from various reputed authors.
• Test Managers or those who want to be Test Managers:
• Process/Certification enthusiasts: This book aims at presenting approaches on how to address testing sections of ISO/CMM certifications.

Book Organization

This book will be a set of multiple books, each book having two versions, a condensd and a detailed version. Condensed version will contain only the most essential parts for the people in hurry.

The set will consist of following books:

• Part 1: Software Testing: introduction
• Part 2: Software Testing: Advanced topics
• Part 3: Software Testing: Domain Specific testing
• Part 4: Software Testing: Automation and Tools
• Part 5: Software Testing: Processes and Certification
• Part 6: Software Testing: Management
  Please note that this is a dynamic list and it may undergo addition, deletion or modification Chapter

Chapter Organization

• Chapter Name
  • Version
  • Current Version
  • Links to older versions
• Authors
  • Principal Author(s)
  • Contributors
  • Reviewers
• Change History
• Major Reference: Every chapter begins with MAJOR references where the topic has been dealt with in details. This is to let the reader know upfront what sources exists. All other relevant references are at the end of the chapter.
• Introduction
• Main body of the chapter
• Summing up
• Exercise
• Detailed References
• Comments: Readers will be free to write their comments on the chapters. All comments will be addressed before next major version change of the chapter