Static testing

In static testing we will not execute the code but we will check for the design documents and we will run through the code manually to find the errors. Main intention is to find the bugs in early stage of SDLC. We will give review comments. Th documents that we are going to review are mostly,

1. Requirement Specification document 2. Design Document 
3. Test plan 
4. Test cases/Scripts. 

Static testing techniques:

Informal Reviews: Here we will review the code or the documents without any formal meeting setup. Just we will review & give informal comments on them. We are not going to document the review comments in this technique.

Technical Reviews: A team of members will review the document. This team consists of peers who have knowledge on the technical things of the project. They will review the Design document, test plan & test cases and they will give review comments which will be documented.

Walkthrough: The author will walk through the code to his team. The author will arrange for the meeting. The team can ask for questions if any. Review comments will be documented.

Inspection: A team of members will do inspection on the code. The author has to invite the members. Mostly managers will be in the team for inspection. One inspector and normally more than 2 readers will conduct the inspection. Review comments will be documented by the author to rectify the errors found in the code. It will follow strict process. Checklist will be maintained by reviewers.

Code Review: Reviewing the source code without executing. Checks for modularity, syntax of the code, Standards followed in the code.

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