{"product_id":"9780989811934","title":"Bug Advocacy: A BBST Workbook","description":"\u003cp\u003eBug Advocacy, second in the BBST workbook series, supports students and self-studiers who want a context-driven introduction to black box software testing. Used in parallel with the instructional materials provided at the Center for Software Testing Education and Research (testingeducation.org\/BBST), the workbook helps readers understand that bug reports are not just neutral technical reports. They are persuasive documents. The key goal of the bug report author is to provide high-quality information, well written, to help stakeholders make wise decisions about which bugs to fix. Key ideas in this book include: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDefining key concepts (such as software error, quality, and the bug processing workflow)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe scope of bug reporting (what to report as bugs, and what information to include)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBug reporting as persuasive writing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBug investigation to discover harsher failures and simpler replication conditions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExcuses and reasons for not fixing bugs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaking bugs reproducible\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLessons from the psychology of decision-making: bug-handling as a multiple-decision process dominated by heuristics and biases and\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStyle and structure of well-written reports\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe learning objectives in this book include this content, plus improving your abilities \/ skills to:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eevaluate bug reports written by others\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003erevise \/ strengthen reports written by others\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ewrite more persuasively (considering the interests and concerns of your audience),\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eparticipate effectively in distributed, multinational workgroup projects\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Context-Driven Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49796037607664,"sku":"9780989811934","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780989811934","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}