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Software Quality Engineer Certification

References

These references support the topic areas in the CSQE Body of Knowledge. They are used to write and review the questions in the test question pool. To determine which references you need, review the CSQE Body of Knowledge. Determine which topic areas you need to study further. Then review this reference list to identify those that support your needs.

Note: ASQ Certification Board does not endorse any one particular reference source.

  • ANSI/ISO/ASQ Q9001-2000: Quality Management Systems: Requirements.

  • ANSI/ISO/IEETICKIT Guidelines.

  • Arter, Dennis, Quality Audits for Improved Performance, Third Edition, Milwaukee: ASQC Quality Press, 2003.

  • Beizer, Boris, Black-Box Testing: Techniques for Functional Testing of Software and Systems, New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1995. ISBN 0471120944.

  • Booch, Grady, James Rumbaugh, and Ivar Jacobson, The Unified Modeling Language User Guide, Addison-Wesley, 1999. ISBN 0201571684.

  • Booch, Grady, Objected-Oriented Analysis and Design with Applications Second Edition, Addison-Wesley Publishing Co., Inc., 1994. ISBN 0805353402.

  • Brassard, Michael and Diane Ritter, The Memory Jogger II: A Pocket Guide of Tools for Continuous Improvement and Effective Planning, Goal/QPC, 1994.

  • Brooks, Frederick P. Jr., The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering, Anniversary Edition, Reading, Mass: Addison-Wesley Publishing Co., 1995. ISBN 0201835959.

  • Capability Maturity Model® Integration (CMMI), Version 1.1. CMMI for Systems Engineering, Software Engineering, Integrated Product and Process Development, and Supplier Sourcing, March 2002. Available here.

  • Daughtrey, Taz, Edition, Fundamental Concepts for the Software Quality Engineer, ASQ Quality Press, 2002.

  • Dunn, Robert H., and Richard S Ullman, TQM for Computer Software (System Design and Implementation) Second Edition, McGraw Hill, 1994. ISBN 0070183147.

  • Fewster, Mark, and Dorothy Graham, Software Test Automation: Effective Use of Test Execution Tools, Great Britain: Addison-Wesley, 1999. ISBN 0201331403.

  • Freedman, Daniel, and Gerald M Weinberg, Handbook of Walkthroughs, Inspections, and Technical Reviews: Evaluating Programs, Projects, and Products, Third Edition, New York: Dorset House, 1990. ISBN 0932633196.

  • Futrell, Robert T., Donald F. Shafer, and Linda I. Shafer, Quality Software Project Management, Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2002. ISBN 0130912972.

  • Gilb, Tom, and Dorothy Graham, Software Inspection, London: Addison-Wesley Professional, 1993. ISBN 0201631814.

  • Grady, Robert B, Practical Software Metrics for Project Management and Process Improvement, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1992. ISBN 0137203845.

  • Gryna, Frank M., Quality Planning and Analysis: From Product Development through Use, Fourth Edition, New York: McGraw-Hill, 2001.

  • Hetzel, Bill, Complete Guide to Software Testing, Second Edition, Wellesley, Mass: QED Information Sciences, 1988. ISBN 0894352423.

  • Hetzel, Bill, Making Software Measurement Work, Boston, MA, QED Publishing Group, 1993. ISBN 0894354655.

  • Humphrey, Watts, A Discipline for Software Engineering, Reading, Mass: Addison-Wesley, 1995. ISBN 0201546108.

  • Humphrey, Watts, Managing the Software Process, Reading, Mass: Addison-Wesley, 1989. ISBN 0201180952.

  • IEEE Standard 12207.0-1996: IEEE Standard for Industry Implementation of ISO/IEC 12207:1995.

  • ISO/IEC TR 15504-1998: Parts 1-9 Information Technology—Software Process Assessment. Available here.

  • Juran, Joseph M., Juran’s Quality Handbook, Fifth Edition, New York: McGraw-Hill, 1999.

  • Kan, Stephen H., Metrics and Models in Software Quality Engineering, Second Edition, Boston: Addison-Wesley, 2003. ISBN 0201729156.

  • Kaner, Cem, Jack Falk, and Hung Quoc Nguyen, Testing Computer Software, Wiley Computer Publishing, 1999. ISBN 0471358460.

  • Kerzner, Harold, PhD, Project Management: A Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling, and Controlling, Eighth Edition, Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2003. ISBN 0471225770.

  • Kit, Edward, Software Testing in the Real World: Improving the Process, Addison-Wesley Publishing Co., 1995. ISBN 0201877562.

  • Lyu, Michael R., Handbook of Software Reliability Engineering, Los Alamitos: IEEE Computer Society Press, New York: McGraw-Hill, 1996. ISBN 0070394008. Complete book available online.

  • McConnell, Steve, Rapid Development: Taming Wild Software Schedules, Redmond, Wash: Microsoft Press, 1996. ISBN 1556159005.

  • Myers, Glenford J., The Art of Software Testing, New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1979. ISBN 0471043281.

  • Nguyen, Hung, Testing Applications on the Web: Test Planning for Internet-Based Systems, New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2001. ISBN 047139470X.

  • Paulk, Mark C., et al. The Capability Maturity Model—Guidelines for Improving the Software Process, Addison-Wesley Publishing Co., 1995. ISBN 0201546647.

  • Pressman, Roger S., Software Engineering: A Practitioner’s Approach, Fifth Edition, New York: McGraw-Hill, 2000. ISBN 0072496681.

  • Rakitin, Steven R., Software Verification and Validation for Practitioners and Managers, Second Edition, Boston: Artech House, 2001. ISBN 1580532969.

  • Russell, J.P., ed., ASQ Quality Audit Division, The Quality Audit Handbook, Second Edition, Milwaukee: ASQ Quality Press, 2000.

  • Scholtes, Peter R., Brian L. Joiner, and Barbara J. Streibel, The Team Handbook, Third Edition, Oreil Inc., 2003.

  • Schulmeyer, G. Gordon, and James I. McManus, Handbook of Software Quality Assurance, Third Edition, Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1999.

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