TY  - CONF
Y1  - 2020///
SN  - 9781450379632
PB  - Association for Computing Machinery, Inc
UR  - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85093091632&doi=10.1145%2f3387940.3392167&partnerID=40&md5=0ef538c9be71d2bd148cc159d780f552
A1  - Capretz, L.F.
A1  - Basri, S.
A1  - Adili, M.
A1  - Amin, A.
EP  - 196
AV  - none
N2  - Software testing is one of the crucial supporting processes of software life cycle. Unfortunately for the software industry, the role is stigmatized, partly due to misperception and partly due to treatment of the role in the software industry. The present study aims to analyse this situation to explore what inhibit an individual from taking up a software testing career. In order to investigate this issue, we surveyed 82 senior students taking a degree in information technology, information and communication technology, and computer science at two Malaysian universities. The subjects were asked the PROs and CONs of taking up a career in software testing and what were the chances that they would do so. The study identified 7 main PROs and 9 main CONSs for starting a testing career, and indicated that the role of software tester has been perceived as a social role, with more soft skills connotations than technical implications. The results also show that Malaysian students have a more positive attitude towards software testing than their counterparts where similar investigations have been carried out. © 2020 Owner/Author.
N1  - cited By 4; Conference of 42nd IEEE/ACM International Conference on Software Engineering Workshops, ICSEW 2020 ; Conference Date: 27 June 2020 Through 19 July 2020; Conference Code:163291
KW  - Life cycle; Students; Technical presentations
KW  -  Information and Communication Technologies; Positive attitude; Role of software; Senior students; Social roles; Software industry; Software life cycles; Technical implications
KW  -  Software testing
SP  - 195
TI  - What Malaysian Software Students Think about Testing?
ID  - scholars12990
ER  -