Talk:System testing

message: What are the Limitations of system testing??
:Well, the way I see it, system testing and functional testing are really two different things, and the article should from a neutrality point of view at least make the statement that the wording around testing is not very fixed as of now. System testing to me occurs at the system level, testing functional, as well as non-functional aspects of the software. Tprosser 12:19, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: System tests the whole system, functionally and non-functionally. But functional testing can apply to anything from a whole system, down to an individual code class. So system testing is about scope, and functional testing is more of a design technique. DRogers 19:54, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Limitations

message: I disagree that "Exploratory Testing" is a type of "System Level Testing".  I think Exploratory Testing is in a category all on its own. The purpose of System Level Testing is to verify some "requirement".  It is to do Verification and Validation.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lordneeko (talk • contribs) 18:32, 11 July 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Types of System Level Test 

message: What's the difference between this and System integration testing? It feels like these two pages should be combined. kriskhaira (talk) 07:18, 13 February 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: The other article discusses a subject of testing that is at a lightly different level than. System integration testing is concerned with only where two system components integrate while system testing is focused on all functional elements of a system. Walter Görlitz (talk) 07:52, 13 February 2017 (UTC)
replies: text:  Judging by semantics alone, System integration testing sounds like a form or type of System testing. If this article is supposed to be a summary intro to system testing in general it should reference and link to the more detailed sub-topic article Stephen Charles Thompson (talk) 22:17, 19 October 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: It sounds to me like system testing is performed on subsystems which are then combined and undergo system integration testing. But clearly this applies only to very complex systems, and I don't think this terminology is universal. I'd call these different levels of integration testing.  Beland (talk) 05:38, 20 October 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Difference between this and System Integration Testing 

message: I believe this definition is inaccurate, "System testing falls within the scope of black-box testing, and as such, should require no knowledge of the inner design of the code or logic." I believe (from my experience) the reverse is true, that black box testing is one form of system testing. The cited source of this definition is obsolete. Will someone with expertise or access to authoritative standards please verify or update the summary definition? Stephen Charles Thompson (talk) 22:06, 19 October 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: System testing is not necessarily black box testing ... although in practice it usually is done that way. ... There are a zillion ways to categorize testing and most are independent of each other. A particular test can fall into multiple categories. Stevebroshar (talk) 04:28, 27 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Incorrect definition in summary? 

message: I believe that mistakes in the summary definition, lack of cited current and authoritative sources, and haphazard inclusion of a few certain kinds of testing have cast doubt on the intended focus / scope of this article. Stephen Charles Thompson (talk) 22:33, 19 October 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Those all sound like useful subtopics of system testing which can or could be summarized in or linked to from this overview article. -- Beland (talk) 05:42, 20 October 2018 (UTC)

text: I think that system testing implies testing a software system. Or if the term also applies to non-software systems (which may be true since my expertise is software) then there is a meaning to system testing that is particular to software system testing, and that a non-software system meaning might be significantly different. ... thinking of the destructive testing section: that clearly does not apply to software. hmmm Stevebroshar (talk) 04:33, 27 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title: What is the intended scope of this article?