Editing Software testing (section)

==== Waterfall development ====

{{further|Capability Maturity Model Integration|Waterfall model}}

In [[waterfall model|waterfall development]], testing is generally performed after the code is completed, but before the product is shipped to the customer.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Software Testing Lifecycle |url=http://www.etestinghub.com/testing_lifecycles.php#2 |access-date=January 13, 2012 |website=etestinghub |at=Testing Phase in Software Testing}}</ref> This practice often results in the testing phase being used as a [[project management|project]] buffer to compensate for project delays, thereby compromising the time devoted to testing.<ref name="Myers 1979" />{{rp|145–146}}

Some contend that the waterfall process allows for testing to start when the development project starts and to be a continuous process until the project finishes.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Dustin |first=Elfriede |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K0qWBUOAf6IC&pg=PA3 |title=Effective Software Testing |publisher=Addison-Wesley Professional |year=2002 |isbn=978-0-201-79429-8 |page=3}}</ref>