Application of Negative Special Software Testing Technique Within Testing Samples of Weapons and Military Equipment

Abstract

The article reveals views on the purpose and direction of negative testing of special software. The research paper also provides an indicative list of questions recommended to be planned for testing using the technique of negative testing. The provisions of legal acts of Ukraine and practical experience in the field of software testing are also taken into account in the article.
 Negative testing is very relevant for testing special software products used in weapons. This is because the risks of error are very critical and sensitive.
 The main sources and causes of errors in the software are: user, input data, resources, procedures for output and storage of data, exchange with other programs or computers, operating conditions of the program, compatibility and coherence with other software.
 Negative testing is proposed to be used at the following stages of software use: installation, first run, authorization, data entry, software module startup, calculations, data conversion, data exchange with other systems, data storage, display information, data printing, saving settings software operation.
 The article states that the procedure for conducting negative testing should be carefully thought out. To do this, at the planning stage of software testing, specialists with experience in successful testing such software products are involved.
 It is assumed that when planning a negative test, a group of experts uses information about the program, their own testing experience and intuition of the tester. At the same time, the main efforts are aimed at creating such conditions under which the software may work incorrectly. Negative testing is planned to cause just that non-standard behavior of the program.
 The suggested approaches to perform negative testing are proposed to be taken into account when testing the special software that is installed at the workplaces of the Command Posts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as on weapons and military equipment.