what is the difference between testing methodology and
testing techniques?

Answer Posted / shrinivasbt

Software Testing Methodologies
These are some commonly used software testing methodologies:

* Waterfall model
* V model
* Spiral model
* RUP
* Agile model
* RAD

Types of Testing / Testing Techniques are as below

* Acceptance Testing
* Ad hoc Testing
o Buddy Testing
o Paired Testing
o Exploratory Testing
o Iterative / Spiral model Testing
o Agile / Extreme Testing
* Aesthetics Testing
* Alpha Testing
* Automated Testing
* Beta Testing
* Black Box Testing
* Boundary Testing
* Comparison Testing
* Compatibility Testing
* Conformance Testing
* Consistency Testing (Heuristic)
* Deployment Testing
* Documentation Testing
* Domain Testing
* Download Testing
* EC Analysis Testing
* End-to-End Testing
* Fault-Injection Testing
* Functional Testing
* Fuzz Testing
* Gray Box Testing
* Guerilla Testing
* Install & Configuration Testing
* Integration Testing
o System Integration
o Top-down Integration
o Bottom-up Integration
o Bi-directional Integration
* Interface Testing
* Internationalization Testing
* Interoperability Testing
* Lifecycle Testing
* Load Testing
* Localization Testing
* Logic Testing
* Manual Testing
* Menu Walk-through Testing
* Performance Testing
* Pilot Testing
* Positive & Negative Testing
* Protocol Testing
* Recovery Testing
* Regression Testing
* Reliability Testing
* Requirements Testing
* Risk-based Testing
* Sanity Testing
* Scalability Testing
* Scenario Testing
* Scripted Testing
* Security Testing
* SME Testing
* Smoke Testing
* Soak Testing
* Specification Testing
* Standards / Compliance Testing
o 508 accessibility guidelines
o SOX
o FDA / Patriot Act
o Other standards requiring compliance
* State Testing
* Stress Testing
* System Testing
* Testability Testing
* Unit Testing
* Upgrade & Migration Testing
* Usability Testing
* White box Testing
o Static Testing Techniques
+ Desk checking
+ Code walk-through
+ Code reviews and inspection
o Structural Testing Techniques
+ Unit Testing
+ Code Coverage Testing
+ Statement
+ Path
+ Function
+ Condition
+ Complexity Testing / Cyclomatic complexity
+ Mutation Testing


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