Field testing refers to testing techniques that operate in the field to reveal those faults that escape in-house testing. Field testing techniques are becoming increasingly popular with the growing complexity of contemporary software systems. In this paper, we present the first systematic survey of field testing approaches over a body of 80 collected studies, and propose their categorization based on the environment and the system on which field testing is performed. We discuss four research questions addressing how software is tested in the field, what is tested in the field, which are the requirements, and how field tests are managed, and identify many challenging research directions.

A survey of field-based testing techniques

Bertolino A.;De Angelis G.;
2022

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Field testing refers to testing techniques that operate in the field to reveal those faults that escape in-house testing. Field testing techniques are becoming increasingly popular with the growing complexity of contemporary software systems. In this paper, we present the first systematic survey of field testing approaches over a body of 80 collected studies, and propose their categorization based on the environment and the system on which field testing is performed. We discuss four research questions addressing how software is tested in the field, what is tested in the field, which are the requirements, and how field tests are managed, and identify many challenging research directions.
2022
Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologie dell'Informazione "Alessandro Faedo" - ISTI
Istituto di Analisi dei Sistemi ed Informatica ''Antonio Ruberti'' - IASI
Software testing
Field testing
In-vivo testing
Ex-vivo testing
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