It isn´t just testing anymore (REDUX)

For decades, test professionals touted the virtues first of design for testability and later concurrent engineering. Unfortunately, product complexity and the limitations of traditional test have reduced the effectiveness of such proactive techniques and forced us to look again at what remains within what we still call “test”. To cope with today´s challenges, test strategies must now consider taking advantage of self-tests, incorporating various forms of inspection, and minimizing overlap between test steps