Mark's punchinline is right on the money.
Covering requirements - or scenario coverage is beneficial. It's one way you can try to make sure you built the right thing.
Code coverage is beneficial for figuring out what you forgot to test - or determ…
Rafael - you've described the difference between decision and condition coverage. Your answer considers condition coverage, but the OP just asked about decision coverage (so that's what I originally answered (and Bj in a longer form).
My hunch is t…
Alan Page began his career as a tester in 1993. He joined Microsoft in 1995, and is currently a Principal SDET on the Office Communicator team. In his career at Microsoft, Alan has worked on various versions of Windows, Internet Explorer, and Windows CE, and has functioned as Microsoft’s Director of Test Excellence. In his career at Microsoft, Alan has worked on various versions of Windows, Internet Explorer, and Windows CE. Alan writes about testing on his blog (http://angryweasel.com/blog), was the lead author on How We Test Software at Microsoft (Microsoft Press, 2008, http://www.hwtsam.com), and recently contributed a chapter to Beautiful Testing (O’Reilly Press, 2009).