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Preferably the test plan level will be the same as the related software level. The analysis and coding steps are still in the picture, but they are preceded by two levels of requirements analysis, are. Testing is faultbased when it seeks to demonstrate that prescribed faults are not in a program. An overview of ieee software engineering standards and.
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