Equivalence class partitioning and boundary value analysis - A review

The purpose of this paper is to carry out a detailed review on the plethora of information available on two testing techniques which fall under functional testing methodology. A detailed analysis of equivalence class partitioning and boundary value analysis has been carried out based wholly and solely on literature survey. These techniques have been comprehensively unfolded and also the strengths and weaknesses have been highlighted. This paper can be studied before carrying out any empirical study regarding the efficiency of these two testing techniques. Then, it's only after these analytical and empirical investigations that we can come up with some sort of solid framework to effectively compare these two testing techniques with each other and also with other testing techniques.