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title: "domain analysis"
description: " A black-box test design technique that is used to identify efficient and effective test cases when multiple variables can or should be tested together. It builds on and generalizes equivalence partitioning and boundary values analysis. "
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# domain analysis

 A black-box test design technique that is used to identify efficient and effective test cases when multiple variables can or should be tested together. It builds on and generalizes equivalence partitioning and boundary values analysis. 

## Present in syllabi


- Advanced Test Analyst 2012

## Translations


- [Deutsch](https://istqb-glossary.page/de/wertebereichsanalyse/) — Wertebereichsanalyse
- [Italiano](https://istqb-glossary.page/it/analisi-di-dominio/) — analisi di dominio
- [日本語](https://istqb-glossary.page/jp/%E3%83%88%E3%83%A1%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3%E5%88%86%E6%9E%90-domain-analysis/) — ドメイン分析（domain analysis）
- [Português (Brasil)](https://istqb-glossary.page/br/analise-de-dominio/) — análise de domínio
- [Português](https://istqb-glossary.page/pt/analise-de-dominio/) — análise de domínio
- [Čeština](https://istqb-glossary.page/cz/domenova-analyza/) — doménová analýza
- [Dansk](https://istqb-glossary.page/dk/dom%C3%A6neanalyse/) — domæneanalyse
- [Svenska](https://istqb-glossary.page/se/domananalys/) — domänanalys
- [Magyar](https://istqb-glossary.page/hu/ertektartomany-analizis/) — értéktartomány analízis
- [Norsk](https://istqb-glossary.page/no/domeneanalyse/) — domeneanalyse

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