Conference Presentations

Planning is the First Ingredient in the Test Recipe

This presentation focuses on test planning activities at the beginning of a project. By developing a one-page diagram to scope the test strategy and creating a reusable test planning checklist, you will be on the way to a successful test program implementation. Learn why Technical Exchange Meetings are so important and how to get buy-in from your customers.

Bruce Swahlan, Harris Information Systems
Event-Based Test Generation for Distributed Systems

Examine how a fundamental test design approach can simplify both modeling and scripting. Such an approach allows test cases to be generated for testing of functionality, capacity, concurrency, and performance using various execution tools. David Carman demonstrates this approach while testing an event-based distributed call processing system.

David Carman, Telcordia Technologies, Inc.
Stepwise Improvement of the Test Process

This presentation deals with the Test Process Improvement (TPI) Model, which is based on current state-of-the-art test process improvement practices. This model gives practical guidelines for assessing the maturity level of testing and for step-by-step improvement of the process. Martin Pol gives a general description of the application of the TPI Model, including how to implement and consolidate the improvements.

Martin Pol, IQUIP Informatica B.V.
Security Testing for E-Commerce Applications

It seems that everyone is creating e-commerce applications these days with security being one of the greatest issues. The role of assessing security often falls to the tester, who may feel ill-prepared for the demands imposed by this new paradigm. Learn how to conduct a security assessment for e-commerce and what to look for.

Jonathan Beskin, Reliable Software Technologies
A Model for Successful Software Testing Automation

SAIC was tasked with automating the regression testing for a very large customer order processing system containing multiple screens with hundreds of interactive entries and options. Through careful requirement analysis, careful tools selection, and advanced scripting and testing techniques, the job was reduced to two programs with less than 5,000 lines of script and greater flexibility for future enhancements.

Greg Wust, SAIC
Automated Test Generation

The challenge: Reduce the testing interval without reducing quality. One answer: Find a new way to approach test design and test generation. Learn about a new approach in automated test generation currently in use at Lucent Technologies. Results indicate that this new approach can increase the effectiveness of testing while reducing the cost of test design and generation.

James Clarke, Lucent Technologies
Teamwork Does Work!

USA Group's 7.8 MLOC (million lines of code) EAGLE II education loan system development project required a change in culture as well as a combination of unique methods to ensure a quality product. James Putka addresses how to implement these culture changes successfully. Learn how a single measure can change a company.

James Putka, USA Group
Testing at a Web Start-up

Learn how this Web application start-up company developed an innovative testing strategy that included automated testing of its rapidly changing Web application. Using available and custom tools, tests were adapted to verify functionality, stress, load, and performance.

Brad Thompson, Commerce One
Life as a CMM Level 5 Test Organization

Quality, timeliness, cost-effectiveness-for years, software professionals have believed you cannot have all three. Bellcore has proven otherwise as John Romanak demonstrates in this presentation on Bellcore's approach to software quality. Learn how Bellcore's SQA Independent Testing Organization has become recognized as "best in class" and, since its implementation, has improved overall customer satisfaction from 60 percent to 95 percent.

John Romanak, Telcordia Technolgies, Inc.
Generating Test Cases with Specification Description Language (SDL) and Message Sequence Charts (MSC)

In this case study, observe how Nortel developed an entire testing environment to test switches that meet both the International Telecommunications Union standards and their customers' requests. Learn why these comprehensive test suites, written in STEP (an internal language suitable to Nortel's test environment), require such an important effort on Nortel's part.

Ellie Cohen

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