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How to Manage Outsourced Testing Outsourcing quality assurance testing is more expensive than hiring contractors. How, then, do you efficiently and effectively outsource? George Hamblen discusses ways to identify the correct outsource effort and how to maximize potential. Learn how to identify your outsourcing needs and opportunities within your testing project.
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George Hamblen, Fidelity Investments
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Defect Management in Development and Test Defect management can leverage development and test costs with 10 to 1 benefit-to-cost margins or better. Most organizations never achieve these results because they focus on product metrics rather than process metrics. Ed Weller discusses data analysis and project management decisions using data from the full development cycle. Explore examples of data analysis techniques useful for project, product, and process analysis.
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Ed Weller, Bull Worldwide Information Systems
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System Testing Strategies for Highly Available Clustered Systems Highly Available (HA) Clustered systems are at the core of many enterprise mission-critical applications. Due to the complex set of hardware and software involved and the requirement of highly reliable software, testing HA systems is a challenging task. Gain a better understanding of the quality assurance issues involved in testing large and complex systems. Learn new testing strategies and methodologies used in the testing of real-world HA Clustered systems.
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Subbarao Jagannatha, Sun Microsystems
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Incorporating Legal Standards for E-Commerce Quality into Testing As the Internet continues to profoundly transform our global economy, testing to external standards is taking on new meaning-and a new sense of urgency. Software applications are increasingly challenged to meet expectations of usability, performance, and reliability. James Speer describes a practical approach for testing legal aspects of e-commerce applications using techniques refined in regulated industries. Explore a conceptual framework for requirements testing that accommodates policy issues.
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James Speer, Data Dimensions, Inc.
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STARWEST 1999: Testing and Test Automation: Establishing Effective Architectures This presentation provides a practical guide for addressing three essential testing challenges: how to design and document a highly inspectable test suite; how to effectively architect an automated regression test library; and how to integrate test design and automation technology using Action Words. In this double-track session, Ed Kit and Hans Buwalda provide examples, case studies, and demonstrations to illustrate a proven test automation architecture. Learn of the common automation problems and how to overcome them. Discover how to create a process for test design that supports effective test automation.
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Edward Kit and Hans Buwalda, Software Development Technologies
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Testing Business Models--Why Are They Important? Software testing can be an expensive endeavor if not approached in an efficient manner. Discover how a Testing Business Model has been instrumental in Telcordia's success in managing SQA testing. Robert Lindquist discusses how a clean separation of system test from design has been a key component in Telcordia's SQE Independent Testing Organization recognition as "best-in-class."
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Robert Lindquist, Telcordia Technologies, Inc.
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STARWEST 1999: A Risk-Based Test Strategy Testing information systems should be based on the business risks to the organization using these information systems. In practice, test managers often take an intuitive approach to test coverage for risks. In this presentation, you will discover how a "stepwise" definition of test strategy can be used for any test level as well as the overall strategy, providing better insight and a sound basis for negotiating testing depth.
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Ingrid Ottevanger, IQUIP Informatica B.V.
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Managing Complex Test Resource Logistics Testing finds the most critical, customer-impacting bugs when performed under conditions that simulate the deployed environment. Based on his experiences as a test manager, Rex Black discusses planning and managing the logistics of complex, multi-site test environments. Learn how to use a simple database to plan, track, and communicate the hardware, software, human, and configuration implications of executing test suites.
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Rex Black, Rex Black Consulting Services, Inc.
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Key Factors in Achieving CMM Level 5 Testing Few organizations have achieved a Level 5 rating on the SEI's Capability Maturity Model (CMM). John Romanak describes Telcordia's experience in implementing a CMM Level 5 process with proven benefits and its impact on testing. Learn about the major testing challenges and enormous paradigm shifts that took place at Telcordia (formerly Bellcore) in their journey to CMM Level 5. At Telcordia, testing and testers are valued, career satisfaction is emphasized, test strategies are developed during the software sales process, and error prevention and test cost efficiency are the focus.
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John Romanak, Telcordia Technologies, Inc.
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Integrated Development/Test Project Teams David Petrella describes a real-life situation where Test was part of the Development team and included in all phases of the development lifecycle, resulting in a highly successful software project. Here, he discusses the strategy, issues, difficulties, and successes of working as an integrated team to develop software. Learn how challenging the established process can pay off in your organization.
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David Petrella, Keane, Inc.
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