When Will the Product be Ready to Ship - a "Hurricane Tracking System"

Most test execution tracking systems are backward looking and do not attempt to quantify what remains to be done. Management, on the other hand, is forward looking-asking, "When will testing be done?" And that question itself is fundamentally flawed, implying that testing is either "done" or "not done." What management should be asking is "When will the risks be acceptable to release the product?" David Gilbert presents a unique approach to tracking and predicting the progress of testing efforts. Using the metaphor of hurricane tracking, he shows how "what if" scenarios can be created to demonstrate the costs and benefits of various test execution scenarios. Take back novel techniques to provide your team and senior management the key information they need to relate the testing effort to the "bottom line" impact of product release.

• Hurricane tracking as a model for test progress tracking
• The process and mechanics of creating such a model and graphing it
• How "what if" testing scenarios can help determine release readiness