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Managing the Test Effort Using Requirements-Based Testing Metrics It's difficult to quantify the true state of a test effort. Often, it's measured by quantity of work combined with deadline compliance. But if this is the case, then the true level of quality remains unknown. The Requirements-Based Testing (RBT) process offers a set of metrics that can be utilized throughout the development cycle. These metrics can provide an accurate picture of the test effort at any given time.
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Gary Mogyorodi, Bit Inc.
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How to Find the Level of Quality Your Sponsor Wants In this paper, I'll talk about how to focus yourself to do effective testing. I'll cover where to start, what to look for, what and who are your resources. There is a level of understanding you need about the quality goals for a project. I'll give some examples of ways to figure that out without even asking questions. Or, who to ask if you could and then what to do with the information to be
effective in your testing efforts. Some of this is similar to risk based testing, which you can use in a complementary fashion. The way it is different is in its focus on the sponsor’s expectations.
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Sue Bartlett, Step Technology
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Concise, Standardized, Organized Testing in Complex Test Environments There's a need for standardized, organized hardware and software infrastructure, and for a common framework, in a complex test environment. Gerhard Strobel focuses on the experience of testing diverse products on many different platforms (UNIX, Windows, OS2, z/OS, OS400)-how they differ and how much they have in common. He explains how to configure and profile test machines, then highlights the technical areas where test efficiency can be increased. He also covers methods of execution control.
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Gerhard Strobel, IBM Germany
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Revealing the Mysteries of Test Measurement Contrary to popular belief, test measurement is not a mysterious art. Rather, it's a vital part of test management. This presentation will assist those new to test measurement-and those that have been intimidated by measurement and its complexities in the past-discover that test measurement can and should be a part of your test plan. Learn metrics and techniques that are easy to understand as well as implement.
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David Hutcheson, Glen Abbot Ltd.
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Creating Quality From Scratch: How to Build a Testing Organization With more and more companies realizing the need for testing throughout the product development process, there's a growing demand for bigger, better QA teams. If you find yourself the first member of a newly formed department, it's likely you'll be asked to do the testing and build the team simultaneously. This presentation presents a strategy for meeting the day-to-day testing challenges, while planning for the future of the department. It tells you how you can lay the foundation and build the house-all at the same time.
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Eric Patel, Nokia Home Communications
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Metrics Collection and Analysis for Web Sites To many organizations, the concept of metrics is foreign. Even after taking training on metrics usage, few organizations take advantage of the value metrics can bring. This paper presents the special challenges online companies face, describes a practical plan for rolling out
test metrics, and shows how test metrics collection and analysis can reduce cycle time and provide meaningful information to the development team.
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Joe Polvino, Element K
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STAREAST 2001: Measuring the Value of Testing How can we make testing more visible and appreciated? Without measurement, we only have opinions. This presentation outlines simple and practical ways to measure the effectiveness and efficiency of testing, particularly the metric Defect Detection Percentage. Learn how this measure can be implemented in your organization to keep track of defects found in testing (and afterwards). Explore choices, problems, and benefits in using this measure as well as other useful measures.
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Dorothy Graham, Grove Consultants
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Using Commonly Captured Data to Improve Testing Processes For a variety of reasons, many test organizations routinely collect data on defects found during testing,
on tests that were run, on estimated time and actual time spent testing, on code coverage, and on
customer-reported problems, among other things. Some of these data only become collectable after
formal processes are put in place, while others can be obtained with minimal effort. The subject of this
paper is to describe a case study of collecting and using the latter type of data. Four databases are used
to track defect data, log test cases, and log customer calls. These data are used to guide efforts at
improving the testing process, the test materials, and the databases themselves. For many testing
organizations, these data are already available. If not, they are easy to collect.
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Dean Lapp, Minitab Inc.
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Critical Skills and Effective Attitudes for Testers What distinguishes good testers? Some characteristics explained in this presentation:
- the right attitudes
- the appropriate skills
- continuous skills growth
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Rex Black, Rex Black Consulting Services, Inc.
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Designing Test Strategies for eBusiness Applications Identifying the failure points in complex eBusiness systems is becoming increasingly difficult. These systems may integrate business-to-business components, support e-commerce, and facilitate the delivery of electronic content. Learn how to evaluate the hardware, communications, and software architectures to design a successful test strategy to validate functional and structural requirements.
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Beverly Kopelic, Amberton Group, Ltd.
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