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STAREAST 2003: Rapid Web Testing in a High-Velocity Environment This paper discusses implementing METS (Minimal Essential Testing Strategy) for your test team. METS is a strategy to help get the essential testing for your project done within the time frame allowed. Step by step instructions for using this methodology are included.
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Greg Paskal, Kinko's
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Compressing Test Execution Time to a 24-Hour Cycle Software development projects face a growing trend of tighter schedules, more complex environments, and increased time-to-market pressures. Thomas Poirier presents a composite case study that explores how frequently encountered situations can severely impact the duration of the Test Execution Cycle (TEC). Learn strategies and tactics to shorten the TEC to within a 24-hour cycle without sacrificing test coverage.
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Thomas Poirier, Conduciv inc.
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Measuring Test Effectiveness: How Good is Your Testing? Every year companies around the world spend vast sums of money testing software, yet many have no idea of the effectiveness of this effort. Some use flawed metrics, while others find the measurement problems too hard to even attempt. Rick Craig dissects some of the more commonly used measures of test effectiveness and discusses their pros and cons. From this list of measures, including defect removal efficiency, code coverage, and functional coverage, learn a practical and usable (if still imperfect) set of metrics that every organization needs to quantify its test effectiveness.
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Rick Craig, Software Quality Engineering
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Quality Cycles for Rapid Development Organizations are attempting to develop new applications at "Internet speed" which can often result in major business and capitalization losses. This presentation describes a technique being used for incorporating structured and exploratory testing approaches into a software development process that can be effectively used for rapid software development. The technique is then described as a general methodology called Quality Cycles. Learn how to integrate this methodology with a systematic testing methodology to improve your testing effectiveness while operating at "Internet speed."
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John Lisle, VenturCom, Inc.
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STARWEST 2000: Managing the End Game of a Software Project How do you know when a product is ready to ship? QA managers have been faced with this question for many years. Using the methodology discussed in this presentation, you take the guessing out of shipping a product and replace it with key metrics to help you rationally make the right decision. Learn how to estimate, predict, and manage your software project as it gets closer to its release date.
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Mike Ennis, BMC Software, Inc.
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Measuring Ad Hoc Testing Many testers discover most of their bugs through a free-form exploration of a product called ad hoc testing. Ad hoc testing, however, can be difficult to manage. Jonathan Bach presents his experiences in making this intuitive and unstructured process manageable by packaging it in blocks of roughly equivalent effort (called test sessions). Learn how this test session concept allows you to measure and report test effort in a way that supports the needs of management, without burdening the tester with excessive paperwork or intrusive oversight.
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Jonathan Bach, Satisfice, Inc.
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Performance Testing E-Commerce Web Systems Performance testing of e-commerce Web systems is critical to the effectiveness of Web sites. Michael Hagen describes how Vanguard went through extensive load testing in preparation for the Y2K weekend. Discover how to develop performance requirements, set up a performance testing environment, and execute the actual testing. Gain invaluable insight into what makes a Web system--from browser to mainframe-perform or not perform.
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Michael Hagen, The Vanguard Group
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Automated Testing for Web-Based Applications As Web applications have proliferated, they also have grown in complexity. Automated testing for Web-based applications is in high demand due to limited resources and shorter time-to-market. Learn how automated testing tools have expanded their functionality and capability to support Web-based applications. Discover new ideas and techniques to apply to your Web-based applications testing.
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Yang Lu, Kent Ridge Digital Labs
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Test Metrics Without Tears The profile of testing has been raised significantly in the last few years, largely due to Year 2000 issues. Organizations accept that they need to systematically and thoroughly test software, and they are demanding the same levels of efficiency that are expected from all other areas of their businesses. Now it is necessary to provide evidence that the activities of the test team are an effective and efficient use of staff. Learn how such evidence can be obtained and reported with minimal overhead on testing resources.
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David Vaughan, The SIM Group
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Improve Your Estimating Process--Beginning with a Proof of Concept Estimating is like the weather; everyone talks about it, but no one does anything about it. This presentation provides the techniques required to execute a Proof of Concept estimating model, allowing an organization to trial run the tools, techniques, and methods required to estimate projects more accurately and earlier in the lifecycle. Learn the key elements of this approach, and obtain templates to employ in your organization.
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David Herron, The David Consulting Group, Inc.
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