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8 Steps to Risk-Based Testing Track 1: 11:30 - 12:30 Risk-based testing allows testing organizations to reduce testing time without compromising quality. The days of long testing turnarounds are over. No one is given the time to test "everything" anymore. Yet, quality is more important than ever. In this presentation, Akemi shows how testing organizations can refine their existing testing processes to keep up with the ever-increasing demand for speed. The key concepts of risk-based testing and the various risk factors that should be considered in the test case design will be explained, as well as how testers can solicit greater business and technical input. There are no complex formulas or special tools required. You will learn how risk-based testing can be implemented into your existing processes in 8 steps with minimum impact to the current testing model. This simple technique of test case development and execution can give testing organizations the flexibility and speed they need to survive in today's market. About the speaker... Test Metrics: A Practical Approach to Tracking & Interpretation Track 2: 11:30-12:30 Test metrics can be used to track and measure the efficiency, effectiveness, and success or shortcomings of many activities on a software development project. While it is important to recognize the value of gathering test metrics data, it is the interpretation of that data that makes the metrics meaningful. This session is designed to help test analysts and lead testers learn how to establish a test metrics program. Shaun will describe a metrics quick start program and provide examples of metrics that can be tracked during the testing effort. Most importantly, you will discover how to decipher these metrics in a way that makes the information meaningful to the overall quality of the project. About the speaker... Why is Test Planning So Hard? Track 3: 11:30-12:30 Organizations often view test planning as overhead and, in some cases, an optional activity. After all, the project is already late and we need to start executing! The result is more often than not a "vanilla flavor," generic test plan that does not truly communicate what will actually be tested and how that testing will be done. Elizabeth will present a practical approach to avoiding this pitfall and successfully producing a project specific test plan. A framework to facilitate discussion of specific high risk testing items and incorporating those items into a detailed plan and schedule will be included in the presentation. You will also learn how to use metrics during test execution to refer back to plan assumptions and how to elaborate options to avoid schedule overruns. Keyword Test Automation Framework Track 4: 11:30 - 12:30 Implementing a successful test automation framework can result in significant benefits. These benefits include improved quality through broader and deeper test coverage and shorter test cycles, freeing up subject matter experts to focus their efforts on more complex testing scenarios. However, the opportunity to automate testing must be weighed against the costs involved, such as tools and framework set up, script creation and maintenance. This presentation highlights the design concepts and implementation techniques used in adopting a Keyword Test Automation Framework. Kai will share his experiences in creating and setting up a Keyword test automation framework for a Java based application involving multiple builds and releases. He will discuss the obstacles encountered and the solutions used. You will see a short demo of the framework using Rational Functional Tester as the test engine and will understand the ROI you can realize by using these techniques on your own projects. About the speaker... Managing a Software Quality and Testing Group Track 1: 10:15 - 11:15 Not everyone is cut out for a management role and the management of a Software Quality/Testing Group presents a unique set of challenges on its own. Maintaining positive relationships with development teams is an on-going struggle. Obtaining upper management support, securing resources, equipment, and enough time to do a reasonably good job are critical factors, but difficult to achieve. Early involvement on project teams is essential but often does not happen. It is not surprising, then, that both team and individual motivation and morale become overriding challenges for software quality/test group managers. Drawing on over 30 years of experience in the software quality field, Steve will present his own "lessons learned" on ways to effectively manage, challenge, and motivate a Software Quality/Testing group. About the speaker... Integrated Compliance Platform: An Implementation Experience Track 2: 10:15 - 11:15 Organizations worldwide have realized the increased importance of regulations such as SOX, BASEL II, and GLBA. They have also understood that the cost of ongoing compliance activities has become a necessary element of doing business today. Thiyagarajan's session is focused on optimizing the management of these compliance activities by developing an integrated compliance platform using a CoBIT 4.0 framework. You will learn how this integrated platform helps in creating synergies in the assessment of an organization's internal control environment considering multiple regulatory requirements. CoBIT, an internationally recognized IT governance framework, apart from enabling unified control documentation, facilitates effective IT governance in the organization. Thiyagarajan will highlight a case study providing details on how this integrated compliance platform enabled one standard for the assessment, monitoring, and reporting of the operational and financial risks of an actual organization. About the speaker... Deriving Test Cases from Use Cases Track 3: 10:15 - 11:15 In this object oriented age, an important requirements and design articulation tool is the use case. The contents of use cases are a gold mine of information for authoring test cases. This presentation shows test case authors how to derive tests from use cases. Join Margaret as she discusses how the primary content of a use case is related to the primary content of a test case. She will also explain how to analyze a sample use case to create a complete set of test cases and how to avoid some pitfalls in test case derivation. Multiple examples drawing on actual use cases and test case derivation approaches will be presented. You will learn techniques that can be immediately applied on your own application testing team. About the speaker... An Integrated Performance Engineering Approach Track 4: 10:15 - 11:15 The majority of today's web applications are not meeting performance requirements despite the fact that the revenue derived from these systems continues to increase significantly. Most IT organizations are unable to predict performance problems in their web-based applications and are therefore unable to meet the business performance expectations. Generally, performance testing is conducted late in the application development lifecycle and in a scaled-down environment where the results may be misleading. To combat these issues, there is a need for an Integrated Performance Engineering Approach that spans the entire development lifecycle, starting performance activities early in the lifecycle and continuing past go-live. Such an approach requires continual validation against performance acceptance criteria covering all aspects of people, process, and technology. This session will introduce an Integrated Performance Engineering Approach to software delivery and maintenance that will arm you with answers to the critical questions of managing performance during the lifetime of an application. About the speaker... Quality Management: Based on Models - Implemented in Reality Track 1: 1:30 - 2:30 Experience demonstrates that, no matter the end product, the foundation for and focus on implementing process improvement remains consistent. Using models as the basis for improving processes makes success more likely. However, no single model has all the right answers. Rather, a combination of models is needed. This presentation contains an overview and comparison of popular models including Software Engineering Institute's SW_CMM and CMMI, Project Management Institute's Project Management Common Body of Knowledge, Quality Assurance Institute's Bodies of Knowledge for Quality Assurance and Testing...and more! You will also see the influence of both the "old" and "new" masters, Juran, Crosby, Humphrey, and receive the benefits of "gems" collected over the years to help you determine which models are the best fit for your organization's needs. Examples of starting and reinvigorating process improvement initiatives will also be provided. About the speaker... Testable Requirements - Separating Fluff from Substance Track 2: 1:30 - 2:30 What is it that leads us to consider a requirement one of good quality? The answer to this question varies by organization and by discipline. For the quality assurance professional, however, the answer is quite simple. Can I test it effectively? In his presentation, Ray will examine the practice of requirements analysis and how to use the Intent, Context, and Evidence approach to determine testability. You will look at examples of both good and bad requirements in both traditional requirements specification and use case formats. Ray will also touch briefly on application requirements decomposition. About the speaker... Establishing a Quality Assurance Regression Test Bed Track 3: 1:30-2:30 The purpose of an independent regression test environment is to provide the quality assurance test team with a stable and predictable test arena free from unexpected alteration. The intent of the testing environment operations manual is to facilitate coordination of operational testing activities and maximize control over the physical test environment and regression test bed. An often overlooked aspect of managing quality assurance activities is the test environment itself and the maintenance of test data. Pre-production test environments have many unique considerations and should be maintained in a similar fashion as production environments. Typically, however, quality assurance test environments are treated as just another development environment. If processes and controls are not in place, compliance may be inconsistent but environment related QA issues often take on a low priority. In order to maximize reuse potential, test data requires the same maintenance and proper documentation as test cases. In this presentation you will gain a deeper understanding of the issues involved with establishing, maintaining, and managing an independent quality assurance test environment and a robust regression test bed. About the speaker... Testing Web Applications for Security Vulnerabilities Track 4: 1:30 - 2:30 As organizations increasingly adopt the Internet as a venue for conducting essential business operations, web application vulnerabilities become a more and more serious issue. This is an issue that not only security professionals, but also software development and testing teams will need to address as a critical element of the software development lifecycle. In this presentation, Jimmy and Karim will discuss the methodology, processes, and techniques that a testing team should adopt to check for vulnerabilities within web based applications. Based on the view that security is vital to software quality, the session will give software quality assurance and testing professionals the necessary background information to participate in web security testing without acquiring sophisticated technical skills or tools. About the speaker... Agile Testing and the Role of an Agile Tester Track 1 - 10:15-11:15 Agile development has crossed the chasm and is now main-stream in many software organizations. However, most of the agile literature focuses on development practices, so there is confusion about the role of testers. On agile teams, customers write stories and automated story tests while agile developers write comprehensive unit and integration tests; therefore, much of the testing is being done without skilled testers. Moreover, agile teams deliver working software on a weekly or bi-weekly basis which puts great time pressure on testing. This situation provides new challenges and opportunities for testers on agile teams. In this session, Declan will offer insights into the role of a tester on an agile team and will discuss how agile teams need to break the traditional barriers between development and testing to truly deliver value. About the speaker... How to Improve Test Processes and Become CMMI Compliant Track 2 - 10:15-11:15 Join Richard as he explains an overall strategy for improving processes critical to achieving compliance with the Capability Maturity Model Integration v1.2 (CMMI). This is a goal that is readily achievable by the test organization, even if other groups, such as systems or software engineering, are not yet interested in process improvement or CMMI compliance. Topics discussed will include managing test-related requirements, planning and managing test projects, managing test-related configuration items, performing objective quality assurance oversight of key testing activities and artifacts, test measurements and metrics, and establishing agreements with suppliers of test-related services or products. Richard will also present a process improvement implementation lifecycle that is a proven strategy for transitioning the test organization from its current state to an improved state that is fully compliant with all CMMI requirements at and below the targeted maturity level. This lifecycle focuses on rapid, incremental change, and ensuring successful, effective, and measurable progress toward enhanced efficiency, effectiveness, and total compliance. About the speaker... TSP Teams Transform Test Track 3: 10:15-11:15 As pervasive as software has become in today's world, it is remarkable that the development of that software is the only modern technology that depends upon testing as a primary method of defect removal. The current expectation in most organizations, large and small, from initial development and major enhancements through lifecycle maintenance, is that finding and fixing defects during testing typically consumes half or more of allocated software costs. Why is this so? What would a different reality look like? Could that reality be achieved using known methods? There is a potential for a very different reality for test using the Team Software Process (TSP) and the Personal Software Process (PSP). This session presents an overview of the TSP and PSP with actual results from classroom and real-world usage, showing how a coherent packaging of known methods used at the individual and team levels can transform testing phases from high-cost defect removal to high-value-added functional verification. About the speaker... A Practical Approach to Enterprise SOA Application Integration Testing Track 4: 10:15-11:15 The reality of SOA implementation in an enterprise environment is that it is never simple. Interfaces change as new service providers and consumers join while the number of interconnections increases exponentially. Adding features or fixing defects can cause an avalanche of new problems. When we add to that the issues related to interoperability of heterogeneous development and production environments, it is obvious that SOA applications need new testing methods. Mirko and Miroslav will present an approach to SOA an application testing that is based on the System Integration Test Service (SITS) concept. The objectives of the approach are to drive business use case based testing, minimize dependency between delivery teams, and provide capability to simulate and test system integration early in the project. The approach also makes it possible to leverage testing efforts and capture regression scenarios while eliminating retesting for service consumers. The key elements of this approach, SITS framework, simulator, and Interoperability Health-Check Service will be described. Finally, an actual experience from a successful SOA implementation will be discussed. About the speaker...
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