QA

Conference Presentations

Performance Evaluation and Measurement of Enterprise Applications

Today's large-scale enterprise applications are all Web-enabled and complex in nature. Many users experience performance problems from day one. Performance evaluation and measurement via extensive testing is the only practical way to raise and address all issues prior to a successful deployment. Learn how to tackle performance and capacity issues with the appropriate testing strategy and scalable infrastructure/architecture.

Rakesh Radhakrishnan, Sun Microsystems
Guerilla SQA: Conquering the Land a Bit at a Time

In a large part of the software industry, Software Quality Assurance (SQA) has become equated with activities performed primarily by testers. Scott Duncan describes an approach to introduce SQA practices within an organization without focusing on the main development flow. Learn key QA practices to encourage implementation, and discover how to tie the QA efforts back to effective data-centered decision making.

Scott Duncan, SoftQual Consulting
Golden Rules and Tools for Establishing a Quality Culture

Developing and implementing a quality program across an entire organization can be a daunting task. Managers want immediate results and value for the money they invest; software developers don't want to be bothered. Learn how to tackle this challenge head-on and discover the "golden rules" to use to help promote and manage quality in your organization.

Laura Jenkins, Lucent Technologies
Mindless Process Improvement--Just Say NO!

The most common approach for process improvement is to document all processes. This process-centric approach can work, but it has a high risk of failure. Neil Potter and Mary Sakry discuss an approach to scoping an improvement program based on problems and goals of the organization. Learn how to use this approach to make sifnificant progress on real issues and on the process improvement model or standard you are trying to achieve.

Neil Potter and Mary Sakry, The Process Group
Benefits from Implementing a Process Improvement Program

Faced with stiff competition and declining budgets, many organizations must determine what they expect in return on investment (ROI) from implementing a process improvement program. In this presentation, you will explore the need to baseline your activities and begin a measurement program at the start of your process improvement activities. Learn some of the basic measurements and metrics used at Hill AFB in their own software development activities.

David Putnam, U.S. Air Force
Critical Components of Asset Management

Examine how Information Technology (IT) asset management methodologies can reduce your organization's IT budget between five and thirty-five percent. Kathy Shoop discusses the critical components to deploy, the challenges of implementing such a program, and the limitations of asset management tools such as spreadsheets and in-house development efforts. Discover the best practices for implementing an asset management initiative in your organization that will result in immediate cost savings.

Kathy Shoop, Janus Technologies, Inc.
Establishing a SEI Capability Maturity Model Level 3 Metrics Program--And Living to Tell About It

Metrics are foundational to CMM Levels 3, 4, and 5. However, introducing all of the metrics required by CMM Level 3 into your organization can seem like an insurmountable task. Examine a case study of the development and deployment of a successful CMM Level 3 metrics program. Learn about each major Level 3 metrics requirement and obtain examples on how they can be addressed.

Greg Parent, EDS
Using Software Measurement to Effect Change

Using a real-life case study, Jeanette Horan presents how the search for product quality improvement at Lotus led to the realization that the software measurement process needed to be changed to drive organizational priorities. Learn how a cross-functional team provided recommendations for a new process, standardized on core metrics, and implemented a new self-service application. Discover how the use of innovative technology and active participation by the stakeholders resulted in a consistently streamlined process that allows fact-based decision making resulting in improved product quality and customer satisfaction.

Jeanette Horan, Lotus Development Corporation
Interpreting Graphical Defect Trend Data

Evaluation of graphical defect trend data can dramatically increase your ability to predict current project quality, schedule milestone compliance, and provide historical data for proper test and development scheduling of later revisions. Jim Olsen will explore some of the complexities in analyzing graphic defect trending in this presentation (winner of the Best Presentation award for ASM'99). Learn ways to determine how much time establishes a trend, when the appropriate time to start taking data occurs, what type of data to track, and how to estimate the amplitude of defect oscillations at the end of the product cycle.

Jim Olsen, Novell, Inc.
Testing Your Software's Requirements

Many testing organizations focus primarily on software executable code, but that's not the only thing you can test. For instance, did you ever consider testing your software requirements? When you test only code, you face some big disadvantages, not to mention that design defects often aren't even fixable because they demand too much effort, too late in the release cycle. In fact, it's difficult to even report some requirements defects since the developers have already committed to the design strategy. But if you test your requirements early in the game, you can discover defects before they're cast into designs and code, consequently saving your organization potentially huge rework costs.

Brian Lawrence, Coyote Valley Software

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