software product testing challenges
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Software Product Testing Challenges. Agenda. State of Testing - ISV vs End-user enterprises System Testing – Generalized business products Innovative Test Approaches – Dealing with M&A Tester Attitudes in Product Testing Teams. ISV vs End-user enterprises. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Software Product Testing Challenges
AgendaAgenda
• State of Testing - ISV vs End-user enterprises
• System Testing – Generalized business products
• Innovative Test Approaches – Dealing with M&A
• Tester Attitudes in Product Testing Teams
ISV vs End-user enterprisesISV vs End-user enterprisesThe maturity of testing services for the end-user market and the ISV market is dramatically different
Source: Gartner (August 2007)
Production Testing in EnterpriseProduction Testing in Enterprise
Source: Gartner (August 2007)
Generalized Business ProcessGeneralized Business Process
Finished Goods
Components/Subassemblies
Raw Materials
Suppliers
Lead
T
ime
Short
Long
Decoupling PointsMake-to-Stock (MTS)
Assemble to Order (ATO)
Make to Order (MTO)
Engineer to Order
System Test Approach System Test Approach
V V V
V V V
V V V
V V V
V V V
V V V
V V
V V
Business
Processes
B u s i n e s s t y p e s
Business Flow Matrix
Packages / modules
Business Business MatrixMatrix
Overview ofbus. processesandbusiness types,by indicatingcombinations thatcan/need to/will be tested during ST(Business Scenario driven)
Goal
Level of FunctionalityLevel of
Inte
gra
tion
Idea
l
Tra
dit
ion
al
Best Practice
System Integration Strategy System Integration Strategy
Common Technology Platform
The Tower-Bridge MetaphorThe Tower-Bridge Metaphor
Common Technology Platform
The Tower-Bridge MetaphorThe Tower-Bridge Metaphor
Planner 2.0
ERP
Stnd. Comp.
Int. Comp.
Integration
Scope Assembly TestPlanner - ERP
Cross-Product Integration TestingCross-Product Integration Testing
Tester AttitudesTester Attitudes
Design Test Project
Design Tests
Execute Tests
Make Product
Design Product
Design Dev. Project
Dev Fo
cus
Test Fo
cus
From DownstreamSubcontractor
to Upstream Co-maker
From DownstreamSubcontractor
to Upstream Co-maker
Tester AttitudesTester Attitudes
From Development Driven to Customer
Focussed
From Development Driven to Customer
Focussed
Tester AttitudesTester AttitudesTester AttitudesTester Attitudes
Dev and Test RelationsDev and Test Relations
