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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.
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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 The maturity of testing services for the end-user market and the ISV market is dramatically different Source: Gartner (August 2007)
Production Testing in Enterprise Source: Gartner (August 2007)
Generalized Business Process Decoupling Points Make-to-Stock (MTS) Finished Goods Short Components/Subassemblies Lead Time Assemble to Order (ATO) Raw Materials Suppliers Long Make to Order (MTO) Engineer to Order
System Test Approach B u s i n e s s t y p e s Packages / modules B u s i n e s s P r o c e s s e s Business Matrix Overview of bus. processes and business types, by indicating combinations that can/need to/will be tested during ST (Business Scenario driven) Business Flow Matrix V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V
System Integration Strategy Best Practice Ideal Traditional Goal Level of Integration Level of Functionality
The Tower-Bridge Metaphor Common Technology Platform
The Tower-Bridge Metaphor Common Technology Platform
Scope Assembly Test Planner - ERP Integration Cross-Product Integration Testing ERP Planner 2.0 Stnd. Comp. Int. Comp.
Tester Attitudes Test Focus Design Test Project Design Tests Execute Tests Dev Focus Make Product Design Product Design Dev. Project
Tester Attitudes From Downstream Subcontractor to Upstream Co-maker
Tester Attitudes Tester Attitudes From Development Driven to Customer Focussed