International Telemetering Conference Proceedings / October 25-28, 1999 / Riviera Hotel and Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada / The aim of this presentation is to give an overview of TFDC’s capabilities as a flight test centre and the approach with respect to the management of flight testing.

None of today’s large scale systems could function without the reliable availability of a varied range of network communications capabilities. Whilst software, hardware and communications technologies have been advancing throughout the past two decades, the methods commonly used by industry for testing large scale systems which incorporate critical communications interfaces have not kept pace. This thesis argues for the need for a specifically tailored framework to achieve effective testing of communications-critical large scale systems (CCLSS). The thesis initially discusses how generic test approaches are leading to inefficient and costly test activities in industry. The thesis then presents the form and features of an alternative CCLSS domain-specific test framework, develops its ideas further into a detailed and structured test approach for one of its layers, and then provides a detailed example of how this framework can be applied using a real-life case study. The thesis concludes with a qualitative as well a simulation-based evaluation of the framework’s benefits observed during the case study and an evaluation by expert external participants considering whether similar benefits can be realised if the framework is adopted for the testing of other comparable systems. Requirements data from a second CCLSS is included in the evaluation by external participants as a second smaller case study.

Context. Colossal systems that are evolving are primarily system of systems (SOS). The system of systems are characteristic of functionally independent subsystems. These subsystems exhibit heterogeneity in terms of software or hardware. Each subsystem may reflect heterogeneity in dimensions such as the system complexity, system configuration, programming language and platforms, etc. Exploratory testing (ET) is perceived to be the best for testing such systems. An enhancement to exploratory testing is the session-based test management (SBTM) where several activities form a part of each session. These activities are mainly dependent on tester and the test charter of that session. There is lack of information in existing literature regarding a standard framework to design test charters for exploratory testing which forms the main area of focus of this thesis research. Objectives. Firstly, to investigate the design of test charters in general. Secondly, to find out the factors influencing the design of test charters. Lastly, to develop a framework to design effective test charters in SOS context. Methods. A mixed method approach that incorporates both qualitative and quantitative research methods is used. This research includes the quantitative leg of the online survey along with the interviews and literature review that are qualitative in nature. Literature review has been chosen to investigate the test charter design in general. Besides, interviews and online surveys  have been used to research regarding the factors and test charter framework.  Snowball sampling method and convenience sampling method have been used to sample the research data. Moreover, thematic analysis method is used for analyzing the qualitative data while descriptive statistics is used for quantitative data analysis. Results. The design aspects of test charter are documented, the factors influencing test charter design and the framework for effective test charter design for exploratory testing are presented. Conclusions. The thesis objectives are fulfilled. The findings on how the test charters are generally designed have helped in gaining insight on the primary elements that constitute a test charter design. Further, investigating the factors influencing the test charter design has helped in knowing the main elements affecting the test charter design. Finally, the main contribution of this thesis, the developed flexible test charter framework for exploratory testing encapsulates variables that should be considered, controlled or varied systematically during the course of testing. It is deemed to act as a guideline for practitioners for effective test charter design.

Test management software is used to evaluate the permanence and functionality of technical systems. These systems also support documenting tests and evaluations. This thesis describes the implementation of a report template editing tool within an existing testing suite. The tool – TDR Template Editor (TDRTE) - was developed using SpringMVC, Hibernate, and PostgreSQL in Java, Javascript, JSP and JSTL. TDRTE provides a step-by-step editor for editing and creating complete report templates. A separate editor for calculating derived test values from measurement data was also developed.

The aim of this thesis is to describe the process of analysis and design in software testing, principles of using the test management tool TestLink and further in the practical part extend the possibilities of data import into this tool with the help of a newly created application. The theoretical part focuses on the use of test management systems in the area of analysis and design in software testing and the description of functionality and supported areas, including the current shortcomings of selected systems. The practical part is solved in collaboration with Tesena, s.r.o., a software testing company. The outcome of the thesis is an application enabling the import of test requirements, test cases with steps and test results from commonly used formats into the TestLink tool. The application focuses on the area of preparation of test cases and enables acceleration of the work process during test analysis and design; i.e. a problem which the company experiences when managing a large amount of tests, as the standard import is partially non-functional and relatively complex.

The aim of this thesis is to improve the reliability and quality of new requested functionality, and existing modules, at Fortum HR System Solutions. This was conducted through an evaluation of the test processes by implementing principles of Software Testing and Test Management. For the study to successfully improve the testing performed at HR System Solutions, existing test processes were analyzed. The analysis was conducted by evaluating the current test processes using theoretical test evaluation styles called maturity models. The methodology of choice was the Testing Maturity Model (TMM), which was adapted to the nature of HR System Solutions requirements, experience and needs. The evaluation used qualitative methods together with pedagogical principles to conduct interviews and workshops to consolidate the theoretical evaluation. Interviews and workshops were conducted within the team of HR System Solutions, where all members of them team contributed to the thesis at some point. An external interview also took place for comparative study. Results of the evaluation, interviews and workshop were compiled and analyzed accordingly. With the analyzed results in place, flaws in the testing processes were apparent. A generalization of the flaws led to the conclusion in the form of a suggestion. The conclusive suggestion was for Fortum HR System Solutions to establish a test committee/group role within the team. Considering the current economical and organizational situation this job role would be a divided job role appointed to current members of the HR System Solutions team. The research creates a walkthrough on a potential method on understanding inefficiencies within testing processes of a company and providing a cause-based solution. / Undersökningen är inriktad på att förbättra tillförlitligheten och kvalitén på ny begärd funktionalitet, och befintliga moduler, på Fortum HR System Solutions. Detta genomfördes genom en utvärdering av testprocesser genom implementation av principer inom Software Testing samt Test Management. För att förbättra testningen som utförs på HR System Solutions var det nödvändigt att analysera de befintliga testprocesserna. Analysen genomfördes genom att utvärdera de nuvarande testprocesserna med hjälp av teoretiska utvärderingsmetoder som kallas Maturity Models. Den valda metoden var Testing Maturity Model (TMM) som tillämpades med avseende på HR System Solutions förutsättningar, erfarenheter och behov. Utvärderingen använder sig av kvalitativa metoder samt pedagogiska principer för att genomföra intervjuer och workshops stärka den teoretiska utvärderingen från TMM. Intervjuer och workshops genomfördes inom HR System Solutions arbetslag, där alla medlemmar bidrog till examensarbetet. Även en extern intervju gjordes i jämförande syfte. Resultatet av utvärderingen sammanställdes och analyserades i enlighet med de förnämnda teoretiska ramvärken. Med hjälp av analyserna visade sig bristerna hos HR System Solutions testprocesser. En generalisering av bristerna gjordes, vilket ledde till slutsatsen i form av ett förslag. Det slutliga förslaget innebar att Fortum HR System Solutions behöver upprätta en testkommitté/grupp inom arbetslaget. Undersökningen visar en potentiell metod för att förstå ineffektiviteten inom testprocesser i ett företag, och tillhandahålla en orsaks-baserad lösning.

Submitted by Joana Azevedo (joanad@id.uff.br) on 2017-08-24T18:20:17Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissert Vanessa Cristina da Silva Pereira.pdf: 2109323 bytes, checksum: 276518e32c779ff85fd67ffdd326acfe (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Biblioteca da Escola de Engenharia (bee@ndc.uff.br) on 2017-09-04T14:32:01Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissert Vanessa Cristina da Silva Pereira.pdf: 2109323 bytes, checksum: 276518e32c779ff85fd67ffdd326acfe (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-09-04T14:32:01Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissert Vanessa Cristina da Silva Pereira.pdf: 2109323 bytes, checksum: 276518e32c779ff85fd67ffdd326acfe (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-12-16 / O objetivo da pesquisa é propor um Modelo de Gerenciamento de Testes de Software de uma empresa de telecomunicações, que esteja adequado aos Processos, Metodologias e Ferramentas, aderente ao mercado. Para tal, apresenta-se a evolução das restruturações do setor de telefonia com a privatização das empresas estatais, com intuito de destacar a necessidade da qualidade dos produtos comercializados diante de um mercado competitivo. A revisão bibliográfica é exposta uma estrutura dos conceitos de testes e qualidade com a finalidade de solidificar a proposta deste trabalho. A pesquisa de campo ocorreu na empresa objeto do estudo que atua no setor de telefonia localizada no Rio de Janeiro, e trata-se de uma análise quantitativa e qualitativa com caráter descritivo-exploratório, utilizando para análise os métodos de observação, questionário, entrevista e pesquisa documental. Por fim, espera-se é contribuir com a melhoria do processo e gerenciamento dos projetos de testes da área de testes e qualidade de uma empresa de telecomunicações por meio de uma abordagem que permita detectar e prevenir erros através do processo de desenvolvimento, conduzindo para uma maior confiança e qualidade do software. / The research objective is to propose a model software tests management of a telecommunications company that is appropriate to the processes, methodologies and tools, adhering to market. For such, the retrospective will be presented on the progress of restructuring of the telecommunications sector with the privatization of state enterprises, highlighting the need the quality of products commercialized before a competitive market. In sequence, the literature review is exposed a structure of the testing and quality concepts in order to solidify the proposal of this work. The field research will be based on a case study of one of the major telephony companies located in Rio de Janeiro, as a proposal for a new testing process. Based on a quantitative and qualitative analysis with character descriptive-exploratory, using analysis methods of observation, questionnaire, interview and documental research. Finally, it is expected to contribute with process improvement and testing project management of the telecommunications company by means of an approach that allows detecting and preventing errors through the development process, leading to greater confidence and quality through an approach that allows detecting and preventing errors through the development process, leading to greater confidence and quality of the software.

The quality is probably the most significant property of a successful software product. As experience with many software projects has already shown, leaving out testing and quality management from software development process can result in vast and critical customer issues, which usually invoke additional expenses for the software production company. In the course of time, software testing as a discipline has therefore seized an important position among other software development activities. And due to the fact that the software, thanks to rising customer demands and growing competing products portfolio, is getting more complex, the more advanced software testing procedures need to be implemented. Test strategy and iteration planning, implementation of multiple test types into the test suite, test automation, evaluation, administration and maintenance: these activities are commonly required within larger software development projects. Formalized software testing is, nevertheless, being introduced also to projects using agile management techniques which, by management decision or target user industry, are supposed to deliver products of highest quality. This initiates the high focus on the software testing discipline. The purpose of this thesis is to design and implement a new system of software testing within a real project in the CertiCon a.s. company, for which software development is the main business activity. Current issues and gaps for possible improvement, gathered both by project management and the author himself, are analyzed in the first major part of this work and transformed into testing system requirements, which should cover both process changes as well as implementation/development of needed software supporting the process. The second part of thesis is covering the design of the new software testing system, focusing mainly on the area of test management and selection of appropriate software management tool. The final part of the thesis is aimed at implementation of the designed solution within a real organization environment and evaluates its benefits against the previously set requirements.

This diploma thesis deals with the area of software testing, more precisely with the topic of managing test results. The aim of this work is to find, set up and implement a system that complements the missing functionality of the TMT tool, which is going to replace the Nitrate tool in Red Hat as a test management system. The content of this work is a basic introduction to the tools Nitrate, TMT and other technologies used in Red Hat. Furthermore, the work presents the current state of the test infrastructure and collected user requirements for a new system for managing test results. Subsequently, the ReportPortal tool is introduced as a system for test results management and the missing functionality is defined. The rest of the work is devoted to setting up the system itself and implementing the missing functionality, along with implementing the infrastructure needed to import test results into ReportPortal. The work describes the method of deploying the system in use and feedback from users. The deployed system is evaluated and its further possible improvements are discussed.

The purpose of this final project work is to explore how tests are managed during the development of mechatronic products at a manufacturing company. This study aims to develop an information model and a process model that can be used in a PLM system. The research method used is a case study at Husqvarna Group. The different test departments in the Huskvarna site are studied. For that, two rounds of semistructured interviews and document studies are conducted to collect primary and secondary data. For each round, six interviews are conducted with experienced employees and then, a verification meeting is held. During the qualitative analysis, different keywords are highlighted and displayed in an activity and class diagram to represent the as-is test management process at the case company. Later, it is compared to the literature, and a proposal is made based on the results.