12th International Software Quality Week (QW'99): Technical Program

12th INTERNATIONAL
SOFTWARE QUALITY WEEK (QW'99)

San Jose / Silicon Valley, California USA
24 - 28 May 1999

TECHNICAL PROGRAM
Theme: Facing the Future

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Updated 2 May 1999.

QUICK ACCESS TO THE FIVE DAY PROGRAM AT QW'99
Tutorial Day 1	Monday, 24 May 1999
Tutorial Day 2	Tuesday, 25 May 1999
Conference Day 1	Wednesday, 26 May 1999
Conference Day 2	Thursday, 27 May 1999
Conference Day 3	Friday, 28 May 1999
Vendor Technical Presentations	Wednesday & Thursday, 26 & 27 May 1999
Vendor Demonstration Sessions	Wednesday & Thursday, 26 & 27 May 1999
The QW'99 program is linked to speaker biographies and presentation abstracts. Click on a *Speaker* to read a Biography. Click on a *Title* to read the Presentation Abstract.

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T1	Monday, 24 May 1999 TUTORIAL DAY #1
8:30 - 12:00	Tutorial A1 Mr. Edward Kit & Mr. Hans Buwalda (Software Development Technologies / CMG Finance) Integrated Test Design and Automation Part I	Tutorial B1 Dr. John McGregor (Clemson University) Testing Distributed Object Systems	Tutorial C1 Ms. Karen Bishop-Stone (Testware Associates, Inc.) Practical Software Test Case Design	Tutorial D1 Dr. Norman Schneidewind (Naval Postgraduate School) Development and Maintenance Process Assessment Using Reliability, Risk and Test Metrics	Tutorial E1 Dr. Linda H. Rosenberg (SATC, NASA) Writing High Quality Requirement Specifications Part I
12:00 - 1:30	TUTORIAL DAY LUNCH AND NETWORKING
1:30 - 5:00	Tutorial A2 Mr. Edward Kit & Mr. Hans Buwalda (Software Development Technologies / CMG Finance) Integrated Test Design and Automation Part II	Tutorial B2 Mr. Thomas Drake (CRTI) Measuring Object-Oriented Software Quality for C++ and Java	Tutorial C2 Mr. William Bently (mu_Research) How to Test an Object: The Information Flow Approach	Tutorial D2 Dr. John D. Musa (Independent Consultant) Software Reliability Engineering: More Reliable Software, Faster	Tutorial E2 Dr. Linda H. Rosenberg (SATC, NASA) Writing High Quality Requirement Specifications Part II
5:00 - 6:00	Welcome Networking Reception
5:00 - 6:00	Welcome Networking Reception

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T2	Tuesday, 25 May 1999 TUTORIAL DAY #2
8:30 - 12:00	Tutorial F1 Dr. Boris Beizer (Independent Consultant) An Overview of Testing: Unit, Integration, System Part I	Tutorial G1 Dr. Magdy Hanna (International Institute for Software Testing) Establishing a Software Inspection Process	Tutorial H1 Mr. Robert Binder (RBSC Corporation) Modal Testing Strategies for Object-Oriented Software Part I	Tutorial J1 Mr. Leonard Verhoef (Human Efficiency) Improving Software Quality for Users	Tutorial K1 Mr. Michael Deck (Cleanroom Software Engineering, Inc.) Requirements Analysis Using Formal Methods Part I
12:00 - 1:30	TUTORIAL DAY LUNCH AND NETWORKING
1:30 - 5:00	Tutorial F2 Dr. Boris Beizer (Independent Consultant) An Overview of Testing: Unit, Integration, System Part II	Tutorial G2 Mr. Tom Gilb (Result Planning Limited) Advanced Inspection	Tutorial H2 Mr. Robert Binder (RBSC Corporation) Modal Testing Strategies for Object-Oriented Software Part II	Tutorial J2 Ms. Sally Drew (Tescom UK SST) E-Commerce Testing -- The Clash of the Titans	Tutorial K2 Mr. Michael Deck (Cleanroom Software Engineering, Inc.) Requirements Analysis Using Formal Methods Part II
5:00 - 6:00	QW'99 Welcome Reception The Quality Week Welcome Reception will be held at the Market Street Foyer. Drinks and hors d'oeuvres will be served.

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Wednesday, 26 May 1999 CONFERENCE DAY #1
Exhibition: 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM
1 8:30 - 10:00	PLENARY SESSIONS
	Conference Introduction/Session Introduction: Dr. Edward Miller (Software Research, Inc.)
	Keynote 1P1: Mr. Martin Pol (IQUIP Informatica B.V.) Facing the Future Means Facing Test Maturity
	Keynote 1P2: Mr. Jeff Schuster (Rational Software Corporation) Facing the Future: E-Commerce Quality and YOU!
10:00 - 10:30	REFRESHMENTS IN EXHIBIT HALL
2 10:30 - 12:00	BOFS Industry Focus	Technology Track Innovative Tools I	Applications Track Fault Density Methods	Tools & Solutions Track Automated Approaches	Management Track Quality Culture	QuickStart Track
	Session 2B Ms. Elisabeth Hendrickson (Aveo, Inc.) Mass Market Software Testing	Paper 2T1 Dr. Selim Aissi & Ms. Wendi Hummel (Applied Dynamics International) Automating Syntax Testing: The Case of a Real-Time Simulation Tool	Paper 2A1 Mr. Graham Thompson (InCert Software) Minimizing Testing While Maximizing Failure Detection	Paper 2S1 Mr. Douglas Hoffman (Software Quality Methods, LLC) Test Automation Architectures: Planning for Test Automation	Paper 2M1 Mr. Roger M. Records, Mr. J. G. Ahlbeck, Ms. L. J. Lin, Mr. J. S. Scharer & Ms. M. A. Stocking (Boeing Commercial Airplanes) Deploying SQA in Very Small Projects	Session 2Q Mr. Rainer Pirker & Mr. Andreas Rudolf (IBM) Millennium is Getting Closer -- The Quickstart to Y2K Testing
		Paper 2T2 Mr. Kenneth Nagin & Dr. Alan Hartman (IBM Research Laboratory in Haifa) TCBeans Software Test Tool Kit	Paper 2A2 Dr. Frank Ackerman & Ms. Cherie McKinney (Institute for Zero Defect Software / Adobe Systems) Measuring Fault Density in the Real World	Paper 2S2 Mr. Alan Ark & Ms. Sarah Ackroyd (Thomson Financial Services) Euro: An Automated Solution to Currency Conversion	Paper 2M2 Mr. Mike Ross (Quantitative Software Management, Inc.) Size Does Matter: Continuous Size Estimating and Tracking
12:00 - 1:30	CONFERENCE LUNCH AND NETWORKING IN EXHIBIT HALL
3 1:30 - 3:00	BOFS Industry Focus	Technology Track High Assurance System	Applications Track Technology Injection	Tools & Solutions Track Critical Systems	Management Track Maturity Models	QuickStart Track
	Session 3B1 Ms. Peggy Fouts (Compuware Corporation) Medical and Safety Critical Application Testing	Paper 3T1 Mr. Brian Miller (Teradyne) Automated Test Generation for Computer Telephony Systems	Paper 3A1 Mr. Ron Silacci (Lucent Technologies, Inc.) A Tester's Top 10 List	Paper 3S1 Mr. Rob Oshana (Raytheon Systems Company) An Automated Testing Environment to Support Operational Profiles of Software Intensive Systems	Paper 3M1 Mr. John N. Romanak (Bellcore) Life As A CMM Level 5 Test Organization	Session 3Q Mr. Tom Gilb (Result Planning Limited) Evolutionary Project Management (`Evo')
	Session 3B2 Mr. Mark S. Wiley (nCUBE) OS and Embedded System Testing Techniques	Paper 3T2 Dr. Bettina Buth, Prof. Jan Peleska & Dr. Hui Shi (Bremen University) Combining Methods for the Analysis of a Fault-Tolerant System	Paper 3A2 Ms. Lisa Boden & Mr. Jon Hagar (Lockheed Martin Astronautics Company) How to Build a 20 Year Successful Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) Program for the Next Millennium	Paper 3S2 Mr. David Carman (Bellcore) Event-Based Test Generation for Distributed Systems	Paper 3M2 Dr. Ilene Burnstein, Dr. Ariya Homyen, Dr. Taratip Suwannasart, Mr. Robert Grom & Mr. Gary Saxena (Illinois Institute of Technology) Using the Testing Maturity Model (TMM) to Assess and Improve Your Software Testing Process
3:00 - 3:30	REFRESHMENTS IN EXHIBIT HALL
4 3:30 - 5:00	BOFS Industry Focus	Technology Track Maintenance Testing	Applications Track Practical Testing	Tools & Solutions Track Client/Server Apps	Management Track Process I	QuickStart Track
	Session 4B1 Mr. Larry Apfelbaum (Teradyne) Testing Telecommunications Software	Paper 4T1 Mr. Ira D. Baxter, Mr. Andrew Yahin, Mr. Srinivas Neunuri & Mr. Leonardo Moura (Semantic Designs) Lowering Maintenance Costs by Code Clone Removal	Paper 4A1 Mr. Steven Rabin (Interworld Corporation) eCommerce Performance Benchmarking -- Methodology and Criteria	Paper 4S1 Dr. Heesun Park (SAS Institute Inc.) Optimum Level of Test Automation for Multi-Platform Client/Server Software	Paper 4M1 Mr. Nathan Baddoo & Dr. Tracy Hall (South Bank University) The Impact of Software Practitioners on Software Quality	Session 4Q Mr. Bill Deibler (Software Systems Quality Consulting [SSQC]) Making the CMM Work: Streamlining the CMM for Small Projects and Organizations
	Session 4B2 Mr. Jon Hagar (Lockheed Martin Astronautics Company) Testing for Military and Government Software	Paper 4T2 Mr. Christopher Agruss (Autodesk, Inc.) Automating Software Installation Testing	Paper 4A2 Mr. Federico Pacquing, Jr. (TechWave Inc.) Usability Testing in E-Commerce Applications	Paper 4S2 Dr. Huey-Der Joseph Chu (National Defense Management College) Automating Client/Server Testing in the Real World	Paper 4M2 Mr. Michael Deck (Cleanroom Software Engineering, Inc.) Process Diversity: How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love Chaos
5:00 - 6:00	EXPO RECEPTION A reception sponsored by Interim Technology. Drinks and hors d'oeuvres are served in the Expo Hall.

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Thursday, 27 May 1999 CONFERENCE DAY #2
Exhibition: 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM
5 8:30 - 10:00	PLENARY SESSIONS
	Session Introduction: Dr. Edward Miller (Software Research, Inc.)
	Keynote 5P1: Dr. Cem Kaner (Independent Consultant) Facing the Future: The Law
	Keynote 5P2: Mr. Roger Sherman (Consultant) Facing the Future: Commercial Product Testing
10:00 - 10:30	REFRESHMENTS IN EXHIBIT HALL
6 10:30 - 12:00	BOFS Hot Topics	Technology Track Web Testing I	Applications Track OO Methods	Tools & Solutions Track Requirements I	Management Track Risk Assessment	QuickStart Track
	Session 6B Ms. Johanna Rothman (Rothman Consulting Group) Life as a New Test Manager	Paper 6T1 Ms. Fan Yang, Mr. Trung Nguyen & Mr. Anant Adiga (Sequent Computer Systems, Inc.) A Web-based System Testing Repository Model	Paper 6A1 Dr. Mei-Hwa Chen, Mr. Ming-Hung H. Kao & Ms. Mei-Huei Tang (SUNY Albany) Investigating Test Effectiveness on Object-Oriented Software -- A Case Study	Paper 6S1 Mr. Hanania T. Salzer (RTS Software Ltd.) ATRs (Atomic Requirements) Used Throughout Development Lifecycle	Paper 6M1 Mr. Herb Krasner (Krasner Consulting) Using the Cost of Quality Approach for Software	Session 6Q Mr. Douglas Hoffman & Dr. Cem Kaner (Software Quality Methods, LLC / Independent Consultant) Thoughts on Oracles and Software Test Automation
		Paper 6T2 Ms. Frances I. Medina & Mr. Andrew Van Kraanen (AT&T Operational Technology Center) Test Automation of a GUI WEB Based Application: An Experience Developing Reusable Automated Testing	Paper 6A2 Mr. Glen Xia (Deloitte Consulting) an Industrial Case Study of Quantitative Management for Object-Oriented Software Testing	Paper 6S2 Mr. Larry Apfelbaum & Mr. Steve Meyer (Teradyne / AT&T) Use Cases are Not Requirements	Paper 6M2 Mr. Tom Gilb (Result Planning Limited) Risk Management Technology: A Toolkit for Identifying, Documenting, Analyzing and Coping with Project Risks
12:00 - 1:30	CONFERENCE LUNCH AND NETWORKING IN EXHIBIT HALL
7 1:30 - 3:00	BOFS Hot Topics	Technology Track Windows CE	Applications Track Web Testing II	Tools & Solutions Track Big System Testing	Management Track Process II	QuickStart Track
	Session 7B1 Dr. Cem Kaner (Independent Consultant) Status Report on US Software Quality Laws	Paper 7T1 Mr. Patrick Copeland (Microsoft) Approaches in Testing Componentization in the Windows CE Operating System	Paper 7A1 Mr. Leon Slota (Neoglyphics Media Corporation) Developing Load and Performance Requirements for Web Sites	Paper 7S1 Mr. Jim Williams (CableData, Inc.) Testing for Y2K Compliance: A Case Study	Paper 7M1 Mr. Philip Lones (Lucent Technologies) Revolutionary? A Development Method That Works	Session 7Q Mr. Ted Hammer (NASA GSFC SATC) Continuous Risk Management at NASA
	Session 7B2 Mr. Richard Denney (Landmark Graphics) Blue Collar Formal Methods	Paper 7T2 Mr. Sergio Cherskov (Microsoft) Testing Windows CE 3.0 Real-Time Kernel	Paper 7A2 Mr. Sam Guckenheimer (Rational Software Corporation) Effective Testing for Java-Based Web Software	Paper 7S2 Mr. Gunther Chrobok- Diening, Mr. Andreas Ulrich&Mr. Peter Zimmerer (Siemens AG) Test Architectures for Testing Distributed Systems	Paper 7M2 Mr. Nick Borelli (Microsoft Corporation) Seizing Control of the Development Lifecycle
3:00 - 3:30	REFRESHMENTS IN EXHIBIT HALL
8 3:30 - 5:00	BOFS Hot Topics	Technology Track Innovative Tools II	Applications Track Complex Systems	Tools & Solutions Track Requirements II	Management Track Real Life Lessons	QuickStart Track
	Session 8B1 Mr. Rodney Wilson (KLA-Tencor) Care and Feeding of a Testing Career	Paper 8T1 Mr. Steven Toeppe & Mr. Scott Ranville (Ford Motor Company) An Automated Inspection Tool for a Graphical Specification and Programming Language	Paper 8A1 Mr. Lorenzo Lattanzi& Mr. Mario Musmeci (Alenia Aerospazio) Safety Critical S/W Development for a Satellite Based Navigation System	Paper 8S1 Dr. Siegfried Voessner, Mr. Michael O'Sullivan & Mr. Joachim Wegener (Stanford / Daimler-Chrysler) Genetic Algorithm with Cluster Analysis for Software Testing	Paper 8M1 Mr. James Bindas (Intel Corporation) Tactical Improvement Projects: Real-Life Lessons in Leading Change	Session 8Q Dr. Cem Kaner (Independent Consultant) Interviewing Software Testing Job Candidates
	Session 8B2 Mr. Mark Johnson (OrCAD) Productivity in Small Integrated Teams	Paper 8T2 Mr. John Kent (CISS Ltd.) Advanced Automated Testing Architectures	Paper 8A2 Mr. Matias Vierimaa & Ms. Minna Makarainen (VTT Electronics) Improving DSP Software Engineering Processes from the Testing Viewpoint	Paper 8S2 Mr. Yuri Chernak (Valley Forge Consulting, Inc.) In-Process Validation and Improvement of Test-Case Effectiveness	Paper 8M2 Mr. Scott Young (Affiliation) Them and Us: Communication between Development and Test
6:00 - 7:30	QW'99 Swing Dance Party This is Quality Week's not-to-be-missed relaxing time hosted by Software Research, Inc.. Learn the Lindy Hop, the Big Apple and other swing dance steps from professional dancers. The Swing Cats will teach you the secrets from the thirties and forties dances. No prior knowledge needed. Come to the Club Regent!

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Friday, 28 May 1999 CONFERENCE DAY #3
9 8:30 - 10:00	BOFS Test Automation	Technology Track Data Flow Approaches	Applications Track Models	Tools & Solutions Track Avionics	Management Track Careers and Culture	QuickStart Track
	Session 9B1 Mr. Mark D. Anderson (Discerning Software Corporation) Client/Server Load Testing	Paper 9T1 Mr. Bor-Yuan Tsai, Mr. Simon Stobart, Mr. Norman Parrington & Mr. Ian Mitchell (University of Sunderland) A State-Based Testing Approach Providing Data Flow Coverage in Object-Oriented Class Testing	Paper 9A1 Mr. Jon Hagar (Lockheed Martin Astronautics Company) Industrial Experiences in Establishing Laboratories and Software Models for Testing Software	Paper 9S1 Mr. Alain Kerbrat & Mr. Iulian Ober (Verilog) Automated Test Generation from SDL/UML Specifications	Paper 9M1 Mr. Tom Wissink (Lockheed Martin Mission Systems) Test Engineering -- A "Value Add" Career Path	Session 9Q Ms. Elfriede Dustin & Mr. John Paul (CSC / Freddie Mac) Moving From Conventional Testing to Object-Oriented Testing
	Session 9B2 Ms. Carla Oexmann (ATI Research) Running a Nightly Test	Paper 9T2 Dr. Martina Marre, Ms. Monica Bobrowski & Mr. Daniel Yankelevich (Universidad de Buenos Aires) A Software Engineering View of Data Quality QWE'98 Best Paper	Paper 9A2 Ms. Johanna Rothman (Rothman Consulting Group) Using Quality to Drive Product Development Processes	Paper 9S2 Dr. Ingrid B. Ottevanger (IQUIP Informatica BV) Test Factory (TSite): A Next Step in Structured Testing	Paper 9M2 Mr. Keith Stobie (BEA Systems, Inc.) Creating a Testing Culture
10:00 - 10:30	REFRESHMENTS
10 10:30 - 12:30	PLENARY SESSIONS
	Session Introduction/Conference Conclusion: Dr. Edward Miller (Software Research, Inc.)
	Keynote 10P1: Dr. Jakob Nielsen (Nielsen Norman Group) Facing the Future: Usability Aspects of Quality
	Keynote 10P2: Mr. Brian Marick (Reliable Software Technologies) Facing the Future: New Models for Test Development
	Keynote 10P3: Dr. Boris Beizer (Independent Consultant) The Mavin

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SB	Standby Presentations
	BOFS	Technology Track	Applications Track	Tools & Solutions Track	Management Track
	Mr. Keith Stobie (BEA Systems) Building a Common Knowledge Base of Testing		Mr. Rex Black (Rex Black Consulting Services) Charting the Progress of System Development Using Defect Data	Mr. J.P. Schroeder (Teradyne) Model-based Testscript Generation for a C++ Class
	Dr. Tony Wasserman (Software Methods & Tools) Testing Web Applications		Mr. Reinhard Weiss (Further Inspection, Inc.) Automated Load Testing of DB2 Client/Server Systems

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Vendor Technical Presentations
Wednesday, May 26		Thursday, May 27
8:30	Session VT1 Alain Kerbrat CS Verilog Automated Test Generation from SDL/UML Specifications	8:30	Session VT11 Dave Priest Sunpower Computing Title
9:15	Session VT2 Michael L. Smith McCabe & Associates Software Quality	9:15	Session VT12 Shel Prince Software Development Technologies Automating Software Inspections
10:30	Session VT3 Ara Kouchakdjian Q-Labs Experience Using Statistical Usage Testing at the FAA	10:30	Session VT13 Avi Harel ErgoLight Ltd. Measuring the Quality of GUI Usability
11:15	Session VT4 Michael Bowden CYRANO Push the Limits of Your Applications and Deploy with Confidence	11:15	Session VT14 Eric Bowden KeyLabs Outsourced or Out-Of-Luck
12:00	Session VT5 Eugenio Cervetto Performance Research Model-based performance analysis of an EDP/ERP-oriented wide area network	12:00	Session VT15 Bruce Boes Software Emancipation Technology, Inc. Improve Your Software Quality through Quality Process-Control and Management
12:45	Session VT6 Steve Goodhall Compuware Year 2000: Lessons Learned	12:45	Session VT16 John Okanishi Computer Associates Automating Cleanroom Management
1:30	Session VT7 Manu Das Soffront Defect Tracking and Analysis, Software Quality, and the Internet	1:30	Session VT17 George O. van der Veen Testmasters Y2K Independent Verification & Validation
2:15	Session VT8 Peter Szirmak Information Balance Y2K: The tasks remaining and the challenge of leveraging knowledge gained for the future	2:15	Session VT18 Gerry Ocampo Data Dimensions Testing Considerations for Web-Enabled Applications
3:30	Session VT9 Steven Prothero Intrinsa Concurrent Software Development and Quality Assurance: New Tools and Techniques	3:30	Session VT19 Edward F. Miller Software Research, Inc. Website Validation Technology
4:15	Session VT10 Fred Scheck Interim Technology Beyond Y2K & the New Software Quality Professional	4:15	Session VT20 Dr. Magdy S. Hanna International Institute for Software Testing Disciplined Software Testing Practices and Certification

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Vendor Demonstration Sessions
Wednesday, May 26		Thursday, May 27
10:00	Ergolight	10:00	Cyrano John Rauscher
10:30	Soffront	10:30	Testmasters
11:00	Software Research, Inc.	11:00	Software Research, Inc.
11:30	Data Dimensions	11:30	Intrinsa
12:00	Compuware	12:00	Vendor to be announced.
12:30	McCabe & Associates	12:30	Rational Software
1:00	Computer Associates Carl Heinig CA-Verify: Automating QA with Rules	1:00	Software Emancipation Technology, Inc. Bruce Boes
1:30	Vendor to be announced.	1:30	Interim Technology
2:00	Teradyne	2:00	Vendor to be announced.
2:30	CS Verilog	2:30	Vendor to be announced.
3:00	Q-Labs Peggy Gilbert toolSET_Certify®: A CASE tool for Statistical Usage Testing	3:00	Software Development Technologies Harry Gould
3:30	Performance Research	3:30	Vendor to be announced.
4:00	Vendor to be announced.	4:00	Vendor to be announced.
4:30	Vendor to be announced.	4:30	Vendor to be announced.
5:00	Vendor to be announced.	5:00	Vendor to be announced.
5:30	Vendor to be announced.	5:30	Vendor to be announced.

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