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QWE2002 Tutorial J1Mr. Rex Black Managing The Testing Process: Test Estimation |
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Based on the upcoming Second Edition of his popular book, Managing the Testing Process, and nearly two decades of software, hardware, and systems experience, Rex Black will guide course attendees through a risk-based approach to creating realistic, actionable estimates of the testing tasks required for a project. Using techniques ranging from the informal to ISO 9126 to Failure Mode and Effect Analysis, Rex will demonstrate how to determine what you should test--and how extensively--by developing a prioritized list of risks to system quality. Rex will then use a hypothetical case study to translate that list of quality risks into an estimated schedule and budget via techniques like the Delphic Oracle, Three-Point, and Wideband team task sizing methods, plus the use of historical data and rules of thumb for additional accuracy. Finally, Rex will examine options for testers when they're asked to shrink their testing efforts into pre-existing schedule or budget targets, including risk-driven test effort descoping. Throughout, attendees will have a chance to solidify their understanding of the techniques through in-class discussion, Q&A, and three exercises.
Rex Black is the President and Principal Consultant of Rex Black Consulting Services, Inc., an international software and hardware testing and quality assurance consultancy. He and his consulting associates help clients such as Bank One, Compaq, Dell, Reef, Schlumberger, and others with implementation, consulting, training, and staffing for testing, test automation, and quality assurance projects. His current book, Managing the Testing Process, was published in June 1999, and popular demand has lead to an expanded and enhanced Second Edition, due to hit the shelves around April . His next book, tentatively titled Critical Testing Processes, will be published by Addison-Wesley in late 2002.