QW2002 Paper 7P1

Mr. Hans Buwalda
(LogiGear Corporation)

Managing Test Products, The Next Challenge

Key Points

Presentation Abstract

Software development is organized around products. Code is produced in source files, data models are based on descriptions and documentation is available as documents and help files. Tests however seem to move away from that model now. More and more tests are kept as a collection of single test cases! Also automation scripts are maintained within test tools and are not treated the same way as other software. Version control and configuration management are likely victims and maintainability gets under pressure. This talk will take the audience through the main considerations that apply in managing tests and scripts as what they are, namely development products.

About the Author

Hans Buwalda, ABT Chief Architect, leads LogiGear's Action Based Testing™ (ABT) research and development, including ABT Toolset™ operations, and oversees the practice of the ABT methodology. Prior to joining LogiGear, Hans served as Project Director at CMG in The Netherlands where he was the original architect behind what has now become TestFrame™ - an integrated method for planning, managing, and deploying software testing and test automation. Hans is an internationally recognized expert specializing in test automation, test development, and test management. He speaks and presents workshops at international conferences on testing concepts such as Action Based Testing, The Three Holy Grails of Test Development, Soap Opera Testing, and Testing in the Cold. Hans authored (along with Dennis Janssen and Iris Pinkster) Integrated Test Design and Automation: Using the TestFrame Method (Addison Wesley 2001). He holds a Master of Science degree in Computer Science from Free University, Amsterdam.