Test in accordance with the reference model for continuous improvement CMMI Constellations

Costs, schedules, effectiveness, efficiency, quality and customer satisfaction are important business objectives for every company that intends to keep its leadership on the market. Consequently organizations adopt models that support them to achieve these objectives.

In a context of continuous improvement apt to address business objetcives of the companies, this tutorial introduces us to how to manage testing activities according to the reference CMMI-DEV v1.3, CMMI-SVC v1.3, CMMI-ACQ v1.3  models of Software Engineering Institute.

In particular, specific practices and sub-practices of the model concerning the process areas of Verification (VER) and Validation (VAL) in the matter of CMMI-DEV model and Service System Delivery (SSD) inherent in CMMI-SVC model are deepened.

It will be also object of the tutorial an overview about the Framework for Software Product Line Practices (Software Engineering Institute) in order to frame Testing activities for Product Line", with the aim to improve, for example, the quality of the product and reduce risks. In this "Product Line" context, Testing activities main features are analyzed:

• help to identify faults that can lead to failures and so be able to take action in advance
• specify wheter the software or product work meets its requirements
• evaluate wheter the product or product component satisfies as required

Tutorial Objectives

• Description of model CMMI
• Introduction to Appraisal method (SCAMPI)
• Areas of process CMMI in support of the Test 
  • Identification and detailn of the important informations
• Framework for Product Line Practices

List of Contents

• Introduction
• Concepts of Process Improvement and CMMI
• Overwiev of the models (CMMI Constellations)
  • CMMI-DEV v1.3
  • CMMI-SVC v1.3
  • CMMI-ACQ v1.3
• Structure of the CMMI and Best Practices Model
• Overview Appraisal Method (SCAMPI – Standard CMMI Appraisal for Process Improvement)
• CMMI-DEV
  • Verification Process Area (VER)
    • In-depth examination of Best Practices
    • Work Products examples
    • In-depth examination of Subpractices
  • Validation Process Area (VAL)
    • In-depht examination of Best Practices
    • Work Products examples
    • In-depth examination of Subpractices
• CMMI-SVC
  • Service System Delivery Process Area (SSD)
    • In-depth examination of Best Practices
    • Work Products examples
    • In-depth examination of Subpractices
• Framework for Product Line Practices Overwiev
  • Software Engineering Practices Area - Testing 
• Case Studies

Biography

Testing in the era of Semantic Web

The new challenges for the tester of Web 3.0

Increasingly we spoke about web 3.0 and Semantic Web, that is its foundation. This half day tutorial is addressed to who want to have an introduction to the Semantic Web world, reflecting its impacts on the Information Society and Testing in particular.

The tutorial is purely informative and no prerequisites are required. This tutorial is divided into two parts; the first part is dedicated to the concepts and fundamental tools:

• The Semantic Web and W3C, the normative (standard) and historical aspects
• The Linked Data and RDF
• The ontologies and OWL
• The architecture of the Semantic Web
• The SPARQL language

The second part is dedicated to original examples of how Semantic Web will transform IT applications, with a particular attention to the perspective of the tester:

• The typical end-to-end flow for a web 3.0 application
• The impacts of the new paradigm on the design and characteristics of IT applications with an example
• The implication on Testing
• Standard technologies in the service of the tester.

At the end of the tutorial some in-depht resources and articles about the tutorial issues will be provided.

Biography

Enrico Fagnoni has dedicated more than a quarter of century to the research and development of the Italian ICT. He built many testing tools and was responsible of important projects, publishing many articles about SW Engineering.

He founded Onion Spa with Gualtiero Bazzana and other friends. For four years he was member of the Advisory Committee at W3C and responsible for Innovation in Alten Italia.

Actually he is the owner of E-Artspace, with which finances innovative start-up and open-source projects. In the E-Artspace labs he develops products and technologies for Semantic Web, Cloud Computing and Data Marketing.

You may contact him via mail at Questo indirizzo email è protetto dagli spambots. E' necessario abilitare JavaScript per vederlo.  or on http://www.e-artspace.com/  

Business Consulting International (BCI) Italy is a company with extensive and proven experience in the promotion and organization of IT events; it manages the publication of the magazine "ToolNews", the website http://www.itware.com/ and conferences - including the ConfExpo Softech.