This book offers business and IT managers insight into the possibilities of exerting increased business control of the test process: Business Driven Test Management (BDTM). The concept of BDTM prioritises the result and gives the client of the test process (whether a business or IT manager) the ability to manage the risk coverage, lead time and cost of the test process in both the planning and the execution phases.
The book also contains an introduction to and summary of the TMap NEXT® Test Management Approach. TMap is the industry standard for testing that can be summarised in four essential principles:
* Business Driven Test Management allows the client to manage testing on the basis of business considerations.
* A full description of the test process, from test management to test specification & execution.
* A complete 'toolbox' of technique descriptions and organisational & infrastructure support.
* The method is adaptive, making it suitable for use in a range of situations and environments (new development, maintenance, waterfall / iterative / agile, custom-made / off-the-shelf software, outsourcing / offshoring).
Over the years, TMap has evolved into the de facto standard for testing information systems. In 2006 it was updated as TMap NEXT, incorporating user experience and feedback and many practical examples, making it a highly valuable tool for current and future challenges in the field of testing. TMap NEXT is currently used in hundreds of companies and institutions in a broad range of sectors, including financial services, telecoms, government, utilities and aerospace.
In addition to a summary of the methodology, this book features a detailed description of Business Driven Test Management and is therefore ideal for test managers who want to improve the quality of testing in their organisations.
Dit boek biedt de business- en IT-manager inzicht in de zakelijke sturingsmogelijkheden van het testproces: Business Driven Test Management (BDTM). BDTM stelt het resultaat voorop en geeft de opdrachtgever (business of IT-manager) van het testproces de mogelijkheid de afdekking van de risico's, de doorlooptijd en de kosten van het testproces te besturen, zowel in de planningfase als in de uitvoeringsfase.
Tevens bevat dit boek een inleiding en samenvatting van de Test Management approach TMap NEXT®. Dit is een testmethode die is samen te vatten in vier essenties:
* Business Driven Test Management (BDTM), handvatten voor de opdrachtgever om testen aan te sturen op basis van zakelijke gronden.
* Een volledige beschrijving van het testproces, van testmanagement tot testspecificatie en -uitvoering.
* Een complete 'gereedschapskist' met techniekbeschrijvingen en organisatorische en infrastructurele ondersteuning.
* De methode is adaptief en daarmee geschikt voor gebruik in de uiteenlopende situaties en omgevingen (nieuwbouw, onderhoud, waterval / iteratief / agile, maatwerk of pakketsoftware, outsourcing / offshoring).
PointZERO® is a vision aimed at increasing business success by parallel and step-by-step improvement across the application lifecycle, to shorten time to market, avoid and reduce cost, eliminate risk, and reach fit for purpose quality.
TMap NEXT® Testing Clouds is different from its TMap predecessors.
Whereas the books in the TMap series are handbooks with step-by-step
information, this book is an innovation, about testing clouds for the
early adopter. It describes the cloud business model for testing,
Business Technology and steps we took in cloud projects.
The Cloud is still at an early stage, but the growth of cloud-based
computing is outstripping even the most optimistic predictions. Its
early 2011 and almost all forecasts of the most important IT
technologies name cloud computing in their Top 3. That growth is
based on a compelling value proposition: speed to market, agility to
bring forward or retire service, and the chance to move expenditure
from CapEx into OpEx. Although the cloud is still in its infancy, it
is increasingly clear that the cloud model will supplement, if not
entirely replace, mainframe and client/server installations in the
years to come.
The cloud is a business model or platform on which testing must be
carried out just like any other service. It enables convenient, on-
demand network access to a shared pool of configurable computing
resources. It is not only an IT opportunity, but a strategic business
opportunity; it creates the ability to get the business in charge of
IT and change from Information Technology (IT) to Business Technology
(BT). And as the Cloud Era emerges, testing will change! Not only for
information systems, but also for testing the infrastructure, cloud-
enabled applications, and the ability to have instant deployable test
infrastructure. Testing applications on the cloud is the same as
testing applications on a traditional infrastructure. Only what is
tested is different.
