Testing

Testing Resources

These sites offer additional information on testing products and services.

The Object Agency, Inc. has some excellent resources on object-oriented testing. Be sure to check out their Testing Bibliography.

The Software Testing Institute has all kinds of good information including a salary survey.

STORM from Middle Tennessee State University is one of the best testing sites I've seen yet!

Automated Testing Specialists has expertise in constructing Automated Testing solutions for Legacy Applications on AS/400, Mainframe, CICS, and ACP/TPF systems, as well as for Client / Server (GUI) Applications developed with C++,VisualBasic, SQL Windows, PowerBuilder, etc., and for E-commerce and Web Applications. One of the things to check out is Keith Zambelich's white paper on Totally Data-Driven Automated Software Testing.

Test Tool Vendors

Automated Testing (Capture/Playback)

AutoTester, Inc. makes automated testing tools for Windows and OS/2 applications. Builds structured, object-oriented tests as applications are performed. Supports variables and external test-case data, conditional branching, with both text and bitmap data comparisons.

B-Tree Systems, Inc. makes B-Tree, an automated capture/playback tool.

Compuware makes automated software test tools for mainframe (Hiperstation and Playback) and client/server (QA Center) systems. Supported mainframe environments include CICS, IMS, VTAM, and TSO. Windows, Unix, and OS/2 are supported for client/server systems. Includes Playback test management, which facilitates overall test planning and control.

Mercury Interactive makes WinRunner, X-Runner , Load Runner and other tools for the client/server environment.

QES makes QES Architect, QES/Manager, QES/EZ for text, GUI/EZ for GUI, and QES/RunEZ.

Rational Software has in the past couple of years acquired several leading test tools, including SQA Suite (Team Test, Load Test, SQA Process), Microsoft Test, preVue, and the line of tools formerly from Pure Atria.

Segue Software, Inc. makes Segue Quality Works, Segue QualityWorks, is an automated software testing solution that validates all components of client/server applications--across multiple platforms and releases, completely unattended, with one set of reusable scripts. QualityWorks includes Segue's GO! automatic testing product, QA Partner testing system, QA Organizer for test planning and management, and QA Radar for defect tracking.

Softbridge, Inc. makes the Automated Test Facility (ATF) for the automated testing of multiuser client/server applications from a PC. Supports Windows 3.1,Windows NT, Windows 95, and OS/2. Used for functional, multiuser, business process workflow, regression, stress, integration, load, performance, and limit testing.

Software Research, Inc. makes STW/Regression and STW/Regression for Windows, a suite of regression tools or part of TestWorks multiplatform testing tools suite. Automates and manages the execution and verification of tests on both text and GUI-based applications.

Test Case Generation

SoftTest by Bender & Associates is a functional test-case design tool that validates system requirements by identifying most of the system's logical inconsistencies and all the system's elementary functions. Also aids in project management by providing functional coverage analysis and archiving of test libraries. Provides quantitative metrics allowing manageable completion criteria for the test process.

Quality Resources

Adams Six Sigma Specialists in total quality management (TQM), strategic planning, goal setting, team building, employee motivation, and statistical process control (SPC).

American National Standards Institute (ANSI)

ISO Online (ISO)

POWERWAY (Suite of ISO 9000 compliance software, Results System Corporation)

ISOxPERT (ISO 9000 compliance software, Management Software International)

ASQC, Section 1408 Oklahoma City (OKC Chapter of ASQC)

Information for Regulated Validation

For you lucky people validating medical device software, here are some resources you might find helpful.

Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

The Food and Drug Law Institute (FDLI)

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) - Retrieve CFRs

Paper - "Software Validation for Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Manufacturers"

Test Data Generation

Banner Software makes a full-featured test data generation tool, Datatect, that is especially helpful for Y2K projects.

Logic Works Inc. makes Test Bytes, a test data generator.

Structural Analysis

McCabe & Associates develops and markets tools for software testing, metrics, and reverse engineering. The McCabe tools are well known for their use in measuring software complexity and for structural analysis of software.

Software Research, Inc. makes STW Advisor, for static source code analysis and measurement; establishes and measures quality benchmarks with metrics, analyzes source code and automatically generate test data. Composed of STW/Metric, Static, and TDGEN tools.

Version Control

Mortice Kern Systems makes MKS Source Integrity, a version control tool that gives you change management for a variety of configuration management needs. Combines version control, project make, advanced reporting, security, and audit trails to manage all development changes. Seamlessly integrates into all popular client/server environments and Web servers.

Microsoft Source Safe provides source control for the Windows client/server environment.

StarBase makes StarTeam, which gives you the power to know who's working on and fixing which defects, tells you which defects have been fixed and approved, allows you to attach messages to specific areas of that your team can resond to in real time, gives you complete version control, charts project progress, and frees you to work with developers across the Internet, virtually anywhere in the world, as if they were in the next room.

Requirements Management

Rational makes Requisite Pro, a Windows-based requirements management tool that allows development and test organizations to improve software quality and cut development cycles. Designed for multi-user environments, RequisitePro helps teams understand, manage and communicate effectively the changing requirements of their applications. Integrates with PVCS Version Manager.

Web Testing

Software Research, Inc. makes STW/Web, a suite that supports regression testing for Web applications. Composed of CAPBAK/X for Web, Xvirtual, and TCAT for Java.