Kiran Marri
Group Test Manager, IVS, Infosys Technologies.

Measurement of Test Metrics – A Point of View

Abstract:

Software Testing has evolved over the last decade. Standards and processes around testing services have emerged from the shadows of the software development life cycle to the software test life cycle. This radical shift in the way we test and what we measure has helped organizations meet their IT challenges and respond to changes in market expectations. The conventional test approach has given way to innovative and out-of-the-box test strategy and management. With the focus on QA gaining importance to meet market demand – predictable quality, shorter testing times and lower cost of testing – there is continuous need to measure and strengthen the metrics in Testing. There is also a strong need to measure Test metrics from the business point of review rather than program perspective. This helps to determine the cost of testing from the organization perspective and help them to control their IT expenditure.

This presentation brings out the transformed test metrics that is required in the current scenario and compares with the conventional test metrics.

• Conventional Test Metrics
  
  
• Metrics for testing phase of the project
• Metrics for the test life cycle
• How much to Test
• When to Test
• Testing is the last phase of the project life cycle
• Focus is on Program Metrics for Testing
• Standard metrics

 

• Transformed Test Metrics
  
  
• Metrics for measuring the quality
• Metrics for business requirements that can impact the client
• Impact of not testing
• When is the release
• Testing starts at requirements and continuous till the release
• Focus is on Business Metrics
• Metrics designed for stakeholders – Managers to CxO

 

Speaker Profile:

Kiran Marri is currently working as a Group Test Manager at Infosys Technology Limited, Bangalore. He is associated with the testing practice - Independent Validation Solutions Unit managing clients in Banking & Finance service domain. He has over 11 years of experience in the IT industry covering project management, delivery and client relationship roles. He has published & presented several papers in conferences in the field of project management, software testing, clinical data management and biomedical engineering. He has won best paper in PML Conference in 2004. His current research interests are primarily in Project Management and Quantitative Test Management.

He received his Bachelors in Electronics & Communication engineering from Madras University in 1993 and a Master of Science by Research in Biomedical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai in 1996. Kiran can be reached at kirankmr@infosys.com

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