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Speaker Background Srinivasan Desikan |
Test Metrics and Measurements Srinivasan Desikan — Senior Systems Architect - HP (STSD) |
Srinivasan has recently joined HP (STSD) as a Senior Systems Architect. Srinivasan has also worked as Director of Quality Assurance and Testing at Talisma, Siebel and Agile Software. Srinivasan has held different technical and management positions at Novell Inc, Wipro, and C-DOT and was part of large testing and product development teams. Involved in the testing of products since 1989, Srinivasan is well known to the testing community around the world and has good experience in the areas of test automation, test management, test processes and in setting up test teams from scratch. Srinivasan is Author, Architect, Advisor and Adjunct Professor in Software Testing. Srinivasan has delivered talks on testing in international testing conferences such as STeP-IN (Bangalore, India), QAI-India, ASIASTAR-2002 (Melbourne-Australia), PSQT/PSTT-2003 (Washington, USA), and SPIN (Chennai). Srinivasan is passionate about testing and product development, and delivers lectures and tutorials regularly at several universities and companies in India. He has taken part in international exhibitions such as COMDEX & NetWorld+Interop, and exhibited several products & technology. Srinivasan has co-authored the book titled “Software Testing – Principles and Practices” published by Pearson Education, India and “Software Testing — Effective Methods, Tools and Techniques” published by Tata McGraw-Hill, India. He is currently serving as the convener of the Quality forum with Bangalore Chamber of Industries and Commerce (BCIC) which conducts international conferences and guest lectures. Some of his articles can be accessed at: http://www.stickyminds.com Srinivasan holds a post-graduate degree in computer applications from Pondicherry Engineering College and a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Bharathidasan University. As a hobby, Srinivasan spends his time (Saturday/Sunday) with guest lectures at colleges/Universities/Institutes to promote Software Testing. |
It is essential for test professionals to know how their testing project is progressing and what the quality of the product they are testing is. Metrics & Measurements is a key aspect in both project and test management. Gone are those days when metrics was considered a Level-4 or Level-5 requirement in the quality journey that is to say, only matured companies need to follow metrics. Metrics have become the backbone of every organization and have become a de-facto requirement for periodical project reviews of all companies now. With the Dollar depreciating for some time now, it has become a testing time not only for testing teams but also for top management of many service organizations in India. Companies are expected to be competitive and, at the same time, cost effective. Productivity metrics are looked at as a savior in this situation in order to get ideas regarding how to cut the cost of product development as well as improve Quality. At the time of a product release, it is the right of all individuals in the organization to know what is getting released and with what quality they are getting released. This information helps them to perform their role prior to and post the release to reduce the risk of releasing the product and the released product. An effective Metrics program is expected to give this information to all parties concerned with the context for each role in the organization. This workshop is based on the contents of the best selling book “Software Testing — Principles and Practices” authored by the speaker of this tutorial. Tutorial Contents:
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