LEARN TO MEET THE CHALLENGES OF TESTING COMPLEX APPLICATIONS UNDER
HARD DEADLINES AND LIMITED RESOURCES
Mark your calendar for the 15th annual event. The printed Conference
brochure is now available. You may request the brochure and other
information by e-mail to:
·····@uspdi.org
The continuously updated Conference program, with additional information
(including on-line brochure request and registration) is at our Web site:
http://www.uspdi.org/conference
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15th International Conference and Exposition on
TESTING COMPUTER SOFTWARE
Theme: Testing Under Pressure
June 8-12, 1998
Washington, D.C. * Sheraton Premiere (Tyson�s Corner) * USA
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IN COOPERATION WITH:
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) SIGSoft
American Society for Quality (ASQ) Software Division
Software Technology Support Center (STSC)
CONFERENCE PROGRAM BY:
Frontier Technologies, Inc.
CONFERENCE MANAGEMENT BY:
U.S. Professional Development Institute
SCOPE AND PURPOSE
The Fifteenth International Conference on TESTING COMPUTER SOFTWARE will
provide an opportunity to participate in the leading international
conference on software testing. Learn how testing professionals and
experts have used advanced methods and testing applications to improve the
effectiveness of their testing, reduce testing costs and meet schedule
deadlines. Share your own experiences in testing with others. You will be
able to exchange knowledge and ideas with people from a wide variety of
environments and locations including those from industry, academia and
government from the United States and abroad.
Conference tracks will address topics concerning the management of
software testing, the application of a variety of software testing
techniques, testing case studies, and additional topics that will
introduce more advanced ideas.
This conference will provide essential information to all who are involved
with or have an interest in software testing. This includes not only
practitioners but managers and researchers as well.
The Fifteenth International Conference on TESTING COMPUTER SOFTWARE is
where testing practitioners and managers from the commercial and
applications software community can learn:
* Experiences with testing under harsh deadlines or technical
restrictions ... or both
* Ways to improve the testing process
* Practical experience with the various techniques
* Which efforts have been most successful
* Which efforts have been least successful
This conference brings together a set of experienced software testers to
share their experiences and what they have learned from them. You will
have the opportunity to hear about effective software testing techniques,
methods and technologies that have benefited the organizations where they
are used.
GENERAL SESSIONS and FEATURED SPEAKERS:
"Testing Strategies for Death-March Projects" by Ed Yourdon;
"Rules of Evidence: Combining Sources for Critical Software Assurance"
by Charles Howell;
"Improved Testing through Software Reliability Engineering" by
John Musa;
"Measurement and Testing: Doing More with Less" by
Shari Lawrence Pfleeger;
"Avoidable Software Failures and Why We Don't Seem to Avoid Them" by
Les Hatton
"The Evolutionary Project Management Method" by Tom Gilb;
"Conference Reflections" by Boris Beizer
PRE- AND POST-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS will present comprehensive technical
sessions for software testing practitioners:
1. "Foundations of Software Testing Techniques" by Boris Beizer
2. "Overview of Software Metrics" by Denis Meredith
3. "Improved Testing through Software Reliability Engineering" by
John Musa
4. "The MITs Test Management Method" by Marnie Hutcheson
5. "Automating Software Testing" by Mark Fewster
6. "Testing the Microsoft Way" by James Tierney
7. "Software Inspections" by Dorothy Graham
8. "Fundamentals of Internet/Intranet Application Testing" by
Marnie Hutcheson
9. "Evolutionary Testing: The Influence of Evolutionary Project
Management (Evo) on Testing" by Tom Gilb
10. "Testing Java Applets and Applications" by Jeffery Payne
11. "Testing and the Year 2000: Confronting Risks and Alternatives Among
Bad Choices" by Boris Beizer
12. "A New Deming-Oriented Paradigm for Building Quality Software" by
Vern Crandall
CONCURRENT SESSIONS will be divided into four parallel track sessions,
offering a rich choice of management, technical and advanced topics and
issues.
MANAGEMENT TRACK
Risk Based Testing
A Software Development Risk Mitigation Technique for Algorithmically
Complicated Software
Test Management Issues and Opportunities with Automation
From "Victim" to "Victor": The Trials and Tribulations of a Neophyte
Software Testing Manager
Operational Testing of Decision-Critical Applications
System, Operational and Beta Testing of a Real-Time System
Improving Software Test Productivity and Effectiveness
System Testing at Allied Irish Banks
ADVANCED TOPICS TRACK
A Defensive Approach to Testing Systems with COTS and Third-Party
Functionality
A Tool and Language for Embedding Assertions in JAVA and C++
Systems Safety Improvement by Automated Software Robustness Evaluation
Testing Safety Critical Medical Device Software Under Pressure: Hazard
Analysis, Soft Factors and Regulatory Compliance
Generating Test Cases for Overloaded Object-Oriented Programs Using EGS
(Extended General Statecharts)
Testware Engineering
The Application of Mobile Agents to Software Testing
How to Select Test Cases When the State Space Is Enormous
AUTOMATION TRACK
Common Mistakes in Test Automation
Experience Report: Comparing an Automated Conformance Test Development
Approach with a Traditional Development Approach
Automating Test Generation for GUIs
Specification Transformation to Support Automated Testing
PRESSURE COOKER TRACK
When It Absolutely, Positively Has to Be There...
Putting the Fires Out in Testing Hell: The Basics
Testing Under Pressure Requires a Dedicated Team
Software Liability -- Strategies for Negotiating Testing Agreements
TECHNIQUES TRACK
Test Framework for Interfaces: A Pragmatic Approach
Effective Testing for Today's Programming Methods
INTERNET ISSUES TRACK
Is Your Web Application Ready for Prime Time?
Bugs I Have Met on the Internet -- A Case Study
METRICS TRACK
Using Tolerance Bands on Test Related Metrics to Plan and Manage the
"Crunch"
Testing Metrics for Requirements
THIRD PARTY COMPONENTS TRACK
Usability Testing of "Third-Party" Software: To Do or Not to Do?
How to Protect Yourself From Instabilities in Third Party Software
VENDOR EXHIBIT of products and services will provide valuable support
services and software information to your computer software testing
efforts.
CONFERENCE VOLUME
A set of conference proceedings, papers and view graphs will be provided
to each participant of the Conference. These materials are useful not only
during the Conference as learning guides, but also as useful references
when the conference is completed.
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For additional information or registration please contact:
Regular Mail: USPDI, 612 Ethan Allen Avenue, Suite 100; Takoma Park,
MD 20912-5400, USA.
Phone: 301/270-1033
Fax: 301/270-1040
E-mail: ·····@uspdi.org (Subject: TCS'98)
Web: http://www.uspdi.org/conference
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