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- Subject: Quality Week '96 (http://www.soft.com/QualWeek/)
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- *********************************************************************
- Ninth International Software Quality Week (QW'96)
- *********************************************************************
-
- 21-24 May 1996
- Sheraton Palace Hotel, San Francisco, California
- Conference Theme: Process Convergence
-
- CONFERENCE THEME: QUALITY PROCESS CONVERGENCE
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- Advances in technology have swept the computing industry to new heights of
- innovation. The astonishing growth of the InterNet and the WWW, the
- maturation of client-server technology, and the emerging developments with C++
- and Sun's Java Language (tm) are two illustrations of the rapid deployment we
- are seeing the 1990s. For software quality to keep track existing methods,
- approaches and tools have to be thought of in well-structured ``process
- models'' that apply quality control and test methods in a reasoned, practical
- way. Quality Process Convergence - making sure that applied quality
- techniques produce real results at acceptable costs - is the key to success.
- The Ninth International Software Quality Week focuses on software testing,
- analysis, evaluation and review methods that support and enable process
- thinking. Quality Week '96 brings the best quality industry thinkers and
- practitioners together to help you keep the competitive edge.
-
- CONFERENCE SPONSORS
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- The QW'96 Conference is sponsored by SR/Institute, in cooperation the IEEE
- Computer Society (Technical Council on Software Engineering) and in
- cooperation with the ACM.
-
- TECHNCIAL PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- The Pre-Conference Tutorial Day offers expert insights on ten key topic areas.
- The Keynote presentations give unique perspectives on trends in the field and
- recent technical developments in the community, and offer conclusions and
- recommendations to attendees.
-
- The General Conference offers four track presentations, mini-tutorials and a
- debate:
-
- Technical Track Topics include:
- OO Testing
- Specifications
- Ada
- Statistical Methods
- Rule-Based Testing
- Class Testing
- Testability
-
- Applications Track Topics include:
- Decision Support
- Mission-Critical
- Innovative Process
- Internal Risk
- GUI Testing
- New Approaches
-
- Management Track Topics include:
- QA Delivery
- Testing Topics
- Process Improvement - I
- Process Improvement - II
- Metrics to Reduce Risk
- Process Improvement III
- Success Stories
-
- Quick-Start Mini-Tutorial Track includes:
- An Overview of Model Checking
- Software Reliability Engineered Testing Overview
- Teaching Testers: Obstacles and Ideas
- Testing Object-Oriented Software: A Hierarchical Approach
- Best Current Practices in Software Quality
- A History of Software Testing and Verification
- Software Testing: Can We Ship It Yet?
-
-
- Q U A L I T Y W E E K ' 9 6
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- C O N F E R E N C E P R O G R A M
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
- TUESDAY, 21 MAY 1996 (TUTORIAL DAY)
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- Tutorial Day offers ten lectures in two time slots on current issues and
- technologies. You can choose one tutorial from each of the two time slots.
-
- Tuesday, 21 May 1996, 8:30 - 12:00 -- AM Half-Day Tutorials
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
- Mr. Robert V. Binder (RBSC Corporation) "Object-Oriented System Testing: The
- FREE Approach (Tutorial A)"
-
- This tutorial presents a complete and coherent approach to system testing
- based on object-oriented software requirements. Participants will learn how
- to develop an efficient and effective system test plan from use cases,
- scenarios and object-interaction diagrams.
-
- Dr. Boris Beizer (ANALYSIS) "An Overview Of Testing Unit, Integration, System
- (Tutorial B)"
-
- This overview of software testing introduces newcomers to software testing
- to the technical and conceptual vocabulary of testing in order to prepare
- them to understand the conference material. In the past, this has been one
- of the most popular pre-conference tutorials. It assumes only basic
- programming knowledge and no prior experience with formal testing methods.
- It is updated each year to assure currency.
-
- Dr. Walt Scacchi (University of Southern California) "Understanding Software
- Productivity (Tutorial C)"
-
-
- Mr. Lech Krzanik (CCC Software Professionals Oy) "BOOTSTRAP: A European
- Software Process Assessment and Improvement Method (Tutorial D)"
-
- BOOTSTRAP, which was developed based on the experience of SEI and ISO
- 9001/9000-3, is expected to become the first complete, widely used
- methodology and tool suite for process assessment and improvement to become
- fully SPICE compatible (SPICE, Software Process Improvement and Capability
- determination, is an ISO standard initiative to be published next year).
- Against the background of an up-to-date comparative review of the
- principles and practices of other software process assessment and
- improvement approaches, the BOOTSTRAP methodology, tools and experiences
- are demonstrated.
-
- Mr. John D. Musa (AT&T Bell Labs) "Software Reliability Engineered Testing
- (Tutorial E)"
-
- Software-reliability-engineered testing (SRET) is engineered to test
- software as efficiently and reliably as possible. This tutorial teaches
- the major activities of SRET: developing an operational profile, defining
- "failure" with severity classes, setting system failure intensity
- objectives, allocating system failure intensity objectives among
- components, certifying failure intensities of acquired software components,
- testing the system to the failure intensity objectives, and rehearsing
- customer acceptance tests.
-
- Tuesday, 21 May 1996, 1:30 - 5:00 -- PM Half-Day Tutorials
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- Mr. Hans-Ludwig Hausen (GMD Gesellschaft fur Mathematik und Datenverarbeitung
- mbH) "Software Quality Evaluation and Certification (Tutorial F)"
-
- This tutorial will make the attendees aware of the development of the
- technology of software quality evaluation and certification, and provide
- them with practical approaches to the problem of quality. The results and
- findings of several European projects on software quality and productivity
- are presented specifically to meet the needs of software managers and
- developers.
-
- Dr. Norman F. Schneidewind (Naval Postgraduate School) "Software Reliability
- Engineering for Client-Server Systems (Tutorial G)"
-
- This tutorial addresses the increasing use of multi-node client- server and
- distributed systems, in which software entities executing on multiple nodes
- must be modeled as systems if realistic reliability predictions and
- assessments are to be made. The following topics are covered: specifying
- client-server software reliability requirements, identifying critical and
- noncritical client and server functions; specifying a client- server
- architecture to meet software reliability requirements; modeling and
- predicting client-server software reliability, and integrating modeling and
- prediction with software testing of client-server systems.
-
- Mr. William J. Deibler, Mr. Bob Bamford (Software Systems Quality Consulting)
- "Models for Software Quality -- Comparing the SEI Capability Maturity Model
- (CMM) to ISO 9001 (Tutorial H)"
-
- Based on an in-depth analysis of the relationship between ISO 9001 and the
- SEI CMM, this course provides overviews and detailed examinations of both
- models. Participants will learn to determine criteria for applying each
- model to the engineering practices of a particular organization; to
- understand how ISO 9000-3 supports the application of each clause in
- practice; to avoid time-consuming misinterpretations; to organize the Key
- Process Areas in Version 1.1 of the CMM; to define areas of overlap and
- difference between the two models; and to anticipate the impact of specific
- quality assessment programs.
-
- Mr. Dan Craigen, Mr. Ted Ralston (ORA Canada) "An Overview of Formal Methods
- (Tutorial I)"
-
- This tutorial provides a high-level briefing about Formal Methods, without
- focusing on mathematical minutiae or parochial arguments about which formal
- method is "best." Formal Methods can be used to extend our capability to
- predict the behavior of systems and to complement the analyses of
- conventional approaches to software quality (testing and inspection). The
- tutorial presents the basic concepts of Formal Methods. Some major
- successes of Formal Methods in industry are summarized, and popular myths
- are addressed. The overview of the capabilities of the technology includes
- what is currently feasible and what is being investigated. The tutorial
- concludes with guidance about how to get started with Formal Methods and
- where to find further resources.
-
- Mr. Tom Gilb (Independent Consultant) "Software Inspection (Tutorial J)"
-
- This tutorial focuses on correcting misconceptions about software
- inspection and on updating participants to a more advanced level of
- practice. Advances made over the last 20 years will be discussed, and
- participants will hear how to get the most out of inspections, how to move
- on from our present state of inspections, and whether inspections relate to
- tests as complement or as competition.
-
- 22-24 MAY 1996 -- QUALITY WEEK '96 CONFERENCE
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- Wednesday, 22 May 1996, 8:30 - 12:00 -- OPENING KEYNOTES
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
- Mr. Walter Ellis (Or Equivalent) (Software Process and Metrics) "NSC: A
- Prospectus And Status Report (Keynote) (1-1)"
-
- Mr. Tom Gilb (Independent Consultant) "The `Result Method' for Quality
- Process Convergence (Keynote) (1-2)"
-
- Prof. Leon Osterweil (University of Massachusetts Amherst) "Perpetually
- Testing Software (Keynote) (1-3)"
-
- Dr. Watts Humphrey (Carnegie Mellon University) "What if Your Life Depended
- on Software?" (Keynote) (1-4)"
-
- Wednesday, 22 May 1996, 1:30 - 5:00 -- PM Parallel Tracks
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- TECHNOLOGY TRACK
-
- Mr. T. Ashok, Mr. K. Rangaraajan, Mr. P. Eswar (VeriFone Inc.) "Retesting
- C++ Classes (2T1)"
-
- Mr. John D. McGregor, Mr. Anuradha Kare (Department of Computer Science,
- Clemson University) "PACT: An Architecture for Object-Oriented Component
- Testing (2T2)"
-
- Mr. Shane McCarron (X/Open Company Ltd.) "The Assertion Definition
- Language Project: A tool for Automated Test and Documentation Generation
- (2T3)"
-
- Mr. Daniel Jackson (Carnegie Mellon University) "New Technology For
- Checking Software Specifications (2T4)"
-
- APPLICATIONS TRACK
-
- Prof. Vic Basili, Mr. Zhijun Zhang (University of Maryland) "A Framework
- for Collecting and Analyzing Usability Data (2A1)"
-
- Dr. Peter Liggesmeyer (Siemens AG) "Selecting Test Methods, Techniques,
- Metrics, and Tools Using Systematic Decision Support (2A2)"
-
- Mr. Lorenzo Lattanzi, Mr. Francesco Piazza (Alenia Spazio) "Testing of a
- Mission Critical Real-Time Software for Space Application" (2A3)"
-
- Dr. Jacob Slonim, Mr. Michael Bauer, Ms. Jillian Ye (IBM Canada Lab)
- "Structural Measurement of Functional Testing: A Case Study in an
- Industrial Setting (2A4)"
-
- MANAGEMENT TRACK
-
- Mr. Dave Duchesneau, Mr. Jay G. Ahlbeck (The Boeing Company) "The Secret to
- Installing Valued-Added SQA (2M1)"
-
- Dr. Walt Scacchi (University of Southern California) "Knowledge-Based
- Software Process (Re)Engineering (2M2)"
-
- This tutorial examines what is currently known and unknown about
- software productivity through: (a) review and comparative analysis of
- published empirical studies and measures of software productivity, and
- what affects it; as a basis for (b) synthesizing what can be done to
- better measure, understand and improve software productivity.
-
- Mr. Tilmann Bruckhaus (School of Computer Science) "How Tools, Project
- Size and Development Process Affect Productivity (2M3)"
-
- Mr. Otto Vinter (Bruel & Kjaer) "Experience-Driven Process Improvement
- Boosts Software Quality (2M4)"
-
- QUICK START TRACK MINI-TUTORIALS
-
- Mr. Daniel Jackson (Carnegie Mellon University) "An Overview of Model
- Checking (Q2)"
-
- Mr. John D. Musa (AT&T Bell Labs) "Software Reliability Engineered
- Testing Overview (Q1)"
-
- Thursday, 23 May 1996, 8:30 - 12:00 -- AM Parallel Tracks
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- TECHNOLOGY TRACK
-
- Mr. Franco Mazzanti, Mr. Consolata Marzullo (IEI-CNR) "The Need and
- Feasibility of the Static Detection of Erroneous Executions in Ada95
- (3T1)"
-
- Dr. Sandro Morasca, Mr. Mauro Pezze, Mr. Sergio Silva (Departimento di
- Elettronica e Informazione Politecnico di Milano) "Mutation Analysis For
- Concurrent ADA Programs (3T2)"
-
- Mr. Joseph Huey-Der Chu, Mr. John Dobson (University Of Newcastle upon
- Tyne) "A Statistics-Based Framework for Automated Software Testing
- (3T3)"
-
- Ms. Gwendolyn Walton, Mr. James A. Whittaker (University Of Central
- Florida (will be President Software Engineering Technologies))
- ""Software Technology Based On A Usage Model (3T4)"
-
- APPLICATIONS TRACK
-
- Mr. Michael Deck (Cleanroom Software Engineering, Inc.) "Cleanroom
- Practice: A Theme and Variations (3A1)"
-
- Ms. Ilene Burnstein, Mr. Taratip Suwannasart, Mr. C. Robert Carlson
- (Illinois Institute Of Technology) "The Development of a Testing
- Maturity Model (3A2)"
-
- Mr. Jarrett Rosenberg (Sun Microsystems) "Linking Internal and External
- Quality Measures (3A3)"
-
- Mr. Staale Amland (Avenir A.S.) "Risk Based Testing of Large Financial
- Application (3A4)"
-
- MANAGEMENT TRACK
-
- Mr. Chuck House (Centerline Software) "The Development Dilemma of the
- SEI Model Case Studies in Software Process Improvement (3M1)"
-
- Ms. Barb Denny (Rockwell - Collins Commercial Avionics) "Achieving ISO-
- 9001: A Software Prospective (3M2)"
-
- Captain Brian G. Hermann (U.S. Air Force) "Software Maturity Evaluation:
- When Is Software Ready for Operational Testing or Fielding? (3M3)"
-
- Mr. Robert A. Martin, Ms. Mary T. Drozd (The Mitre Corporation) "Using
- Product Quality and Level of Integration to Assess Software Engineering
- Capability and Focus Process Improvement (3M4)"
-
- QUICK START TRACK MINI-TUTORIALS
-
- Mr. James Bach (STL) "Teaching Testers: Obstacles and Ideas (Q3)"
-
- Mr. Shel Siegel (Objective Quality Inc.) "Testing Object Oriented SW: A
- Hierarchical Approach (Q4)"
-
- Thursday, 23 May 1996, 8:30 - 12:00 -- PM Parallel Tracks
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- TECHNOLOGY TRACK
-
- Dr. Alberto Avritzer, Dr. Elaine Weyuker (AT&T Bell Labs ) "Testing a
- Rule-Based System (4T1)"
-
- Ms. Valerie Barr (Hofstra University) "Rule-Based System Testing with
- Control and Data Flow Techniques (4T2)"
-
- Dr. T. H. Tse, Mr. Zhinong Xu (University Of Hong Kong) "Test Case
- Generation for Class-Level Object-Oriented Testing (4T3)"
-
- Mr. Biju Nair, Kenneth R. Gulledge, Ramona F. Lingevitch (SAFCO
- Corporation) "Using OLE Automation for Efficiently Automating Software
- Testing (4T4)"
-
- APPLICATIONS TRACK
-
- Prof. Lee J. White (Case Western Reserve University) "Automated GUI
- Testing for Static or Dynamic Interactions (4A1)"
-
- Ms. Carolyn L. Fairbank (The Maryland Insurance Group) "Moving up to
- Test Automation - Mainframe to GUI (4A2)"
-
- Dr. Boris Beizer, Mr. Tom Gilb (Independent Consultants) "Testing Vs.
- Inspection -- THE GREAT DEBATE (4A3)"
-
- MANAGEMENT TRACK
-
- Mr Steven L. Dodge (Naval Surface Warfare Center Division "Focusing
- Testing Efforts: Software Metrics in Test Planning (4M1)"
-
- Ms. Johanna Rothman (Rothman Consulting Group) "Measurements to Reduce
- Risk in Product Ship Decisions (4M2)"
-
- Dr. Bob Birss (Moderator), Mr. Robert Hodges, Mr. Cem Kaner, Mr. Brian
- Marick, Ms. Melora Svoboda (AT&T Bell Laboratories) "How To Save Time
- And Money In Testing: A PANEL DISCUSSION (4M3)"
-
- Dr. Matthias Grochtmann (Daimler-Benz AG) "Testing Software is Okay; But
- Testing Machines is Fun Too (4M4)"
-
- QUICK START TRACK MINI-TUTORIALS
-
- Mr. Tom Drake (NSA Software Engineering Center) "Best Current Practices
- In Software Quality Engineering (Q5)"
-
- Prof. Leon Osterweil, Dan Craigen (University of Massachusetts Amherst)
- "A History of Software Testing and Verification (Q6)"
-
- Friday, 24 May 1996, 8:30 - 10:00 -- AM Parallel Tracks
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- TECHNOLOGY TRACK
-
- Prof. Antonia Bertolino & Lorenzo Strigini (IEI-CNR) "Predicting
- Software Reliability From Testing Taking Into Account Other Knowledge
- About a Program (5T1)"
-
- Mr. Bernd Otto (CondaMs. t GmbH Berlin) "Design For Testable
- Telecommunications Software -- A Practical Approach (5T2)"
-
- APPLICATIONS TRACK
-
- Mr. William (Bill) Farr (Naval Surface Warfare Center Defense Division)
- "A Tool For Software Reliability Assessment (5A1)"
-
- Mr. Shankar L. Chakrabarti, Mr. Rajeev Pandey (Hewlett-Packard Company)
- "Testing The WEB We Weave (5A2)"
-
- MANAGEMENT TRACK
-
- Mr. Roger Drabick (Eastman Kodak Company) "Testing Experiences on an
- Imaging Program (5M1)"
-
- Mr. Bret Pettichord (BMC Software, Inc.) "Success with Automation
- Testing (5M2)"
-
- QUICK START TRACK MINI-TUTORIALS
-
- Mr. Roger W. Sherman, Mr. Stuart Jenine (Microsoft Corporation)
- "Software Testing: Can We Ship It Yet? (Q7)"
-
- Friday, 24 May 1996, 10:30 - 1:00 -- CLOSING KEYNOTES
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
- Mr. Guenther R. Koch (European Software Institute) "The European
- Software Institute As A Change Agent (KEYNOTE) (6-1)"
-
- Mr. Clark Savage Turner (Software Engineering Testing) "Legal
- Sufficiency of Safety-Critical Testing Process (Keynote) (6-2)"
-
- Dr. Boris Beizer (ANALYSIS) "Software *is* Different KEYNOTE (6-3)"
-
- Dr. Edward Miller (Software Research) "Conference Conclusion"
-
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- INTERNATIONAL SOFTWARE QUALITY WEEK `96 (QW '96)
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- R E G I S T R A T I O N F O R Q U A L I T Y W E E K
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-
- Conference Theme: The Client-Server Revolution
- San Francisco, California 21 - 24 May 1996
-
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-
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-
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