>SoCal SPIN May 5 Meeting Rescheduled to the following:
>
>
>New Date: Friday, May 11!!!
>
>Same Topic: Software Testing Methodologies,
>Approaches and Challenges: Requirements Based Testing
>vs. Risk Based
>
>Same Location: Building E2, Northrop Grumman, Redondo
>Beach, CA
>
>Same Speakers: Prof. Hadar Ziv and William Higgins
>
>Same Time: 9AM to Noon
>
>
>
>Please see the web site called out below for details
>
>
>--- Shirley Tseng <stseng1@...> wrote:
>
> > SoCal SPIN Fri, May 4, Software Testing
> > Methodologies,
> >
> > Approaches and Challenges: Requirements Based
> > Testing
> >
> > vs. Risk Based Testing
> >
> > Southern California SPIN Meeting
> > Software Process Improvement Network (SPIN)
> >
> > DATE: Friday, May 4, 2007
> > TIME: 9 A.M. - 12:00 noon
> >
> > TOPIC: Software Testing Methodologies, Approaches
> > and
> >
> > Challenges: Requirements Based Testing vs. Risk
> > Based
> >
> > Testing
> > 1. "Requirements-based Testing"
> > Professor Hadar Ziv, UC Irvine
> > 2. "Risk-Based Testing" - The Software Development
> > "Witch Hunt"
> > Bill Higgins, Certified Quality Auditory (CQA),
> > Southern California Edison at San Onofre Nuclear
> > Generating Station
> >
> >
> > LOCATION: Northrop Grumman, Redondo Beach
> > (see "LOCATION" and "DIRECTIONS" below)
> >
> > ADMISSION: Free
> >
> > RESERVATIONS: No reservations are needed.
> >
> > For the most current information see the SPIN web
> > site:
> > http://www.uces.csulb.edu/spin/events.htm
> >
> > ABSTRACTS
> >
> > "Requirements-based Testing"
> >
> > One stubborn difficulty in software development is
> > specifying what stakeholders really want, in a way
> > that
> > is clear and natural enough for humans yet
> > structured
> > enough for automated analysis. A second, related
> > problem is confirming that the resulting system
> > actually meets original goals and requirements, in a
> >
> > way that increases stakeholder trust and confidence
> > in
> >
> > the system. In this talk we present several
> > research
> > methods in addressing these two challenges,
> > including
> > using goals and scenarios for requirements
> > specification and requirements-based testing against
> >
> > those specifications. We discuss preliminary
> > results
> > of applying these methods to several practical
> > examples.
> >
> > "Risk-Based Testing"
> >
> > Twenty years ago, no one would have said you cannot
> > run
> > a nuclear electrical generation plant without a
> > personal computer. Today, no one even asks the
> > question. The question in nuclear now is: "Now that
> >
> > software is embedded in our processes, how do we
> > make
> > sure we are continuing to operate safely?" The
> > standard Software Development Life Cycle processes
> > have
> > pushed their way into the engineering processes and
> > they are here to stay. Concerns about defects in
> > the
> > production environment are causing a renewed focus
> > on
> > what is being termed "Risk-Based Testing," proposing
> >
> > the age-old mistaken notion that you can "test"
> > quality
> > into software. Mr. Higgins will talk about his role
> > in
> > guiding the software practices at San Onofre Nuclear
> >
> > Generating Station (SONGS) away from the testing to
> > a
> > better comprehensive engagement in Risk-Based
> > Requirements Management.
> >
> > Your Presenters:
> > Hadar Ziv teaches at the School of Information and
> > Computer Sciences (ICS) at UC Irvine, and has 20+
> > years
> > of experience in academia and industry. He has
> > worked
> >
> > as consultant and change agent for several
> > organizations wishing to upgrade their software
> > development to include use cases, object-oriented
> > analysis and design with UML, and corresponding test
> >
> > strategies. To this end, Hadar has provided
> > consulting, training and mentoring services to
> > companies such as Capital Group Companies, Fidelity
> > National Title, Logicon (now Northrop Grumman),
> > Experian, Cendant, and currently St. Jude Medical
> > (NYSE: SJM). Several of the projects have been
> > completed and deployed successfully; see for example
> >
> > the TitlePoint demonstration at:
> > http://www.propertyinsight.biz/titlepoint.html
> >
> > Professor Ziv teaches an undergraduate
> > software-project
> > course for ICS seniors, where students employ many
> > of
> > the same tools and methods to develop working
> > software
> >
> > systems for real customers. He was awarded UC
> > Irvine's
> >
> > Excellence in Teaching award in 2003. Hadar has
> > also
> > published research articles in international
> > conferences and journals, most recently in ROSATEA
> > 2006, ASE 2006, and the October 2006 issue of the
> > Journal of Systems and Software (JSS).
> >
> >
> > Bill Higgins is a Certified Quality Auditory (CQA)
> > working for Southern California Edison at San Onofre
> >
> > Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) in the
> > Information
> > Technology division. Bill's background in nuclear
> > at
> > SONGS for the last 24 years ranges from cost
> > engineering work developing cost/benefit analysis
> > for
> > all nuclear plant capital expenditures in excess of
> > $50,000, to database administrator (DBA) for the
> > site's
> > search engine system and the document management
> > system, to Software Quality Assurance auditor of the
> >
> > first in-the-USA Level 2 evaluated CMM process for
> > the
> >
> > nuclear IT department. Bill is the chairman of the
> > nuclear industry's national SQA Standing Committee
> > (SQA-SC). The SQA-SC is a subcommittee under the
> > Nuclear IT Strategic Leadership (NITSL) chartered
> > under
> > the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO).
> > The
> >
> > SQA-SC is the IT Community of Practice (COP) which
> > published the first SQA policy and the first SQA
> > implementing procedure used as standards for
> > guidance
> > for IT under the nuclear regulatory compliance
> > environment. Bill is also the chairman of the
> > Nuclear
> >
> > SQA Committee at SONGS, which as a cross-divisional
> > team created the first over-arching SQA policy
> > (2005)
> > and the first single SQA procedure (2006) followed
> > by
> > all SONGS divisions in history of the nuclear plant.
> >
> >
> > If you are a seasoned IT professional, Bill will be
> > freely sharing with you many items that are not
> > really
> >
> > "new" to you, some items that are recycled, some
> > that
> > are new, but his comments, text, and handouts are
> > copyrighted under his company, Opinions Expressed
> > Not
> > Necessarily Those of Management (c).
> >
> > LOGISTICS
> >
> > LOCATION: Northrop Grumman E2 Presentation Center
> > (in tall building off of Entrance 2), Redondo
> > Beach, CA (formerly TRW)
> > 2299 Marine Ave.,
> >
>=== message truncated ===
>
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