Improves your software testing Focus on the service/product. June 12th 2014

Changes in software testing Increased expectations of quality aspects Increasing system complexity Increasing competition Outdated test tools Need for experts Quality assurance accounts for up to 80% of development budget

Ways forward? Five simple ways to cover most requirement processes (RR) Inspection is better than TDD – but costly Kanban is better than Scrum (50% less lead time, 10% less errors)

Ways forward… Exploratory testing is in many cases better than traditional testing Test design is secondary to the tester itself Simple models are nearly equally efficient in predicting errors as advanced models

Other results… Agile methods are not preferred for organizations not ready for it What is the optimal size for a test group? Measurement of information density provides good predictions regarding errors Concepts from information theory (NCD) are applicable in categorizing test cases

Examples

To empower skills and competence Software testing in higher education Certifications (ISTQB etc.) Other educations and courses ..a need to customize education

Barriers to rapid process innovation ..a 20 year gap The gap for new knowledge to span

Increasing complexity and demands of safety, security and reliability is met with.. ..having more testers? The gap for new knowledge to span

Speed up innovation capabilities To provide research to industry in much faster manners than today Work closer to industry in rapid projects To statistically quantify improvement procedures – not depend on qualitative assumptions! Involve people with mandate to change

The gap for new knowledge to span

Explanea A bridge from academy to the industry Distilling academic knowledge according to unique industry situations Focused to pragmatic use – not abundant theory The Explanea model is applicable to other disciplines of engineering The gap for new knowledge to span

In the Explanea model we believe.. ..in having skilled researchers working closer to the industry ..infusing state of art knowledge into our clients’ organizations by engaging key test people, creating intrapreneurial abilities for sustainable process renewal The gap for new knowledge to span

The Explanea way of working Short and rapid course formats customized to the unique situation of the client’s (Small Private Online Course – SPOC) Focused projects (SIP) Co-development in small cross-company groups Measurement of project impact and further implementation of new knowledge and solutions into the client’s organization Long-term innovation support The gap for new knowledge to span

Project plan Currently evaluating first round beta customers (Ericsson, Danfoss, ABB) In preparation of a new project phase in Sept/Oct Vision to scale up during 2015 The gap for new knowledge to span

Business partners University partners

Improves your software testing June 11th 2014