CANADIAN PATROL FRIGATE SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE TESTING BY LCDR T.L. WILLIAMS

CPF SOFTWARE 1,100,000 SLOC 223 MODULES 10 YEAR DEVELOPMENT TESTED AS PART OF SIX YEAR AT SEA TRIALS PROGRAM BUILD 36 FINAL CPF CONTRACT BUILD

CPF MAINTENANCE CONTRACT ISSUES GOVERNMENT OWNED CONTRACTOR OPERATED (GOCO) MOVE PGC TO HALIFAX CM REMAINED IN MONTREAL NAVY VERSION 1.0 PROMISE DND REORGANIZATION/STAFFING TRANSITION OF CPF SOFTWARE TO IN-SERVICE AUTHORITY

COMMS TECHNICAL AUTHORITY SOFTWARE MANAGER SENSORS PROGRAM GENERATION CENTER CMSUPPORTTEWA ASW COMMAND SUPPORT TRACK MANAGEMENT QA ADMIN ASSISTANT SMaRT NAVAL COMMUNITY HSSF ORGANIZATION

TESTING “TESTING SHALL BE AT THE SAME LEVEL AS THE CPF PRIME CONTRACT” CPF MAINTENANCE CONTRACT STATED:

NAVY VERSION 1.0 PROBLEMS REQUIREMENTS WORK SPLIT BETWEEN SITES POOR PLANNING FACILITY SCHEDULING VERSION RELEASE DOCUMENT

NAVY VERSION 1.0 PROBLEMS (CONT) RELEASING AUTHORITY CONTRACTOR TESTING AT SEA TESTING NUMEROUS DEFECTS STAFFING/EXPERIENCE LEVELS NO MEANINGFUL METRICS COLLECTED

SUCCESS OR FAILURE? POLITICALLY FACILITY WAS JUDGED TO BE A SUCCESS STANDING UP THE FACILITY –SUCCESS PRODUCING THE FIRST IN- SERVICE BUILD –FAILURE

CHANGES TO FACILITY REQUIREMENTS GROUP STOOD-UP CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT GROUP ESTABLISH INDEPENDENT TESTING GROUP ESTABLISHED INCREASED STAFFING FOR SMaRT

CHANGES TO FALICITY (CONTINUED) MINI-SYSTEM INSTALLED AUTOMATED CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT CLOSER TIES TO REQUIREMENTS GROUP DEVELOPED TRANSITION OF SOFTWARE TO IN- SERVICE AUTHORITY FACILITY REORGANIZED

TECHNICAL AUTHORITY CSST(H) SOFTWARE MANAGER ADMIN ASSISTANT SOFTWARE SYSTEM ENGINEER SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT MANAGER SPECIAL PROJECTS MANAGER INTEGRATED SUPPORT MANAGER ASW/COMM/TM TEWA/SENSOR LINK SUPPORT COMMAND SUPPORT QUALITY ASSURANCE CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY TESTING NAVAL COMMUNITY HSSF(H) REORGANIZATION

SOFTWARE SYSTEMS ENGINEER RESPONSIBILITIES ASSESS IMPACT OF SOFTWARE AND SYSTEM CHANGES COORDINATE SYSTEM STUDIES AND INVESTIGATIONS REVIEW TEST PLANS AND TEST PROCEDURES OBSERVE ALL FORMAL TESTS

QUALITY ASSURANCE QUALITY MANAGEMENT –DOCUMENT, V & V SOFTWARE PROCESS –INCREASE PROCESS CAPABILITY AND MATURITY –RAISE QUALITY AWARENESS AND PROVIDE TRAINING –CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT

QUALITY ASSURANCE (CONTINUED) QUALITY CONTROL –VERIFY ALL DEFECTS AND ENHANCEMENTS ARE DOCUMENTED AND TRACKED –WITNESS SPR CLOSURES, DELTA, AND SYSTEM TESTS –MONITOR SOFTWARE BUILDS AND DELIVERY PREPARATION

CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT HIGHLIGHTS REQUIREMENTS REVIEW PEER REVIEWS TRAINING –247 HOURS PROGRAMMERS –173 HOURS TESTERS NEW VERSION RELEASE PROCESS INCREMENTAL BUILDS NEW TESTING PROCESS

SOFTWARE TEST PROCESS Beta Site Testing SPR Closure Program Debug Shipboard At Sea Testing Shipboard Alongside Testing Beta Site Testing Development Testing Operational Evaluation System Test Delta Test Survivability Test Version Testing

BETA TESTING OCCURS ON A CONTINUOUS BASIS CFNOS AND CFNES INVOLVED DEFECTS ARE DOCUMENTED –ATTEMPT TO REPRODUCE ON PREVIOUS VERSION FREE PLAY

VERSION TESTING VERSION SURVIVABILITY TEST –COMPARES SYSTEM PERFORMANCE WITH PREVIOUS VERSION PERFORMANCE –FULLY AUTOMATED –FOCUSES ON MISSILE THREAT PROFILES, TEWA PROCESSING –REPORT PRODUCED AND REVIEWED

DELTA TEST INTEGRATION TESTING WHITE BOX FOCUS DEMONSTRATES ALL CHANGES FUNCTION CORRECTLY IN THE SAME BUILD TEST REPORT PRODUCED/REVIEWED

SYSTEM TEST NORMALLY STATIC FOUR PHASES –EW/ASW (8 HRS) –AWW/RADAR (8 HRS) –FULL LOAD TRACKING (2 HRS) –OVERALL (6 HRS) REPORT PRODUCED/REVIEWED

TESTING IMPROVEMENT S TEST CELL ENHANCEMENT STUDY –FULLY DOCUMENT PROCESS DEVELOMENT AND USE OF METRICS FORMALIZATION OF PEER REVIEWS AUTOMATED TESTING DEFECT REPORTING DEFECT DATA COLLECTING TESTING/PROGRAMMING TOOLS

CONCLUSION INITIAL TESTING POOR TRYING TO DO TOO MUCH AT ONCE TESTING PROCESS NOW IN PLACE OBTAINING REPEATABLE RESULTS FINE TUNING PROCESS STAGE