November 8, 2005© 2005 SHARP Corporation 1 International Workshop on Future Software Technology 2005 (g) Quality / Testing Ikuko Suzuki

November 8, 2005© 2005 SHARP Corporation 2 Who am I? A software engineer? – for 20 years with Sharp Corp., Japan 12 years CAD/CAM/CAE 8 years in embedded system software design Major experiences

November 8, 2005© 2005 SHARP Corporation 3 Boom? （ in JAPAN ） Textbooks on the software testing have released one after the other Every seminar or symposium on “Testing” has attracted full audience The mailing list of testing engineers is added with new member everyday But, ・・・

November 8, 2005© 2005 SHARP Corporation 4 To be discussed They are focus on “How” – the way of testing Automatic testing tools to find more bugs at lower cost Coverage tools to determine the end of test “What” is more important – What’s the purpose of testing? – And, is the testing right?

November 8, 2005© 2005 SHARP Corporation 5 Thank you very much, 谢谢, 감사합니다 and ありがとうございました