1. Lead from the front Texas Nodal http://nodal.ercot.com 1 Texas Nodal Quality Center Update Eileen Hall Kristen McGettigan November 6, 2007

2. Lead from the front Texas Nodal http://nodal.ercot.com 2 Overview Program level view of testing effort Quality Center reports Traceability Defect resolution

3. Lead from the front Texas Nodal http://nodal.ercot.com 3 We are working towards leveraging existing vendor documentation to provide a program view of testing –Visibility into all project FAT cycles Including vendor provided documentation for MMS, NMMS, and EMS Translate existing documentation into RUP-model artifacts Entering all testing results into Quality Center –Using existing documentation to trace test results Working to accommodate all projects existing documentation format –Using test procedures and converting to test case and test scripts to provide traceability for test results –Designate testers to help with FAT testing Test resources gain system knowledge Provide resources to enter results into Quality Center

4. Lead from the front Texas Nodal http://nodal.ercot.com 4 Tools are being customized to support current documentation formats Vendor provided documentation Requirement Documents Use Cases Test Cases Test Scripts Traced From Protocols Test Results Traced From Test Procedures Spreadsheet Mapping Requirements to Test Cases Test Procedure is a Combination of Test Cases and Test Scripts Traced From

5. Lead from the front Texas Nodal http://nodal.ercot.com 5 Multiple reports have been created in Quality Center to track testing progress Testing results per project Active defects by severity per testing phase (FAT, iTEST) –New, Open, Test, Fixed, Reopen Active defect per project trend Active defects by severity trend

6. Lead from the front Texas Nodal http://nodal.ercot.com 6 Nodal Test Results per Project

7. Lead from the front Texas Nodal http://nodal.ercot.com 7 Nodal FAT Active Defects by Severity by Project Previously referred to as Nodal Defects Severity Stacked by Project

8. Lead from the front Texas Nodal http://nodal.ercot.com 8 Nodal iTEST Active Defects by Severity by Project Example Data (Does not include Closed and Deferred Status)

9. Lead from the front Texas Nodal http://nodal.ercot.com 9 Nodal Active Defects by Project Trend

10. Lead from the front Texas Nodal http://nodal.ercot.com 10 Nodal Active Defects by Severity Trend

11. Lead from the front Texas Nodal http://nodal.ercot.com 11 Focus to date has been on requirements coverage of the Protocols; Now additional focus on testing artifacts Approved Requirement Documents Approved Use Cases Approved Test Cases Approved Test Scripts Protocols Requisite Pro Quality Center Test Results 1,729 subsections 3,495 requirement statements 430 Use Cases 7,030 Test Cases 1,916 Test Scripts1,176 Passed Test Scripts Pass Fail Pass Fail Pass Testing coverage as defined in Quality Center:

12. Lead from the front Texas Nodal http://nodal.ercot.com 12 Defect resolution and prioritization will be assessed at the Program Level Defects from all projects across the different test phases will reside in Quality Center All defects stored in one repository allows defects to be triaged on a program level Delivery Assurance Group will assign priority to defects according to relative importance within the Nodal program Protocol 12.3 MIS FRXX Use Case XX Test Case XX Test Script XX Defect 854 COMS FR XX Requisite Pro Quality Center

13. Lead from the front Texas Nodal http://nodal.ercot.com 13 Questions?