Business Driven TPI®

Alexander van Ewijk, Sogeti Germany

Sogeti’s Second Testing Academy

29 April 2009

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Agenda

• Building on a strong foundation

• The project

• The model

• Applying it

• Questions? Feedback!

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Building on a strong foundation:

TPI® & our testing experience

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TPI® is strategically important

• Thought Leadership>Clients

>Professionals

>Industry analysts

• Door opener for other services

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The TPI matrix

Scale

Key area

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

Test strategy A B C D

Life cycle model A B

Moment of involvement A B C D

Estimating and planning A B

Test specification techniques A B

Static test techniques A B

Metrics A B C D

Test automation A B C

Test environment A B C

Office environment A

Commitment and motivation A B C

Test functions and training A B C

Scope of methodology A B C

Communication A B C

Reporting A B C D

Defect management A B C

Testware management A B C D

Test process management A B C

Evaluation A B

Low-level testing A B C

Controlled Efficient Optimising

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TPI® is a strong fundament

• Keeping the strength of the current model, characteristics:>Specific & detailed>Gives quick insight>Small improvement steps>Practice based

• Feedback collected over the years>Maturity matrix>Certain key areas>Relationship with SDLC

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The project

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Broad expertise is brought in.

• 6 co-authors>Sogeti Netherlands

>Sogeti Sweden

>Sogeti Germany

• International review team

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The project delivers…

• Book: >Q4/2009

• Other products>A tool

>Presentation material

>Course material

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Business Driven TPI® it is!

• TPI-II?

• TPI 2.0?

• TPI Next?

• Business Driven TPI®

>Use of business drivers

>In line with TMap Next BDTM

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The BDTPI book has two parts.

• The model:>Key areas, Levels, Checkpoints, etc.

• Applying it>Business drivers

>"New" topics to testing

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The model

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The model is slightly changed only

• "Enablers" added

Test Maturity Matrix

Key areas

Levels

CheckpointsImprovement suggestions

Enablers

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Testing

• Enablers: An informative element

Bridge with the software process

Examples

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The content has been reworked

• Levels>Every key area:

ControlledEfficientOptimizing

>No more: [A]..[D]

• Key areas>Statements added>Reorganized

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# Key area # Key area

1 Test strategy 1 Test strategy2 Life-cycle model3 Moment of involvement 2 Degree of involvement4 Estimating and planning 3 Estimating and planning5 Test specification techniques 4 Test design techniques6 Static test techniques7 Metrics 5 Metrics8 Test tools 6 Test tools9 Test environment 7 Test environment

10 Office Environment 8 Office Environment11 Commitment and motivation 9 Stakeholder commitment12 Test functions and training 10 Tester professionalism13 Scope of methodology 11 Methodology practice14 Communication 12 Meetings15 Reporting 13 Reporting16 Defect management 14 Defect management17 Test ware management 15 Test ware management18 Test Process Management 16 Test process management19 Evaluation20 Low Level Testing21 Integration Testing

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TPI Business Driven TPI

BDTPI – The Key Areas

* = Removed, since a scope in itself.

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BDTPI – The Matrix

Priority 1: Cluster 1

Priority 2: Cluster 2

Priority 3: Cluster 3

Key Area Controlled Efficient Optimizing Test strategy Test process management Degree of involvement Estimating and planning Test design techniques Metrics Test tools Test environment Office Environment Stakeholder commitment Tester professionalism Methodology practice Meetings Reporting Defect management Testware management Test organization

Key Area Controlled Efficient Optimizing Test strategy Test process management Degree of involvement Estimating and planning Test design techniques Metrics Test tools Test environment Office Environment Stakeholder commitment Tester professionalism Methodology practice Meetings Reporting Defect management Testware management Test organization

Key Area Controlled Efficient Optimizing Test strategy Test process management Degree of involvement Estimating and planning Test design techniques Metrics Test tools Test environment Office Environment Stakeholder commitment Tester professionalism Methodology practice Meetings Reporting Defect management Testware management Test organization

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The matrix combines it all

• Progress as motivator>Fulfilled checkpoints are visualized

• Suggested improvement steps>Clusters visualized in the matrix

>Can be "changed", without rearranging the Levels

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Applying Business Driven TPI®

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Supporting business drivers

• Specific issue recognized

• Detailed for:>Quality >Costs >Lead time

• A matrix for those business drivers can be developed

Key Area Controlled Test strategy Test process management Degree of involvement Estimating and planning Test design techniques

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Example topics covered in the book

• CMMI and SPiCE

• Outsourcing/Offshoring, etc.

• End-to-end testing

• Agile testing

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Questions?

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