OptimalSQM: Optimal Software Quality Management Repository is a Software Testing Center of Excellence

摘要

Development of quality software is very complicated and unreliable task, but the management of software development and testing process (SDP-STP) is much harder without appropriate software environment consisting of integrated techniques, procedures and tools for: a) precise planning (resources, costs, duration, training, etc.), b) software project risk identification, estimation and control, c) software quality metrics and measurement establishment, d) process testing quantitative management, i.e. management of activities needed for software quality assurance in order to increase efficiency of software bugs detection and removal. Our OptimalSQM Framework solution is based on a Business Intelligent Simulation Architecture (BISA) with integrated Software expert tools (Profit eXpert, Planer eXpert, Risk Management eXpert, Quality eXpert, Maintenance eXpert, People Performance eXpert and Process Dynamics Control eXpert) to find optimal development activity combination at the beginning for every SDLC model. The BISA architecture is coherent, balanced and improved version of OptimalSQM (partially defined in our former projects), providing the full service spectrum that satisfy the highest maturity level (4 and 5) of SPD-SPT according to SEI CMM and TMM methodologies. The BISA realization with complete integrated expert tools will offer to SMEs the following: 1) Web portal-repository of the best models and techniques from practice, all integrated into optimized and quantity driven software testing and maintenance process; 2) Automatic process planning based on models for software volume, cost, number of designers, duration, etc. estimation; 3) Environment for computer-aided experimenting based on principles of planed experiment with rules by wizards; 4) The environment for scenario of qualitative software development simulation that allows cost and risk minimization by alternative testing plans choice, which satisfy constraints related to free resources, optimization criteria and performances of a company; 5) Economical model of software quality for SQA activities evaluation of the investment benefit, measures that should be taken in order to improve software process development and testing (SPD-SPT) based on economical parameters (ROI, BCR, CAPEX, OPEX, etc.); 6) Balanced productivity metrics based on Balanced Scorecard methodology an 6-Sigma strategy for constant SDP-STP improvement; 8) Web-based GUI development; 9) Data and documents sharing with standard working environments of team members, like MSOffice and MSProject, etc. OptimalSQM solution aim is to assist with advanced software testing technology adoption in organizations, especially focusing on small- to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) i.e. OptimalSQM solution is a Software Testing Center of Excellence for SMEs.