How to apply the IEEE standards to software testing.

摘要

Testing is an important part of the software application development process. To achieve quality software deliverables and to avoid costly redevelopment of program code or repair of bad data, testing must be performed throughout the software development life cycle. This paper discusses a software engineering process to produce a software test plan based upon the (open quotes)IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) Software Engineering Standards Collection(close quotes) guidelines and corporate guidelines. Demonstrated examples of the software testing process involving interactive graphical user interface software and standard ASCII forms-based text are provided. Sandia National Laboratories has a Software Quality Assurance Department which provides corporate guidelines, in addition to recommending the use of IEEE processes. Both corporate guidelines and a specific subset of the IEEE guidelines were applied to the software development projects discussed herein. The rationale for applying a specific subset of the IEEE guidelines for each of the software development projects will be given. The development of the test procedures in the INGRES/WINDOWS 4GL environment (graphical user interface) as well as in the INGRES/ABF environment (Applications-By-Forms, ASCII Text) are presented and contrasted. The documentation of the testing process and results are explained.