Subject: Computer Science
Title: improving software testing process: feature prioritization to make winners of success-critical stakeholders
Author: Li Qi
; Yang Ye
; Li Mingshu
; Wang Qing
; Boehm Barry W.
; Hu Chenyong
Keyword: Customer satisfaction
; Sales
; Software engineering
Source: Journal of Software Maintenance and Evolution
Issued Date: 2012
Volume: 12, Issue: 6, Pages: - Indexed Type: EI
; SCI
Department: (1) Universy of Southern California Center for Systems and Software Engineering 941 W. 37th Place SAL Room 328 University Park Campus Los Angeles CA 90089 USA; (2) Laboratory for Internet Software Technologies Institute of Software Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing China; (3) State Key Laboratory of Computer Science Institute of Software Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing China
Sponsorship: National Natural Science Foundation of China 90718042, 60873072, 60903050; National Hi-Tech RD Plan of China 2007AA010303; National Basic Research Program 2007CB310802
Abstract: For a successful software project, acceptable quality must be achieved within an acceptable cost, demonstrating business value to customers and satisfactorily meeting delivery timeliness. Testing serves as the most widely used approaches to determine that the intended functionalities are performed correctly and achieve the desired level of services; however, it is also a labor-intensive and expensive process during the whole software life cycle. Most current testing processes are often technique-centered, rather than organized to maximize business value. In this article, we extend and elaborate the '4+1' theoretical lenses of Value-based Software Engineering (VBSE) framework in the software testing process; propose a multi-objective feature prioritization strategy for testing planning and controlling, which aligns the internal testing process with value objectives coming from customers and markets. Our case study in a real-life business project shows that this method allows reasoning about the software testing process in different dimensions: it helps to manage the testing process effectively and efficiently, provides information for continuous internal software process improvement, and increases customer satisfaction, which makes winners of all success-critical stakeholders (SCSs) in the software testing process. © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. English Abstract: For a successful software project, acceptable quality must be achieved within an acceptable cost, demonstrating business value to customers and satisfactorily meeting delivery timeliness. Testing serves as the most widely used approaches to determine that the intended functionalities are performed correctly and achieve the desired level of services; however, it is also a labor-intensive and expensive process during the whole software life cycle. Most current testing processes are often technique-centered, rather than organized to maximize business value. In this article, we extend and elaborate the '4+1' theoretical lenses of Value-based Software Engineering (VBSE) framework in the software testing process; propose a multi-objective feature prioritization strategy for testing planning and controlling, which aligns the internal testing process with value objectives coming from customers and markets. Our case study in a real-life business project shows that this method allows reasoning about the software testing process in different dimensions: it helps to manage the testing process effectively and efficiently, provides information for continuous internal software process improvement, and increases customer satisfaction, which makes winners of all success-critical stakeholders (SCSs) in the software testing process. © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Language: 英语
WOS ID: WOS:000309908900005
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URI: http://ir.iscas.ac.cn/handle/311060/14905
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Li Qi,Yang Ye,Li Mingshu,et al. improving software testing process: feature prioritization to make winners of success-critical stakeholders[J]. Journal of Software Maintenance and Evolution,2012-01-01,12(6):-.
