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Veranstalter: imbus AG
     
   
16:30-
17:30
Challenges and Trends in Test Management   Rajesh Sivaraman
QMS Quality Management Consulting

 

There have been so many new and innovative methods of software testing introduced in the past decade that it is difficult to know exactly which ones are good, which ones are better than others and finally which ones to select as the methodology of choice to deliver the best value to our clients and business community when implementing solutions and maintenance changes. It all boils down then to understanding what our customers want and need, considering our various options and deciding how to go about actually doing it. Despite many advances in the field of software engineering and quality, we are faced with a number of testing challenges which must be overcome if user quality expectations are to be met in today's world. The presenter will open the presentation with some thought provoking questions on whether we need management or leadership and put it in the context of testing and quality related issues. She will then discuss some of the major challenges facing the industry today such as (1) rising quality expectations (2) mounting security threats and attendant testing requirements (3) increasingly complex and interconnected systems (4) date-driven projects and (5) organizational apathy and antipathy towards testing. The author will outline several pragmatic approaches (including the risk based testing) that she has used to address these issues, and will share her experiences to stimulate discussion around comprehensive solutions to these challenges.

 

Rajesh Sivaraman

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rajesh Sivaraman is a freelance Consultant in Quality Management. Until her retirement in May 2005, she was Director, Consulting Quality Management, UBS Switzerland. She was responsible for providing Test Methodology and Consulting, and for setting the direction for testing at UBS.

Before joining the bank, Rajesh worked as a Managing Consultant with IBM Consulting Group, specialized in IT Effectiveness and Testing. She was responsible for establishing the Testing Center of Excellence for IBM Switzerland. During her long tenure at IBM, Rajesh worked with senior executives of organizations, helping them implement process improvements in the Application Development and Testing areas, using several industry models including the SEI/CMM model. She authored the Full Lifecycle Testing (FLT) methodology, which is the foundation for IBM's worldwide standards for testing. She has implemented the FLT methodology successfully at several large client organizations worldwide. Rajesh was recognized for her contribution to testing with an 'IBM Outstanding Contribution Award'.

She has consulted with clients in the banking, insurance, airline, government, utility, retail distribution, pharma and telecommunications industries in Switzerland, Canada, the US, UK, Greece and Australia. Rajesh has over twenty years' experience in all phases of systems development lifecycle, project anagement, line management and IT consulting.

She holds a First Class Master's Degree in Statistics and was trained by the Harvard University , on 'Teaching with Cases'. She has widely presented in international conferences on the subject of testing and methodologies.

 
 
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