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SoftTest Ireland Survey 2007
- 1. SoftTest Survey 2007
Introduction
This document provides a summary of the results of a survey carried out by SoftTest Ireland and the All-Island Software Network in March and April
2007. The purpose of the survey, which was sponsored by Insight Test Services Ltd, was to identify the areas and topics of most interest to the
software, and more specifically the software test, community in Ireland.
Survey respondents were asked to identify in order of preference the five areas of most interest to them from a predefined list of software quality and
test areas. The first table below shows the rating for each area, indicating the number of respondents who rated each area as first, second, third, etc. A
total score was calculated for each area by awarding 5 points for each first preference, four points for each second preference down to one point for
fifth preference. These total scores for each area are presented in the second chart below.
The rest of the survey refers to specific topics within the broad test areas. The areas covered by the survey are:
• Test Management • Test Organisation/Structure
• Process Improvement • Test Tools & Automation
• Outsourcing Testing • Development Lifecycle
• Test Stages • Non-functional Testing
• Other Testing Topics.
Respondents were asked to indicate their level of interest as being high, medium, low, or none/not applicable for each of the topics. They were also
asked to indicate their preferred delivery option (expert presentation, workshop, etc) for each of the topics. The results below show two tables for each
of the test areas. The first table shows the level of interest and the second table depicts the preferred delivery option.
The results are based on 74 total respondents. However, all respondents did not answer all questions.
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- 2. SoftTest Survey 2007
Top 5 Rated Topics
20
18
16
14
No. of Responses
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
1 2 3 4 5
Rating
Test Management Test Organisation/Structures Process Improvement Test Tools/Automation Iterative/Agile Testing
Model-based Testing Test Strategies Test Techniques Test Metrics Test Outsourcing
Development Lifecycles Test Stages Non-functional Testing
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- 3. SoftTest Survey 2007
Total Score: All Responses
Non-functional Testing
Test Stages
Development Lifecycles
Test Outsourcing
Test Metrics
Test Techniques
Test Strategies
Model-based Testing
Iterative/Agile Testing
Test Tools/Automation
Process Improvement
Test Organisation/Structures
Test Management
0.00 20.00 40.00 60.00 80.00 100.00 120.00 140.00 160.00 180.00 200.00
Total Score
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www.softtest.ie www.insight-test.com
- 4. SoftTest Survey 2007
Test Management Topics
Level of Interest
40
35
30
25
No of Responses
20
15
10
5
0
High Medium Low None or N/A
Level of Interest
Test Planning Test Estimation Monitoring & Control Documentation
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- 5. SoftTest Survey 2007
Test Management Topics
Delivery Options
Documentation
Monitoring & Control
Test Estimation
Test Planning
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
Expert presentation Workshop Interactive discussion Hands-on demonstartion On-line discussion forum
© 2007 SoftTest Ireland Sponsored by Insight Test Services Ltd
www.softtest.ie www.insight-test.com
- 6. SoftTest Survey 2007
Test Organisation/Structure Topics
Level of Interest
30
25
20
No of Responses
15
10
5
0
High Medium Low None or N/A
Level of Interest
People Management/Resource Allocation Career Management/Development for Testers
Professional Development (certification) Managing multi-site test teams
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- 7. SoftTest Survey 2007
Test Organisation/Structure Topics
Delivery Options
Managing multi-site test teams
Professional Development
(certification)
Career Management/Development for
Testers
People Management/Resource
Allocation
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
Expert presentation Workshop Interactive discussion Hands-on demonstartion On-line discussion forum
© 2007 SoftTest Ireland Sponsored by Insight Test Services Ltd
www.softtest.ie www.insight-test.com
- 8. SoftTest Survey 2007
Process Improvement Topics
Level of Interest
30
25
20
No of Responses
15
10
5
0
High Medium Low None or N/A
Level of Interest
Model/Standard based (e.g. TMMi TPI CMMI ISO) Non-model or practical approaches
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- 9. SoftTest Survey 2007
Process Improvement
Delivery Options
Non-model or practical approaches
Model/Standard based (e.g. TMMi TPI
CMMI ISO)
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
Expert presentation Workshop Interactive discussion Hands-on demonstartion On-line discussion forum
© 2007 SoftTest Ireland Sponsored by Insight Test Services Ltd
www.softtest.ie www.insight-test.com
- 10. SoftTest Survey 2007
Test Tools & Automation Topics
Level of Interest
35
30
25
No of Responses
20
15
10
5
0
High Medium Low None or N/A
Level of Interest
Commercial tools Open source tools Automated testing strategies
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- 11. SoftTest Survey 2007
Test Tools & Automation
Delivery Options
Automated testing strategies
Open source tools
Commercial tools
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Expert presentation Workshop Interactive discussion Hands-on demonstartion On-line discussion forum
© 2007 SoftTest Ireland Sponsored by Insight Test Services Ltd
www.softtest.ie www.insight-test.com
- 12. SoftTest Survey 2007
Testing Outsourcing Topics
Level of Interest
20
18
16
14
No of Responses
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
High Medium Low None or N/A
Level of Interest
Nearshore Offshore Contracting Vendor evaluation Outsourcing readiness
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- 13. SoftTest Survey 2007
Testing Outsourcing Delivery Options
Outsourcing readiness
Vendor evaluation
Contracting
Offshore
Nearshore
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
Expert presentation Workshop Interactive discussion Hands-on demonstartion On-line discussion forum
© 2007 SoftTest Ireland Sponsored by Insight Test Services Ltd
www.softtest.ie www.insight-test.com
- 14. SoftTest Survey 2007
Development Lifecycles Topics
Level of Interest
30
25
20
No of Responses
15
10
5
0
High Medium Low None or N/A
Level of Interest
Waterfall V-model Interative Agile
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- 15. SoftTest Survey 2007
Development Lifecycles Delivery Options
Agile
Interative
V-model
Waterfall
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
Expert presentation Workshop Interactive discussion Hands-on demonstartion On-line discussion forum
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www.softtest.ie www.insight-test.com
- 16. SoftTest Survey 2007
Test Stages Topics
Level of Interest
30
25
20
No of Responses
15
10
5
0
High Medium Low None or N/A
Level of Interest
UAT System System integration Unit testing
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- 17. SoftTest Survey 2007
Test Stages Topics
Delivery Options
Unit testing
System integration
System
UAT
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
Expert presentation Workshop Interactive discussion Hands-on demonstartion On-line discussion forum
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- 18. SoftTest Survey 2007
Non-functional Testing Topics
Level of Interest
25
20
No of Responses
15
10
5
0
High Medium Low None or N/A
Level of Interest
Performance load & stress Security Usability Reliability
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- 19. SoftTest Survey 2007
Non-functional Testing Topics
Delivery Options
Reliability
Usability
Security
Performance load & stress
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
Expert presentation Workshop Interactive discussion Hands-on demonstartion On-line discussion forum
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www.softtest.ie www.insight-test.com
- 20. SoftTest Survey 2007
Other Testing Topics
Level of Interest
25
20
No of Responses
15
10
5
0
High Medium Low None or N/A
Level of Interest
Iterative/Agile testing Model-based testing Test strategies (e.g. risk-based approaches) Black box testing White box testing Test metrics
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- 21. SoftTest Survey 2007
Other Testing Topics Delivery Options
Test metrics
White box testing
Black box testing
Test strategies (e.g. risk-based
approaches)
Model-based testing
Iterative/Agile testing
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
Expert presentation Workshop Interactive discussion Hands-on demonstartion On-line discussion forum
© 2007 SoftTest Ireland Sponsored by Insight Test Services Ltd
www.softtest.ie www.insight-test.com
- 22. SoftTest Survey 2007
For further information on the survey or test related activities in Ireland contact info@softtest.ie or go to www.softtest.ie
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