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Applying Testing Techniques to Software Process Assessment: A Model-Based Perspective

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Software processes constitute a major asset for an organization. However, in many occasions there are differences between defined processes and executed processes. For this reason, organizations spend time and effort of their resources to find these non-conformances. The use of software testing techniques could be a useful way to reduce these costs. This paper proposes a model-based approach and shows how software testing techniques can be applied to evaluate the execution conformity in a software processes context, and also to evaluate the model designed. A real execution of a NDT methodology process by means of the process model included in NDTQ-Framework (a solution based on this approach that is currently being used in software development organizations) illustrates the final results. Finally, conclusions and future work are stated.

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    ISO 29119 has not been yet approved completely, but they are based on the group of processes already defined.

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Acknowledgements

This work has been supported by the projects TEMPROS (TIN2010-20057-C03-02) and Test4DBS (TIN2010-20057-C03-01) of Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia, Spain, and the NDTQ-Framework project (TIC-5789) of the Junta de Anda-lucía, Spain.

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  1. Aragón Institute of Technology, c/ María de Luna 7, 50018, Zaragoza, Spain

    L. García-Borgoñón & M. A. Barcelona

  2. University of Oviedo, Campus de Viesques, S/N 33204, Gijón, Spain

    R. Blanco

  3. University of Seville, Av. Reina Mercedes, S/N 41012, Sevilla, Spain

    J. A. García-García

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García-Borgoñón, L., Blanco, R., García-García, J.A., Barcelona, M.A. (2014). Applying Testing Techniques to Software Process Assessment: A Model-Based Perspective. In: José Escalona, M., Aragón, G., Linger, H., Lang, M., Barry, C., Schneider, C. (eds) Information System Development. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07215-9_27

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