SoftTest Ireland Survey 2007

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.

© 2007 SoftTest Ireland Sponsored by Insight Test Services Ltd
www.softtest.ie www.insight-test.com

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



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



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


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


Test Organisation/Structure Topics
Level of Interest

30

25

20
No of Responses

15

10

5

0
Level of Interest

People Management/Resource Allocation Career Management/Development for Testers
Professional Development (certification) Managing multi-site test teams


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%



Process Improvement Topics
Level of Interest

30

25

20
No of Responses

15

10

5

0
Level of Interest

Model/Standard based (e.g. TMMi TPI CMMI ISO) Non-model or practical approaches


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%



Test Tools & Automation Topics
Level of Interest

35

30

25
No of Responses

20

15

10

5

0
Level of Interest

Commercial tools Open source tools Automated testing strategies


Test Tools & Automation
Delivery Options

Automated testing strategies

Open source tools

Commercial tools

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%



Testing Outsourcing Topics
Level of Interest

20

18

16

14
No of Responses

12

10

8

6

4

2

0
Level of Interest

Nearshore Offshore Contracting Vendor evaluation Outsourcing readiness


Testing Outsourcing Delivery Options

Outsourcing readiness

Vendor evaluation

Contracting

Offshore

Nearshore

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%



Development Lifecycles Topics
Level of Interest

30

25

20
No of Responses

15

10

5

0
Level of Interest

Waterfall V-model Interative Agile


Development Lifecycles Delivery Options

Agile

Interative

V-model

Waterfall

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%



Test Stages Topics
Level of Interest

30

25

20
No of Responses

15

10

5

0
Level of Interest

UAT System System integration Unit testing


Test Stages Topics
Delivery Options

Unit testing

System integration

System

UAT

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%



Non-functional Testing Topics
Level of Interest

25

20
No of Responses

15

10

5

0
Level of Interest

Performance load & stress Security Usability Reliability


Non-functional Testing Topics
Delivery Options

Reliability

Usability

Security

Performance load & stress

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%



Other Testing Topics
Level of Interest

25

20
No of Responses

15

10

5

0
Level of Interest

Iterative/Agile testing Model-based testing Test strategies (e.g. risk-based approaches) Black box testing White box testing Test metrics


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%




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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