Process Component: Assessment

Description

The Assessment process component is concerned with the process of:

• assessing the progresss and deliverables of the software engineering project
• assessing the adherence to and effectiveness of the software engineering process.

Assessment is an important concern in any software engineering effort.

Dependencies

Depends on the Management and Implementation process components.

Content

• Description: Reviews
  • Description: Technical Reviewer
    • Description: Review the Business Use-Case Model
      • Checklist: Business Use Case Model
      • Checklist: Business Use Cases
      • Checklist: Business Actor
    • Description: Review the Business Analysis Model
      • Checklist: Business Analysis Model
      • Checklist: Business Entities
      • Checklist: Business Rules
      • Checklist: Business Worker
      • Checklist: Business System
      • Checklist: Business Use-Case Realization
    • Description: Review Requirements
      • Checklist: Software Requirements Specification
      • Checklist: Supplementary Specifications
    • Description: Review the Architecture
      • Checklist: Software Architecture Document
    • Description: Review the Design
      • Checklist: Analysis Class
      • Checklist: Design Model
      • Checklist: Design Class
      • Checklist: Design Package
      • Checklist: Design Subsystem
      • Checklist: Use-Case Realization
      • Checklist: Capsule
      • Checklist: Protocol
      • Checklist: Signal
      • Checklist: User-Interface Design
    • Description: Review Code
  • Description: Management Reviewer
    • Description: Project Approval Review
    • Description: Project Planning Review
    • Description: Iteration Plan Review
    • Description: Iteration Evaluation Criteria Review
    • Description: Iteration Acceptance Review
    • Description: Lifecycle Milestone Review
    • Description: Project Review Authority (PRA) Project Review
    • Description: Project Acceptance Review
  • Description: Review Coordinator
    • Description: Organize Review
      • Guideline: Reviews
• Description: Test
  • Description: Test Management
    • Description: Test Plan
      • Guidelines
        • Guideline: Test Plan
        • Guideline: Quality in the Test Plan
        • Guideline: Testing Techniques by Quality Risk/ Test Type
      • Templates
        • Template: Iteration Test Plan
        • Template: Master Test Plan
      • Examples
        • Example: CREG Test Plan - Elaboration Phase
        • Example: CREG Test Plan - Construction Phase
        • Example: CSPS Test Plan - Elaboration Phase
      • Checklist: Test Plan
  • Description: Structured Testing
    • Description: Test Data
      • Guideline: Test Data
    • Description: Test Script
      • Checklist: Test Script
      • Guideline: Programming Automated Test Scripts
    • Description: Test Case
      • Checklist: Test Case
      • Guideline: Test Case
      • Guideline: Equivalence Class Analysis
      • Report: Test Design Specification
    • Description: Test Environment Configuration
  • Description: Load Testing
    • Description: Workload Analysis Model
      • Checklist: Workload Analysis Model
      • Guideline: Workload Analysis Model
      • Concept: Performance Testing
    • Report: Test Survey
  • Description: Testability Requirements
    • Description: Test Interface Specification
    • Description: Test Automation Architecture
      • Concept: Test Automation and Tools
  • Description: Tester
    • Concepts
      • Concept: Test-Ideas Catalog
    • Description: Implement Test Suite
    • Description: Execute Test Suite
    • Description: Implement Test
    • Description: Analyze Test Failure
  • Description: Test Analyst
    • Concepts
      • Concept: Quality Dimensions
      • Concept: Test-Ideas Catalog
      • Concept: Performance Testing
      • Concept: Test Automation and Tools
    • Description: Identify Test Ideas
      • Guideline: Equivalence Class Analysis
      • Concept: Test-Ideas List
    • Description: Determine Test Results
    • Description: Define Assessment and Traceability Needs
    • Description: Identify Targets of Test
    • Description: Define Test Details
    • Description: Verify Changes in Build
  • Description: Test Designer
    • Concepts
      • Concept: Test Strategy
      • Concept: Test-Ideas Catalog
      • Concept: Exploratory Testing
      • Concept: Test Automation and Tools
    • Guidelines
      • Guideline: Test Design
    • Whitepapers
      • Whitepaper: Testing Embedded Systems
    • Description: Define Test Approach
      • Report: Test Design Specification
    • Description: Structure the Test Implementation
      • Guideline: Maintaining Automated Test Suites
    • Description: Define Test Environment Configurations
    • Description: Identify Testability Mechanisms
    • Description: Define Testability Elements
  • Description: Test Strategy
    • Concepts
      • Concept: Test Strategy
      • Concept: Exploratory Testing
      • Concept: Structure Testing
      • Concept: Usability Testing
    • Whitepapers
      • Whitepaper: Testing Embedded Systems
    • Guidelines
      • Guideline: Testing Techniques by Quality Risk/ Test Type
    • Templates
      • Template: Test Strategy
  • Description: Test Results
    • Concept: Types of Test
  • Description: Test-Ideas List
    • Guidelines
      • Guideline: Test Ideas for Method Calls
      • Guideline: Test Ideas for Statechart and Flow Diagrams
      • Guideline: Test Ideas for Booleans and Boundaries
      • Guideline: Equivalence Class Analysis
    • Examples
      • Test-Idea Catalogs
    • Concept: Test-Ideas List
    • Concept: Test-Ideas Catalog
  • Description: Test Suite
    • Guideline: Maintaining Automated Test Suites
    • Concept: Types of Test
    • Report: Test Survey
  • Description: Test Log
• Description: Reviewer
  • Description: Conduct Review
    • Guideline: Reviews
• Description: Test Manager
  • Concepts
    • Concept: Measuring Quality
  • Description: Assess and Advocate Quality
    • Concept: Quality Dimensions
  • Description: Agree on the Mission
    • Guideline: Test Plan
  • Description: Identify Test Motivators
  • Description: Obtain Testability Commitment
  • Description: Assess and Improve Test Effort
• Description: Iteration Assessment
  • Templates
    • Template: Iteration Assessment
  • Examples
    • Example: CREG Iteration Assessment - Construction Phase
    • Example: CSPS Iteration Assessment - Elaboration Phase
  • Guidelines
    • Guideline: Iteration Assessment - Informal Representation
• Description: Status Assessment
  • Templates
    • Template: Status Assessment
  • Examples
    • Example: CREG Status Assessment - Construction Phase
    • Example: CSPS Status Assessment - Construction Phase
  • Guidelines
    • Guideline: Status Assessment - Informal Representation
• Description: Test Evaluation Summary
  • Templates
    • Template: Test Evaluation Summary
    • Template: Test Evaluation Summary (Informal)
  • Examples
    • Example: CREG Test Evaluation Summary - Elaboration Phase
    • Example: CREG Test Evaluation Summary - Construction Phase
    • Example: CSPS Test Evaluation Summary - Elaboration Phase
  • Concept: Key Measures of Test
• Description: Review Record
  • Guideline: Reviews
  • Guideline: Review Levels
  • Guideline: Review Record - Informal Representation