Advanced Testing of Systems-of-Systems, Volume 2

2Testing Process

Test processes are nested within the set of processes of a system-of-systems. More specifically, they prepare and provide evidence to substantiate compliance with requirements and provide feedback to project management on the progress of test process activities. If CMMI is used, other process areas than VER and VAL will be involved: PPQA (Process and Product Quality Assurance), PMC (Project Monitoring and Control), REQM (Requirements Management), CM (Configuration Management), TS (Technical Solution), MA (Measurement and Analysis), etc.

These processes will all be involved to some degree in the testing processes. Indeed, the test processes will decline the requirements, whether or not they are defined in documents describing the conformity needs, and the way in which these requirements will be demonstrated (type of IADT proofs), will split the types of demonstration according to the levels test and integration (system, subsystem, sub-subsystem, component, etc.) and static types (Analysis and Inspection for static checks during design) or dynamic (demonstration and tests during the levels of integration and testing of subsystems, systems and systems-of-systems). Similarly, the activities of the test process will report information and progress metrics to project management (CMMI PMC for Project Monitoring and Control process) and will be impacted by the decisions descending from this management.

The processes described in this chapter apply to a test level and ...