Announcement: Testing Computer Software Conference (TCS2001)

   PARTICIPATE IN THE CONFERENCE THAT WILL LET YOU MASTER THE       NEW CHALLENGES AND DEVELOPMENTS IN SOFTWARE TESTING!   Mark your calendar for the 18th annual event. The final Conference program is available on the Web at:

              http://www.uspdi.org/conference

  Brochure requests and downloading the printed brochure can also be done from this web site.

  The detailed printed brochure is available. You may request the brochure and other information by e-mail to: admin_at_uspdi.org   

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         18th International Conference and Exposition on

                   TESTING COMPUTER SOFTWARE
        Theme: Meeting the New Challenges of Testing

                     June 18-22, 2001
       Washington, D.C. * Hyatt Regency (Bethesda) * USA

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IN COOPERATION WITH: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) SIGSoft American Society for Quality (ASQ) Software Division IEEE Reliability Society
Software Technology Support Center (STSC)

CONFERENCE PROGRAM BY:
Meredith Consulting

CONFERENCE MANAGEMENT BY:
U.S. Professional Development Institute

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Message from Conference Chair, Denis Meredith:

             MEETING THE NEW CHALLENGES OF TESTING Technology for testing and automated solutions has grown remarkably in the past decade. But the question is still before us -- do we have the support from technology that we need? Has technology solved the right problems? Is the technology accessible enough to today's tester? What are the pitfalls of using such technology? This year, we will be looking at the experiences with various aspects of testing technology -- some successful, and some not.

We look forward to having you share your experiences and learn from others. I look forward to seeing you there.

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                     ABOUT THE CONFERENCE

SCOPE AND PURPOSE   The Eighteenth International Conference on TESTING COMPUTER SOFTWARE will provide an opportunity to participate in the leading international conference on software testing. The goal of the 2001 Conference will be to explore which testing technologies we will need to take into the new millennium and which ones we will not. Learn how testing professionals and experts have used advanced methods and testing applications to improve the effectiveness of their testing, reduce testing costs and meet schedule deadlines. Share your own experiences in testing with others. You will be able to exchange knowledge and ideas with people from a wide variety of environments and locations including those from industry, academia and government from the United States and abroad.

  Conference tracks will address topics concerning the management of software testing, the application of a variety of software testing techniques, testing case studies, and additional topics that will introduce more advanced ideas.

  This conference will provide essential information to all who are involved with or have an interest in software testing. This includes not only practitioners but managers and researchers as well.

  The Eighteenth International Conference on Testing Computer Software is where testing practitioners and managers from the commercial and applications software community can learn:

• The impact of increasingly complex software on testing
• Ways to improve the testing process
• Practical experience with the various techniques
• Which efforts have been most successful
• Which efforts have been least successful.

  The conference brings together a set of experienced software testers to share their experiences and what they have learned from them. You will have the opportunity to hear about effective software testing techniques, methods and technologies that have benefited the organizations where they are used.

GENERAL SESSIONS and FEATURED SPEAKERS:

"Real Time Priority and Risk Management for World Class Software Quality"

   by Tom Gilb
"Is That Your Final Answer? Surviving Cross Examination in the Courtroom"

   by Warren S. Reid
"Efficient Testing with a Measure to Select Testing Strategies"

   by John Musa
"Educators Join the Fray -- Tester Training for Undergraduates"

   by Edward L. Jones
"A World-Wide Web of Intrigue -- Deceptive Testing" by Simon Mills
"Wrap-up Session: Conference Reflections" by Marnie Hutcheson

PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS and TUTORIALS (June 18-19) will present comprehensive technical sessions for software testing practitioners:

        WORKSHOPS (2 days)
1. "MITS Test Management Method" by Marnie Hutcheson 2. "Fundamentals of Testing Software-Intensive Systems" by Selim Aissi

        TUTORIALS (1 day)

3. "Overview of Testing" by Simon Mills
4. "Test Planning Workshop" by Ross Collard
5. "The Automated Testing Lifecycle Methodology" by Elfriede Dustin
6. "Test Case Administration: Using XML to Exchange Test Case Information

    Between the Business and Test Domains" by Hans Hartmann 7. "Evolutionary Project Management: How to Get Early Delivery and Project

    Control" by Tom Gilb
8. "More Reliable Software Faster and Cheaper" by John Musa 9. "Software Verification and Validation: An Overview for Practitioners"

    by Steven R. Rakitin
10. "Guided Inspections" by Melissa L. Russ

CONCURRENT SESSIONS will be divided into parallel track sessions, presenting a variety of management, technical and advanced topics and issues.

       MANAGEMENT
Implementing a Quality Testing Framework for Iterative

   Software Development in a Regulated Environment Is There Life After Test?
Managing the Testing of Large Systems
Quality Concepts for Early Testing
Risk-Based Testing
Testing Strategies for a Small Information Technology

   Organization
Certifications for the Software Quality and Test Professional

       TECHNOLOGY
A Message Sequence Chart-Profile for Graphical Test Specification,

   Development and Training
Automatically and Transparently Distributing the Execution of

   Regression Test Suites
Automating Test Case Generation from SDL Specifications Development of a Benchmark for Engine Control Micro-Controllers Eliminating Requirement Defects and Automating Test Testing and Certification in J2EE Development Environments

       AUTOMATION
Applying Simulation Technologies to Manage Test Practices Coverage Analysis for Model-Based Design Tools Object-Oriented Techniques for Test Management Quantitative Evaluation of Automated Domain Testing Coverage Analysis of Safety-Critical Software Testing Commercial-Off-The Shelf Components with Software Wrappers

       CASE STUDIES
Efficient Methods for Testing the Space Telescope Science Planning

   and Scheduling System
Evolution of Testing -- 1998-2001
What Were the Requirements?
Testing Life Cycle of Vendor-Supplied Shrink-Wrap Software:

   A Quality Approach for Managing Modifications The Operational Testing of Large, Geographically Dispersed

   Computer Systems

       REQUIREMENTS
Evaluating Requirements for Testability
Scenario Analysis as a Tool for Requirements Engineering and Test

   Case Planning
Use Cases, Test Cases, and Function Points -- Where's the Fit?

       PRACTICES
"I Don't Need to Write a Test Plan!"

How to Measure Exploratory Testing

       WEB
Web Testing at the Speed of the Internet White Box Testing for Web Applications

VENDOR EXHIBIT of products and services will provide valuable support services and software information to your computer software testing efforts.

CONFERENCE VOLUME: A set of conference proceedings, papers and view graphs will be provided to each participant of the Conference. These materials are useful not only during the Conference as learning guides, but also as useful references when the conference is completed.

NETWORKING: Birds-of-a-Feather Sessions allow you to meet and network with the speakers and other conference attendees, and discuss areas of mutual interest.

Lunch Discussion Groups will facilitate the exploration of common interest topics among the participants.

CONFERENCE LOCATION: The Testing Computer Software Conference will be held in suburban Washington, D.C., USA, a major center for government agencies and educational institutions. The Conference location will be the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Bethesda, Maryland, easily accessible from interstate highways or the Metro subway. There is a convenient subway stop beneath the hotel with elevator access. Washington, D.C. is served by three major international airports. The Washington area also offers many extraordinary museums, memorials, parks and other attractions for visitors.

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For additional information please contact:

Regular Mail: USPDI, 612 Ethan Allen Avenue, Suite 100;

              Takoma Park, MD 20912-5400, USA.
Phone:        [+1] 301-270-1033
Fax:          [+1] 301-270-1040 
E-mail:       admin_at_uspdi.org (Subject: TCS2001)
Web:          http://www.uspdi.org/conference

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