TRONDHEIM, NORWAY, January 30, 2012 (Press-News.org) XBOSoft, a software quality assurance services company, announced it was selected by Norway-based Marine Cybernetics to teach best practices in software testing as well as review and optimize testing processes. Marine Cybernetics provides third-party testing and verification of computer control systems for ships and offshore rigs via Hardware-In-the-Loop (HIL) testing technology, which simulates the conditions that the systems will experience at sea.
¡°Once the control system software is in production, fixing SW errors would require rigs to be shut down, resulting in Non-Productive Time,¡± said Oyvind Smogeli, CTO at Marine Cybernetics. ¡°We find the SW errors before the components are deployed, which not only saves time and money but also reduces the risk of incidents at sea. So we need to keep our testing processes optimized.¡±
In September 2011, XBOSoft representatives visited Marine Cybernetics to learn about the company¡¯s current testing methods and processes as well as present recommendations. In December XBOSoft returned to analyze Marine Cybernetics's test plan for a pipe-racking machine, recommend test process improvements and teach seven courses:
- The General Testing course gave an overview of relevant testing disciplines.
- The Black-Box Testing course covered test case design, the steps in test plans as well as Equivalence partitioning, Boundary value analysis and Decision Table Analysis testing techniques.
- The White-Box Testing course focused on internal system mechanisms, reviewed method coverage, statement coverage, branch coverage and conditional coverage.
- The Pairwise Testing course addressed the problem of how to test the potentially astronomical number of combinations of inputs, providing maximum coverage with a minimum of test cases.
- The Test Driven Development course used the motto, ¡°Red (Test), Green (Code), Refactor¡± to emphasize the importance of creating the test before writing the code that the test will check.
- The Exploratory Testing course compared exploratory testing with ad-hoc and scripted testing and then explored its advantages and limitations.
- The Risk Analysis course showed why and how to build a risk matrix.
¡°Updating our knowledge on best practices and having our processes reviewed by a software quality specialist allows us to keep delivering on our promise of safer and more profitable ships and offshore installations,¡± said Odd Haugen, Principal Engineer DP Systems, Marine Cybernetics.
¡°Our short courses provided the basis for many of the concepts in our analysis of the simulation and our recommendations for test process improvement,¡± said Alan Trefzger, senior quality consultant XBOSoft. ¡°Together they form the roadmap that will enable Marine Cybernetics to stay at the top of their market.¡±
About Marine Cybernetics
Marine Cybernetics contributes to safer and more profitable ships and offshore installations through third party testing of computer control systems via superior Hardware-In-the-Loop (HIL) testing technology. The company assures customers¡¯ success in building, maintaining and operating their assets by keeping an overarching focus on maximizing the Customer Value of their software testing services.
For more information, visit http://www.marinecybernetics.com.
About XBOSoft
XBOSoft is an international firm specializing in software quality assurance with branch offices in the USA, Europe and China. With a proven record of success working for Fortune 500 companies and specialized ISVs, XBOSoft has gained broad domain expertise with extended experience in finance and healthcare. Our commitment to software quality improvement is implemented through practical quality assurance processes combined with deep technical expertise.
For more information, visit http://www.xbosoft.com.
XBOSoft Provides Marine Cybernetics with Software Quality Improvement Services
XBOSoft, a software quality assurance services company, announced it was selected by Norway-based Marine Cybernetics to teach best practices in software testing as well as review and optimize testing processes.
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[Press-News.org] XBOSoft Provides Marine Cybernetics with Software Quality Improvement ServicesXBOSoft, a software quality assurance services company, announced it was selected by Norway-based Marine Cybernetics to teach best practices in software testing as well as review and optimize testing processes.