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Test estimation includes all the means and techniques for obtaining approximate values for various aspects of testing (e.g., effort required, completion date, costs involved, number of test cases, etc.) which is usable even if input data may be incomplete, uncertain, or noisy. These means and techniques include historical metrics, industry averages, Delphic oracle (aka planning poker), and work-breakdown-structures.
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- Project: Temporary endeavor undertaken to create or provide service or product
- Project schedule (a.k.a., work-breakdown-structure): Hierarchical decomposition of project into phases, activities, and tasks with resources and dependencies
- What makes for a good schedule?
- Accurately predicts and guides the project’s future
- Realistic: All tasks included, accurately estimated, risks understood and mitigated
- Actionable: Clear ownership by committed individual contributors, assigned resources, known dependencies
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As a test manager, development manager, or test lead, at the beginning of many projects, you probably find yourself confronted with the question, “How long will it take—and what resources do you need—to test this system?” Maybe your boss asked you. Or maybe your boss just gave you an end date, and you’re wondering if you can actually hit that date. Or maybe you’re bidding on a project for an important client. Or maybe you are putting together a proposal for a new in-house project, and the stakeholders for that project need to know how long the testing will take. No matter what the impetus, it is important to know how to estimate testing projects.
Sometimes, even expert project managers—especially those who are unfamiliar with software testing projects—have real trouble estimating the time and resources to allocate for testing. Careful application of project estimation best practices is a good start, but there’s more involved than following the rules of project management.
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Length: 0h 38m 56s
How long will testing take? Estimating testing effort and duration is a common challenge on projects small, medium, and large. In this session, Rex will cover techniques that work in both traditional and agile lifecycles. How many testers do we need? How many test cases do we need? How many bugs will testing find? How long will testing take? Those are good questions, but those questions are often hard to answer. In this keynote, drawn from three decades of industry experience and materials in his best-selling book Managing the Testing Process, 3rd edition, Rex will discuss fundamental techniques for test estimation.
Webinar: Test Estimation (2015): 12/8/15
Length: 1h 24m 24s
How long will testing take? Estimating testing effort and duration is a common challenge on projects small, medium, and large. In this session, Rex will cover techniques that work in both traditional and agile lifecycles. How many testers do we need? How many test cases do we need? How many bugs will testing find? How long will testing take? Those are good questions, but those questions are often hard to answer. In this webinar, drawn from three decades of industry experience and materials in his best-selling book Managing the Testing Process, 3rd edition, Rex will discuss fundamental techniques for test estimation.
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