Working Drafts of ISO/IEC 29119 Parts 1, 2 and 3 Released for Review!!

We are very excited to announce the release of working drafts of ISO/IEC 29119 Software Testing, parts 1 (definitions and concepts), 2 (test process) and 3 (test documentation), through ISO/IEC JTC1/SC7 for worldwide review. The working group worked very hard throughout our recent meeting in Japan, and at the end of the week had finalised our drafts for official SC7 release. If you are an expert in testing and would like to find out how to get involved with the review process through your national standards body, please contact the convenor of our working group, Dr. Stuart Reid, at sreid@testing-solutions.com.

Article date: 9th July 2010

Successful WG26 Meeting in Niigata, Japan

We recently held our latest WG26 meeting in Niigata, Japan. It was a fantastically productive week, topped off by the release of working drafts of parts 1, 2 and 3 of our standard. The meeting was attended by 26 representatives from 12 nations, including Australia, Canada, China, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Korea, United Kingdom and USA. Highlights of the week include gaining a new co-editor for our standard, Ms Sylvia Veeraraghavan from MindTree India (many thanks Sylvia for volunteering!!), and gaining a new member from China, Professor Qin Liu from the School of Software Engineering at Tongji University. Other highlights included learning about the beauty of Japanese culture and sampling some most exquisite Japanese cuisine. Many thanks to everyone in our working group for attending the meetings and putting in the time and effort to create such a positive week, including our esteemed convenor Dr. Stuart Reid, and our co-editors, Ms. Anne Mette Haas, Ms. Sylvia Veeraraghavan, Mr. Wonil Kwon and myself, Ms. Tafline Murnane. Please visit the About page for an up-to-date photo of WG26 at our meeting in Japan.

Article date: 9th July 2010

ISO/IEC 29119 Parts 2 & 3 to be Released to ISO/IEC in November

WG26 are pleased to announce that ISO/IEC 29119 parts 2 (test process) and 3 (test documentation) will be submitted as Working Drafts to ISO/IEC JTC1/SC7 in November 2009, for review by software testing experts from national standards bodies worldwide. These two parts of the standard have already undergone rigorous review by members of WG26 and select experts, and the feedback is very positive. With a simplified testing process model and document templates to match, we are eagerly looking forward to this up-coming release. Anyone outside of WG26 who wishes to review parts 2 and 3 in future will need to contact their national standards body, to enquire about the joining local working group in their country.

WG26 Meeting in Peru

The next meeting of WG26 will take place in November 2009 in Lima, Peru, from Sunday 8th November to Friday 13th November. Anyone wishing to join the working group and/or to attend this meeting should contact the national standards body in their country for more information.

Process Diagrams Updated

The latest draft of many of the process diagrams that are included in part 2 have been updated, and can be found on this website under the page for Part 2 Test Process.