The Core of Process Assessment for SW Testing and TMMi Case Study focusing on Test Planning

The core concept of process assessment for software testing is discussed based on the international standards and industry practices. Then TMMi test process assessment results of
20 companies and some case studies are presented revealing one of the weakest points of all
at “PA2.2 Test Planning” process.

Then one way of implementing the processes and specific practices will be presented as
an example to cover the point, which will show the participants the value of process assessment
and the concrete way of improving/implementing the weak processes and practices.
 
  Biography
  Wonil KWON is the Executive Director of STA Consulting Inc., one of the leading software testing consulting & training companies in Korea. He is also the Representative of KSTQB (Korea Software Testing Qualifications Board of ISTQB), the Korean representative of ISO/IEC 29119 (Software and Systems Engineering: Software Testing) and primary editor of ISO/IEC 33063 (Process Assessment for Software Testing) and a board member of SW quality certification by MKE
(Ministry of Knowledge and Economy). He is also a member of the National Defense CIO Advisory Committee as well.

As the founder and representative, Wonil is actively involved in STEN (Software Test Engineers Network, http:// www.STEN.or.kr), which is currently the biggest software testing community with over 16,000 members across the country.

He has renowned for his enthusiasm and expertise for his work, and innovative way of his consulting and training. Companies and organizations for which he has served include Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics, Hyundai Mobis, Prudential Life Insurance, SUN Microsystems, IBM Korea, Samsung SDS, LG CNS, etc. He has presented in various international software testing conferences and seminars (such as ICS Test in Europe, Agile Testing Conference in Europe, TSTC Conference in China, Softech Conference in Malaysia, etc.), and his influential training skills lead to delivering training courses in other countries as well.

As an author he has been producing books on software testing including "Practical Software Testing Foundation 3rd edition", “Risk-based Testing Strategy”, "Learn Software Testing Through Questions", "Software Testing Terminology", "Testing Embedded Software (Translated)", “How we test software at Microsoft (Translated)”, and “The Art of Software Testing (Translated)”.