I was just flicking through the programme for the UK Software & Systems Quality Conference ( to be held in London on the 29th of September, 2008 ) and noticed that Stuart Reid is delivering a presentation on the progress of the new ISO 29119 software testing standard.
I couldn’t remember when I last heard anything about ISO 29119 so decided to hit Google to get the latest gossip. Sadly, there isn’t really much to tell. The best I could find was a Chinese website containing a preview of what the new standard covers (which I’ve quoted below – but can’t vouch for it’s accuracy, so if anyone knows anything different, please let me know) and a forum discussion showing just how difficult it is to agree a new standard like this because of the thousands of different opinions held within the testing community.
Part 1 – Concepts and Vocabulary
: Terms and definitions
: Software testing concepts
- Introduction to software testing
- Relationship between testing, dev & maintemance
- Implications of lifecycle models
- Types of testing
- etc..Part 2 – Testing Process
: Test management process
- Test strategy
- Test process monitoring
- Test completion
: Test process
- Test planning
- Test design
- Test execution
- Bug reporting
- Test completion
: Status reporting
- Project status reporting
- Test status reporting
: Test environment support
: Examples (Unit/Integration/System/Acceptance testing)Part 3 – Testing Documentation
: Test management documentation
- Test strategy (example)
- Test project completion report (example)
: Test documentation
- Test plan (example)
- Test specification (example)
- Test result (example)
- Anomaly reports (example)
- Test level completion report (example)
: Interim status reporting
- Interim test status report (example)
- Interim test level status report (example)
: Test environment report (example)Part 4 – Testing Techniques
: Test case design techniques
: Test measurement techniques
: Inspections and reviews (examples)
: Examples of unit/integration/system/acceptance testing techniques
: Test technique effectiveness
I’ll post again if I find anything else interesting. In the meantime, I’ll be getting to Stuart’s presentation early for a front row seat 
Update (28.08.2008): This presentation is a year old, but has some good info and graphics.
