Learn more about ISO 29119- The New International Software Testing Standards

1. ISO 29119 - The New
International
Software Testing Standards
Prepared By : Fareha Nadeem

2. What are standards?
• Guidelines documents as they are not compulsory unless mandated by an individual
or an organization
• Agreements because they should reflect a certain level of consensus
“Guideline documentation that reflects agreements on
products, practices, or operations by nationally or
internationally recognized industrial, professional, trade
associations or governmental bodies”
- ISO

3. What is ISO?
• The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is
an international standard-setting body composed of representatives
from various national standards organizations.
• Founded on 23 February 1947, the organization promotes worldwide
proprietary, industrial and commercial standards. It is headquartered
in Geneva, Switzerland, and as of March 2017 works in 162 countries.

4. Why use standards?
Universally Understood
Confidence in compliant products
Assure Quality and Consistency
Eliminate Variations
Make abnormalities apparent
Conformance and Marketing
‘Safety’ from liability
Guidelines on production
Current Practise-Good Practise-Best Practice…

5. What use are standards?
• Basis for:
• Communication – common terminology
• Professional qualifications
• Certification/compliance schemes
• Benchmark of ‘good industry practice’
• Contracts
• Interoperability and consistency……
Standards describe a current ‘body of knowledge’ that provides
the basis for a professional discipline

6. Motivation for ISO 29119
• Demand for existing 'standards’
• Conflicts in current definitions and processes
• Gaps in the current standards provision
• A Baseline for the Testing Discipline
• Current industry practice is lacking
• Buyers unclear on what is 'good test practice'

7. Standardization Bodies

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9. ISO/IEC JTC1 SC7 – WG26
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TC176
Quality
JTC1
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SC7
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WG26
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IEC
TC56
Dependability

10. ISO/IEC/IEEE 29119 Software Testing
The International Software Testing Standard
• ISO/IEC/IEEE 29119 Software Testing is an internationally agreed set
of standards for software testing that can be used within any software
development life cycle or organization.
• By implementing these standards, you will be adopting the only
internationally-recognized and agreed standards for software testing,
which will provide your organization with a high-quality approach to
testing that can be communicated throughout the world.

11. ISO/IEC 29119 – Structure

12. Part 1: Concepts & Vocabulary

13. Part 2: Testing Processes
TEST MANAGEMENT PROCESSES
ORGANIZATIONAL TEST PROCESS
DYNAMIC TEST PROCESSES

14. TEST MANAGEMENT PROCESSES
ORGANIZATIONAL TEST PROCESS
DYNAMIC TEST PROCESSES
Instantiating Testing Processes

15. ISO 29119 Test Processes

16. Organizational Test Process

17. Test Management Processes

18. Test Planning Process

19. Test Monitoring & Control Process

20. Dynamic Test Processes

21. Test Process Description - Organizational Test Process
• Each testing process is described using a standard template (following ISO 24774), for example:
• Purpose
• The purpose of the Organizational Test Process is to develop and maintain organizational test specifications, such as the Test Policy and Organizational Test
Strategy.
• Outcomes
• As a result of the successful implementation of the Organizational Test Process:
• The organizational test specification is developed based on stakeholder requirements;
• The organizational test specification is agreed by stakeholders;
• The organizational test specification is published and accessible to stakeholders;
• Conformance of stakeholders with the organizational test specification is managed;
• The organizational test specification is reviewed on a periodic basis;
• Minor updates to the organizational test specification are made as necessary.
• Activities and tasks
• The tester shall implement the following activities and tasks in accordance with applicable organization policies and procedures with respect to the
Organizational Test Process.
• Develop Test Specification
• This activity consists of the following tasks:
• Analyze any relevant source documents and the current testing practices within the organization to identify requirements for the
organizational test specification.
• etc.
• Gain Consensus on Test Specification
• etc.
• Information items
• The output of the Organizational Test Process is the organizational test specification. The Organizational Test Policy and Organizational Test Strategy are
typical examples of organizational test specifications.

22. Part 3 – Test Documentation
TEST DOCUMENTATION
ANNEXES - EXAMPLES
Scope, Conformance,
Normative References

23. Part 3: Test Documentation
• Organizational test documentation
• Test policy
• Test strategy
• Project test documentation
• Project test plan
• Test project completion report
• Test level documentation
• Test plan
• Test specification
• Test results
• Anomaly reports
• Level test status report
• Test environment report
• Test level completion report

24. Part 4 – Test Techniques

25. Conclusions
• Parts 1, 2 & 3 published September 2013
• International standard will provide practitioners with guidelines for
testing that cover all aspects of the life cycle
• Provides a consistent set of definitions, processes, procedures & techniques
for software testing
• Will be adopted by IEEE, BSI, ISO and other national standards bodies
• Get involved – through your national standards body

26. For Reference…
ISO 29119 - The New International Software Testing Standards
http://softwaretestingstandard.org/
ISO/IEC/IEEE 29119 Software Testing