BigLever Software Announces New Program to Enable Quality Assurance as a Strategic Element of the Systems and Software Product Line Development Lifecycle.New Three-Point Program Provides a Pragmatic Methodology, Open Source Testing Integration Strategies and a Bridge Solution for Integrating Jazz([TM])-based IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) ([R]) Rational([R]) Quality Manager into BigLever's Software Product Line Lifecycle Framework([TM]) AUSTIN, Texas -- BigLever Software([TM]), an industry-leading provider of software product line (SPL (1) (Systems Programming Language) The assembly language for the HP 3000 series. See assembly language for an SPL program example. (2) (Structured Programming Language) See structured programming. 1. ) development framework, tools and services, announced today a three-point program aimed at bringing quality assurance (QA) to complementary status with specification, design and implementation, as a strategic element of the systems and software product line development lifecycle. By addressing testing, verification and validation Verification and Validation (V&V) is the process of checking that a product, service, or system meets specifications and that it fulfills its intended purpose. These are critical components of a quality management system such as ISO 9000. issues in tandem Adv. 1. in tandem - one behind the other; "ride tandem on a bicycle built for two"; "riding horses down the path in tandem" tandem with product design and development, organizations can eliminate key bottlenecks that inhibit the product line development and delivery process. As a result, companies can realize the full benefit of SPL approaches to bring more new products and product features to market faster and more efficiently, while increasing overall product quality. BigLever's industry-leading Gears SPL Lifecycle Framework provides the underlying capabilities companies need to integrate and leverage tools and assets across the full product line development lifecycle. With the new BigLever program, development organizations can create a configurable collection of test cases based on product line diversity and then manage those assets in tandem with other product line assets - such as requirements, models, and source code - to create and evolve a product line portfolio, smoothly and efficiently, through each stage of the lifecycle. This approach is epitomized by BigLever's integration of IBM Rational Quality Manager into the SPL Lifecycle Framework, which allows test suites to be automatically configured according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. product features within a product line. "Businesses are looking to new approaches and methodologies, like software product lines Software Product Lines, or software product line development, refers to engineering methods, tools and techniques for creating a collection of similar software systems from a shared set of software assets using a common means of production. , to improve the way they deliver and maintain new and related software product ranges - as well as to innovate and diversify around existing ones. They are also looking to maximize previous investments in software tooling platforms and processes, and leverage widely available best of breed solutions," says Bola bo·la also bo·las n. A rope with weights attached, used especially in South America to catch cattle or game by entangling their legs. [From American Spanish bolas, pl. Rotibi, Principal Analyst, Macehiter Ward-Dutton. "The ability to support a robust quality assurance and validation platform is the bedrock for confident, repeatable implementation that delivers on the goals and expectations defined at the outset. SPL platforms that provide the integration and interoperability with widely supported QA platforms needed to enable test assets that span product lines and align with related software artifacts artifacts see specimen artifacts. will be highly regarded." "With the major development productivity gains delivered by SPL approaches, it is essential that companies address the QA end of the lifecycle in tandem with design and development," said Charles Krueger, BigLever Software CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . "Otherwise, the development bottleneck A lessening of throughput. It often refers to networks that are overloaded, which is caused by the inability of the hardware and transmission lines to support the traffic. It can also refer to a mismatch inside the computer where slower-speed peripheral buses and devices prevent the CPU is simply moved downstream to QA. By putting testing, verification and validation 'on par' with other strategic elements of the lifecycle, development teams can much more efficiently and effectively meet product line delivery objectives, which can ultimately result in greater profitability for the business." "The integration of BigLever's SPL framework with IBM's Rational Quality Manager can extend the ability of our mutual customers to effectively manage complex product lines through the complete application lifecycle," said Richard Crisp, Director of Product Delivery, Requirements and Quality for IBM Rational Software. "With product line support from requirements management The administration and control of the information needs of users. In order to achieve business objectives within an organization via information systems, user requirements must be defined in a consistent manner, prioritized and monitored. , through modeling and development, to quality management, customers can reduce their effort and cost in delivering software product lines." About BigLever's Three-Point Program for SPL QA The foundation of BigLever's new three-point program is an advanced, yet pragmatic, methodology that provides symmetry between the product line diversity in the specification, design and implementation assets at the front end of the lifecycle and the matching diversity in the validation, verification and testing assets at the back end of the lifecycle. The second point in the new program provides integration strategies and techniques for open source unit testing frameworks This page is a list of tables of code-driven unit testing frameworks for various programming languages. Some of these are based on xUnit, but not all of them are. Columns
The centerpiece of the program is a new product offering - the IBM Rational Quality Manager/BigLever Software Gears Bridge. By integrating the Jazz-based Rational Quality Manager into BigLever's SPL Lifecycle Framework, the new bridge solution enables development organizations to define test case diversity based on product line features and to manage test plans as first-class product line assets in the SPL development lifecycle. BigLever has achieved Ready for IBM Rational software validation The certification that an information system has been implemented correctly and that it conforms to the functional specifications derived from the original requirements. Such validation is often performed by a third party consulting organization. for this new Bridge solution, indicating that the integration meets Rational's requirements for safety and interoperability. About BigLever Software and Gears BigLever Software, a leading provider of software product line development framework, tools and services, dramatically simplifies the creation, evolution and maintenance of embedded Inserted into. See embedded system. or standalone stand·a·lone adj. Self-contained and usually independently operating: a standalone computer terminal. software for a product line portfolio. BigLever's patented solution, Gears, provides an innovative, yet pragmatic, approach that shifts the development focus from a multitude of products to a single software production line capable of automatically producing all of the products in a portfolio. With Gears, software development organizations can reduce development costs and bring new product line features and products to market faster, enabling businesses to more reliably target and hit strategic market windows. The company is based in Austin, Texas. For more information, visit www.biglever.com. |
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