Scenario:
You work for an international company producing hardware and software for telecom networks. Hardware and software development is done in separate business units. You are the Test Manager of one of the network router software. In your product line, there is a long tradition of using an incremental lifecycle.
The hardware business unit produces a new version every six months. Software is developed in two-month increments. The business unit schedules are synchronized during design.
Your team consists of 15 testers, who have been in the company for two years or more. New tests are developed by the most experienced tester. Variations of tests and the regression test sets are run by the rest of the team.
The company management requires monthly progress reports listing the number of severe defects and the status of the test execution. Your company has also implemented CMMI on the company level. There have been problems to keep up with the hardware development schedule.
You learned that a similar kind of product has been developed using an open-source tool that does 50% of its execution. The tool is being developed by some other team.
It is required to do the analysis of the tool and select it for your product as well. What will be your main concerns? Select any 3.
- Can your entire team member be able to learn this tool?
- How good is the support available for this tool?
- Is it possible to execute some of the test cases manually?
- What about security?
- How much time you have for rewriting your existing test cases?
- Will this tool is really going to help your team?