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IBM Software Group
IBM Software Development Platform
Software Quality
Sales 201 Training
2005
© 2003 IBM Corporation
IBM Software Group
Agenda
 Strategy IBM Software Development Platform e-Business on
demand
 Overview of IBM Software Quality products and offerings
 IBM Rational Functional Tester
 IBM Rational Robot
 IBM Rational Manual Tester
 IBM Rational Performance Tester
 IBM Rational PurifyPlus
 IBM Rational Test RealTime
 Exercises
 Additional References
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Imperatives in Today’s World:
Innovation & Productivity
Innovating
the business to capture
new value.
Business
IT
Improving
the productivity
of resources deployed.
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IT is the lever to maximize flexibility and
responsiveness while containing cost
An on demand operating
environment is an integrated
infrastructure aligned to
business goals and
processes in a resilient and
secure manner
Business-Driven
Development
On Demand
Demand
On
Operating
Operating
Environment
Environment
All designed with an architecture that allows
you to manage services as components
Results: Simplification and Optimization of IT to meet the
needs of the business responsively
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The challenge: Poor visibility, lack of cohesion
across business and technology domains
Business View
 Poor visibility and governance
over IT investments
 Lack of actionable information
 Blind decision-making
Operations
View
 Inadequate service levels
 Inability to rapidly deploy
applications
 Complex, multi-tier
operating environments
Business
Analysts
Operations
Application
Developers
Application
Development View
 Overwhelming complexity
 Relentless time-to-market
pressure
 Uncontrolled change
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The solution: Breaking down the silos
A shared view of the development lifecycle
Business View
 Clear view of technology ROI
 Top-down and bottom-up visibility into
technology projects
 Objective decision-making support
Operations
View
 Improved service and
quality compliance
 Predictable deployments
 Accelerated diagnosis
and repair
Business
Analysts
Operations
Application
Developers
Application
Development View
 Rapid application
development and
deployment
 Improved collaboration
 Asset reuse
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Transform and simplify software development
Business-driven development
An integrated approach to software development that
aligns line-of-business, development and operations
teams to improve business performance
Development as a business process
• Align Technology and Business
priorities
• Improve efficiency and
responsiveness
• Create innovative products
• Higher productivity - 50% + increase
in developer productivity
• Improved quality - 80% fewer bugs
• Greater predictability
Software development becomes a driver of competitive advantage
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Discover, develop, and deploy assets
 Discover business & technology assets
Prioritize
Plan
Manage
Measure
 Business priorities
Business
 Requirements
 Middleware and software assets
 Develop at the speed of business
 Rapid application development
 Model-driven architecture
 Asset-based development
 Direct-to-middleware productivity
 Deploy to closed-loop environments
Operations
Optimize
Iterate
 Automated applications deployment
 Streamlined composite application
management
 Direct-to-operations productivity
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The business-driven development lifecycle
Prioritize
Plan
Manage
Measure
Business
Executive
Model the
Business
Optimize
End User
Define
Requirements
Analyst
Govern
Analyze
& Design
Operations
Manager
Project Manager
Architect
Manage change
& assets
Manage
Implement
Application
Support
Deploy
Developer
Test
Operations
Deployment
Manager
Optimize
Tester
Development
Iterate
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The IBM Software Development Platform
A complete, open, modular, and proven solution
Analyst
Model,
simulate,
assemble,
and monitor
processes
Project
Manager
Executive
Architect
Visually
model
applications
and data
Developer
Tester
Rapidly
construct,
transform,
integrate
and
generate
code
Design,
create,
and
execute
tests
 Follow a common process
 Manage and measure
projects and portfolios
 Manage requirements
Deployment
Manager
Provision,
configure,
tune and
troubleshoot
applications
 Manage change
and assets
 Manage quality
 Align investments with business objectives
 Analyze and monitor project portfolios
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Agenda
 Strategy IBM Software Development Platform e-Business on demand
 Overview of IBM Software Quality products and offerings
 IBM Rational Functional Tester
 IBM Rational Robot
 IBM Rational Manual Tester
 IBM Rational Performance Tester
 IBM Rational PurifyPlus
 IBM Rational Test RealTime
 Exercises
 Additional References
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Focus # 1: Discover Assets
Optimize Business Investments
DISCOVER
IBM
SOFTWARE
DEVELOPMENT
PLATFORM
Identify and analyze
 Business processes
 Requirements
 Software Assets
Packaged applications
Existing applications
 Middleware
 Impact of potential change
Business process optimization is the #1 priority in 2004 —
Information Week Study 2Q04 — 400 business-technology executives
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Focus # 2: Develop Assets
Improve Time-to-Value
IBM
SOFTWARE
DEVELOPMENT
PLATFORM
Dramatically accelerate
the development cycle
 Rapid application development
 Model-driven architecture
 Asset based development
 Direct-to-middleware
productivity
 Service-oriented architecture
 Tightly integrated run-time
test and deploy
 Anytime, anywhere, team
collaborative environments
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Focus # 3: Deploy Assets
Deliver Business Results
Enable closed-loop
deployment
IBM
SOFTWARE
DEVELOPMENT
PLATFORM
 Unify development
and operations teams
 Accelerate deployment
and provisioning
 Automate applications
monitoring
 Monitor business performance
and analyze ROI
 Verify and manage change
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A team-based approach
All tools and team members support all development imperatives
Analyst
Model,
simulate,
assemble,
and monitor
processes
Project
Manager
Executive
Architect
Visually
model
applications
and data
Developer
Tester
Rapidly
construct,
transform,
integrate
and
generate
code
Design,
create,
and
execute
tests
 Follow a common process
 Manage and measure
projects and portfolios
 Manage requirements
Deployment
Manager
Provision,
configure,
tune and
troubleshoot
applications
 Manage change
and assets
 Manage quality
 Align investments with business objectives
 Analyze and monitor project portfolios
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IBM Software Quality Offerings
Product Description
Capabilities
 Runtime analysis
 Component, functional and
performance testing
 Cross-platform test execution
support
 Test & planning reporting
 Ensures reliability,
functionality, scalability
 Reduces cycle time
 Accommodates multiple
skill sets, roles
 Shares responsibility for
quality across team
Business
Analyst
Tester
Developer
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IBM Rational Functional Tester
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IBM Rational Performance Tester
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IBM Rational Robot
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IBM Rational PurifyPlus
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Key Products
IBM Rational Manual Tester
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IBM Rational Test RealTime
IBM Rational TestManager
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From the Industry Analysts
IBM Rational Software Quality Products
 Ovum
 "IBM Rational has been focusing on strategic integration of the ASQ* toolset
with the complete IBM Software Development Platform, including the use of
the Eclipse framework for software tool integration. We expect over the next
18 months IBM Rational's ASQ tools will again provide best-of-breed, singlepoint test tools, which will excel by operating within a formidably integrated
environment across the development, test and delivery lifecycle. As a bonus,
the fact that the platform is based on Eclipse open standards means that you
will not be locked into IBM Rational-only tools.“
– Source Paul Herzlich (Ovum) 08.04 - Ovum Evaluates: Software Testing Tools
 IDC
 - Noted Rational’s “extremely well established and complementary product
set to IBM’s.”
 Source: Worldwide Distributed Automated Software Quality Tools 2004-2008
Forecast and 2003 Vendor Shares M. Webster (IDC) 08.04
* Automated Software Quality
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Agenda
 Strategy IBM Software Development Platform e-Business on
demand
 Overview of IBM Software Quality products and offerings
 IBM Rational Functional Tester
 IBM Rational Robot
 IBM Rational Manual Tester
 IBM Rational Performance Tester
 IBM Rational PurifyPlus
 IBM Rational Test RealTime
 Exercises
 Additional References
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Challenges of Functional Testing
 Control cost of test automation
 Inexperienced testers face steep
learning curve for tools
“Our script language
limits our ability to
overcome some
automation obstacles.”
 Test maintenance grows with
project
 Testing Tools Lack Flexibility
 Power users hands are tied by tool
limitations
“I need one tool for
both my expert and
novice testers.”
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Functional Testing with IBM Rational Functional Tester
Test automation for the novice and the professional
 IBM Rational Functional Tester
Automated regression testing for
Web, J2EE, .Net and terminal-based
applications
 Key Benefits
Minimize test maintenance with
scripts resilient to application changes
Wizard enhanced automation to
speed test creation for the new user
Powerful scripting language and IDE
for the professional tester
Supports Team oriented parallel
development
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Challenge 1: Controlling the Cost of Automation
 Challenge
 Overcome the complexity of test automation to ensure teams
spend more time on high value quality assessment rather than
on low return test maintenance.
 Resolution
 Provide technologies to enable
novice testers to craft complex
tests with no programming
 Data driven wizard
 Dynamic data verification
 Reduce script maintenance
 Wizard driven global updates to
centralized object map
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Challenge 2: Tools Lack Flexibility
 Challenge
 Fulfill both standard test needs as well as expert
requirements to ensure usage limited only by the imagination of
the project team.
 Resolution
 Provide two test script
development languages
 Java
 Visual Basic .NET
 Give professional testers the
flexibility to overcome testing
challenges in the language of
their choice
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Challenge 3: Test Team Integration
 Challenge
 Accommodate the requirements of both dedicated,
independent QA teams as well as integrated project teams to
ensure high operational integrity.
 Resolution
 Provide version control
support in the box with
ClearCase LT
 Provide integrations for
standard version control
features
 Check In/Out
 Compare with
Previous Versions
 Show change history
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What is Automated Testing?
 Using automation tools to record
actions taken against an
application.
 Test scripts are derived from
these recordings which are then
used for subsequent test
execution.
Record
Enhance
Execute
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Challenge of Manual Testing with Short Test Cycles
Tests
...the new
Reruntests...
the
first tests
and...
Manual testing
can’t keep pace!
...take
more
time
Time
Build 1
Build 2
Build 3, 4, 5 …
 Manual testing alone can’t keep pace with the
rapid development of applications
 Quality will be sacrificed to keep on schedule
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Effective Test Automation
Creating an automated test is a three steps process
Record
 Script Recording
 Capture user interactions with the system under test
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Effective Test Automation
Creating an automated test is a three step process
Record
Enhance
 Script Recording
 Capture user interactions with the system under test
 Script Enhancing
 Modify scripts for situation specific challenges
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Effective Test Automation
Creating an automated test is a three step process
Record
Enhance
Execute
 Script Recording
 Capture user interactions with the system under test
 Script Enhancing
 Modify scripts for situation specific challenges
 Script Execution
 Ensure reliable playback for local or remote execution
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IBM Rational Functional Tester Overview
GUI Technologies
• Automates regression testing
of Java, .NET, Web and
terminal emulator-based
applications
Data-driven Testing
• Simplified data-driven testing
enabled by wizards and Excellike data tables
Eclipse availability
• When using Java scripting,
runs inside Eclipse/RSA/RAD
shell
• Full Eclipse JDT features are
accessible
• Accessible to developers from
within their IDE
IBM Rational Functional Tester
Tests Java, .NET, Web and
terminal emulator-based apps
Java and VB.NET-based
test scripts
Test Script Language
• User has choice of two test script
languages – Java and VB.NET
• Use of Java implies editing and
debugging in Eclipse/RAD/RSAbased editor
• Use of VB.NET implies usage of
Microsoft VS.NET-based
editor/debugger
• Identical capabilities in both editors
Wizard and table-assisted
data-driven tests
Linux-based test authoring
Improved Linux support
• Users can author and modify test
scripts on Linux (no script recorder)
• Scripts can also be executed on
Linux
Eclipse Java Development Tools
Manual Tester
ClearCaseLT in the box
• Supports parallel development
of manual tests
• Enables remote test access for
distributed teams
Automated
functional
regression testing
ClearCase LT
Manual Tester in the box
• Customers receive one Manual
Tester license per Functional Tester
license
• Improve return on manual testing
efforts while adopting automated test
methods
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IBM Rational Functional Tester
New Positioning
Lowering the Cost of Functional Testing
Offers Extensive Customization Options
Supports Integration of Test Team with Rest of the Project Team
What’s
New in Atlantic
 Broader
environment support
 Adds support for testing VS.NET Winforms applications
 Adds ability to edit and playback scripts on Linux (no recording)
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Advances in ease of use
 Choice of script languages
 Wizard for data-driven testing
 Improved object map maintenance capabilities
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Ships with full-use copies of IBM Rational Manual Tester and IBM Rational
ClearCaseLT and customers can download Rational TestManager
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Rational Functional Tester – Key Features and Benefits
Test Java, Web &
VS.NET Winform
apps
Lower TCO with a
single tool supporting
a broad array of
industry standard
application
development
technologies
Java or VB.NET
scripting language
Easier adoption of the
tool – Teams select the
language they are
most familiar with.
Helps sell to Microsoft
customers
Add-on for Terminalbased application
testing
Central QA and IT
teams can support
client-server, web and
legacy application
testing with single tool
Wizards for datadriven testing
Eliminates
manual coding
required to vary
data in test script
Expanded
dynamic
verification
Ability to use
regular
expressions in
data pools
created with new
wizard for datadriven testing
Advanced
Object Map
Maintenance
Global Find and
Modify tools
further reduce
test
maintenance
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Rational Functional Tester – Key Features and Benefits
Version Control “inthe-box”
Collocated teams
can support multiple
versions of test
scripts and parallel
development paths
with no additional
tools to buy.
Distributed teams
can upgrade to
ClearCase to
facilitate remote
testing, whether offsite or off-shore.
Ability to install,
edit and execute
tests on Linux
Developers and
testers in diverse,
heterogeneous
environments
benefit from a
common toolset
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Summarizing Key Features
in IBM Functional Tester
 Broad Environment Support
 Test Web, Java. .net and terminal-based
applications
 Create data driven tests without coding
 Static data and properties verification
 Dynamic data validation without coding
 Flexible and Extensible Scripts
 Flexible coding language
 Powerful, professional debugger
 Object map editing flexibility
 Version control of scripts
 Script Execution Options
 Reliable playback with ScriptAssure
 Remote and local playback on various platforms
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Reduce Test Script Maintenance
Reliable Playback with Script Assure
Version 1.0
Version 2.0
Tester
Sees
No User
Intervention
Required
With
Tool
TM
Sees
ScriptAssure
Determines
Match
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Case Study
SAS Institute, Inc.
 Challenge
 Improve communication between developers and testers
 Solution
 IBM Rational Functional Tester
 Enables best-of-breed automated functional and regression testing from within an
Eclipse environment, including testing from within IBM WebSphere Studio and
Rational XDE Developer
 Benefits
 Productivity and quality improvements
– Efficiency has gone up and the quality of software delivery has gone up
 Bring quality issues to the surface faster
– fix these issues and deliver software on time
 Minimize script maintenance through resilient reusable test scripts
 Achieved better results by using a consistent methodology
 More information
 http://www-306.ibm.com/software/success/cssdb.nsf/CS/JENS-5WVSPY?OpenDocument&Site=software
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Competitive Advantages
IBM Rational Functional Tester
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Part of a proven, complete, open and modular software development platform
 Single vendor solution
 Integration with other development tools
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Provides a shared development/test environment and common language on
application development projects using Eclipse or Visual Studio.net
 Choice of a Java or Visual Basic.net scripting language
 Allows testers to leverages existing Java or VB.net skills on program teams
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Product wizards to help build complex tests without coding
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Provides a single tool to test Java, Web, .net and terminal-based applications
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ScriptAssure technology for building robust, resilient test scripts
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Resources
IBM Rational Functional Tester
 IBM Rational Functional Tester Web page
 http://www-306.ibm.com/software/awdtools/tester/functional/index.html
 Rational Functional Tester evaluation copy
 http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/download/preconfig.jsp?id=2005-0119+04%3A01%3A18.402144R&S_TACT=104CBW71&S_CMP=
 Introduction to IBM Rational Functional Tester
 http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks//rational/library/04/r-3228/
 developerWorks testing resources
 http://www-130.ibm.com/developerworks/rational/products/xdetester
 Success stories
 http://www.ibm.com/software/success/cssdb.nsf/topstoriesFM?OpenForm&Site=rational
 Training
 http://www-306.ibm.com/software/sw-training/
 Events
 http://www-306.ibm.com/software/sw-events/
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Agenda
 Strategy IBM Software Development Platform e-Business on demand
 Overview of IBM Software Quality products and offerings
 IBM Rational Functional Tester
 IBM Rational Robot
 IBM Rational Manual Tester
 IBM Rational Performance Tester
 IBM Rational PurifyPlus
 IBM Rational Test RealTime
 Exercises
 Additional References
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Effective Test Automation
Creating an automated test is a three step process
Record
Enhance
Execute
 Script Recording
 Capture user interactions with the system under test
 Script Enhancing
 Modify scripts for situation specific challenges
 Script Execution
 Ensure reliable playback for local or remote execution
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Recording Scripts
 Create a Test Script that captures all
system-user interaction
 Test scripts are recorded on the fly,
as user navigates application
 Verification points are inserted
to validate system response
 Key considerations when recording scripts
 Environment Support
 Flexible verification ability
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Environment Support for Recording Scripts
 IBM Rational Robot has special
environment support for key
development languages
 Java, HTML, .NET, Visual Basic, MFC
 PowerBuilder, Delphi, Oracle Forms
 Robot also has a general recording
engine which can be used against
other windows and terminal
emulation environments
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Verification Points in Recording Scripts
Robot Sees Data
You See…
 Automated Validation
Robot Sees Properties
 Robot captures data and properties that can be invisible to users
 During script execution, current results are compared to stored baselines
 Discrepancies are flagged and reported to user
 13 different verification points are available to validate system behavior
including Rational SiteCheck for web site link checking
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Enhancing Scripts
 Enhancing Scripts with basic coding
extends their value and reach
 SQA Basic code is added to perform
a variety of functions
 Typical Modifications: Conditional
branching, datapooling, refactoring
 Key considerations when
enhancing scripts
 Flexible coding language
 Extensibility of language
and playback engine
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Flexible Coding Language for
Enhancing Scripts
 IBM Rational Robot uses the
SQA Basic Language
 Uses Visual Basic syntax
 Augments VB commands with test
specific functions
 Easy to read language very suitable
to those will little programming experience
 Flexible power to enhance scripts
 Programmatic access to all GUI objects
 Datapool facility enables data driven tests
 Programmatic access to Windows API
 Programmatic access to COM objects
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Solving Custom Problems with Extensibility
 Robot has an extensibility interface
to allow support for custom controls
 Development partners have been trained
 Can manufacture support for ActiveX,
.NET Windows Forms, Java & Win32
including MFC and ATL GUI controls
 Eliminates the work around
 Allowing testers to focus on the
task of testing
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Executing Tests
 Scripts are executed,
discrepancies are noted
 Scripts are executed
and test logs created
 Test logs are highlight differences
between actual and expected results
 Key considerations when executing scripts
 Multiple execution points
 Coordination of scripts
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Automated Testing
Test Run from Robot or Command Line
Remote Tests Run
From Test Manager
Master
 Script Execution Options
 Scripts can be run from Robot GUI
 Scripts can be executed from Command line
 Scripts can be run from TestManager
 Offers ability to run scripts on remote machines
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Effective Test Automation
Agent
Agent
Agent
Master
 Powerful and flexible scheduling
 TestManager will coordinate timing and dependencies
 Schedule execution on remote computers from central control station
 TestManager is configuration aware, i.e.:
 Tests designated as Windows XP will only be run on XP machines
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Summarizing Key Features
in IBM Rational Robot
 Broad Environment Support
 Support for all major development
environments
 Flexible and Extensible Scripts
 Simple, yet powerful, scripting language
for enhancing scripts
 Support available for custom control
 Script Execution Options
 Run scripts from Robot, TestManager or
command line
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Case Study
Corporate Express
 Challenges
 Cut testing time and challenges in manual testing process
 manual regression testing found to be tedious, time-consuming and error-prone
 Improve repeatability of tests
 Improve confidence in software quality at release
 Solution
 Automated the manual process with IBM Rational Robot
 Benefits
 Cut testing time from days to weeks, over 75%
 31/2 weeks of testing in 3 days
 Team confidence that each regression test is executed accurately and with a consistent
process from one release to the next
 More information
 http://www-306.ibm.com/software/success/cssdb.nsf/CS/JENS-5WPKR2?OpenDocument&Site=software
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Resources
 IBM Rational Robot Web page
 http://www-306.ibm.com/software/awdtools/tester/robot/index.html
 IBM developerWorks page for IBM Rational Robot
 http://www-136.ibm.com/developerworks/rational/products/robot
 Success stories
 http://www.ibm.com/software/success/cssdb.nsf/topstoriesFM?OpenForm&Site=rational
 Training

http://www-306.ibm.com/software/sw-training/
 Events
 http://www-306.ibm.com/software/sw-events/
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Agenda
 Strategy IBM Software Development Platform e-Business on demand
 Overview of IBM Software Quality products and offerings
 IBM Rational Functional Tester
 IBM Rational Robot
 IBM Rational Manual Tester
 IBM Rational Performance Tester
 IBM Rational PurifyPlus
 IBM Rational Test RealTime
 Exercises
 Additional References
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What is Manual Testing?
 Using human labor to validate the
business use cases and fitness for
use of an application, system or
device
 Includes labor to plan, design,
execute and evaluate the status of
the application or device under test
 Experience indicates over 75% of
the testing done today is performed
manually
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Why Teams use Manual Testing?
Recruitment of subject-matter
experts and end-users to test
Strict regulatory or process
requirements aren’t met with
automation tools
Poor or non-existent test
automation-ready interfaces
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Rational Manual Tester
Positioning
Advances Manual Testing
Satisfies Diverse Needs
Simplifies Through Assistance
Key Capabilities
 Supports manual testing done by analysts, subject-matter experts
and technical/non-technical testers
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Develop detailed, easy to follow manual tests

Minimize test maintenance and ensure test consistency

Reduce human error during data entry and data verification

Support diverse usage models and processes
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Ships with full copy of ClearCaseLT for version control of tests
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Challenges of Manual Testing
 Labor Intensive
 Too much time is spent creating
and maintaining manual test
documentation
“More time is spent
maintaining test
documentation than on
executing tests.”
“We struggle to
document even a
minimum set of tests.”
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Challenges of Manual Testing
 Labor Intensive
 Too much time is spent creating
and maintaining manual test
documentation
“Our results are
unreliable due to
human error.”
 Unreliable
 Inadvertent human-error often
skews test results
“Our tests aren’t
detailed enough for the
testers to consistently
execute them.”
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Challenges of Manual Testing
 Labor Intensive
 Too much time is spent creating
and maintaining manual test
documentation
“Each project has
different standards,
which are hard to
manage manually.”
 Unreliable
 Accidental human-error often
skews test results
 Resistant to Change
 Each project has diverse
processes, tester skill sets and
types of applications and devices
under test
“No single tool or
process works for the
different software and
hardware systems we
must test.”
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Challenge 1: Labor Intensive
 Challenge
 Creating and maintaining manual tests is labor intensive
and difficult with tools such as Microsoft Word or Excel.
 Resolution
 Implement a solution that
promotes the best practice of
modular tests which can share
common content
 Leverage existing Word or
Excel test documents to quickstart test development
Share
test
content
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Challenge 2: Unreliable
 Challenge
 Human error often skews tests results
 Resolution
 Assist testers with the tasks most
prone to error – data entry and
data verification
 Build manual tests that are clear,
concise and easy for the tester to
follow
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Challenge 3: Resistant to Change
 Challenge
 Each project has diverse processes, tester skill sets and
types of applications and devices under test
 Resolution
For all skill levels
 Provide a solution that testers
of all skills levels can leverage
 Customize the tool to fit each
project’s process metrics and
values
 Leverage a solution that is
independent of the software or
hardware under test
For any process
For any target of test
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IBM Rational Manual Tester Overview
Rich Text Editor
• Modify test font, size,
color; attach images and
files
• Supports creation of both
test steps and verification
points
• Ensures clarity of test step
direction and consistency
of test execution
Manual test
authoring and
execution
IBM Rational Manual Tester
Rich test editor
Test step reuse library
Tool Assistance
• Automated data entry
• Automated data
comparison and results
storage
• Reduces opportunity for
manual error during test
execution
Data entry & validation assistance
Test Import / Results Export
Reuse Library
• Library for common test
procedures
• Drag-and-drop construction of
new tests
• Automatic global update when
modifying any one instance of
linked content
Import/Export
• Imports manual test source
files from Microsoft Word,
Microsoft Excel and Rational
TestManager
• Exports test results to CSV
format for additional analysis
Custom test fields
Customizable
• Add new data fields to
individual test steps
• Apply internally-defined
naming conventions
ClearCase LT
ClearCaseLT in the box
• Supports parallel development of
manual tests
• Enables remote test access for
distributed teams
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Rational Manual Tester – Key Features and Benefits
Rich Text Editor
Reduces the
ambiguity that
often plagues
other methods
used to define
and deliver test
step directions
Import From
Word, Excel or
TestManager
Easier adoption
of the tool
Multiple
Validation Points
Allows test
results to be
reported and
analyzed at
either a high
level or a
granular level
Reuse Palette
Promotes shared
content which
results in time &
cost saving in
test maintenance
& greater control
over test quality
and consistency
Custom Data
Fields
Easily adapts to
existing
processes and
metrics
collection
standards
Assisted Data
Entry and Data
Verification
Reduce the
likelihood of
human error in
the areas most
prone to
mistakes
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Rational Manual Tester – Key Features and Benefits
Translucent Execution UI
The translucent window used
to display test instructions
makes test completion faster
by eliminating the need to
move the test instruction
window in order to see the
application under test
Supports Team Use
Supports individuals, teams, and
mobile works through private and
shared test data stores – ensuring
test assets remain easily
accessible and reportable –
ClearCaseLT in the box
Generates Spreadsheet-Ready
Results
Testers can use any reporting tool to
analyze results - ensuring that Rational
Manual Tester can easily work with a
team’s processes and standards for
metrics collection and reporting
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Summarizing Key Features in Manual Tester
 Advances manual testing
 Rich text editor for test authoring
 Test step reuse palette
 Test script import from Microsoft Word or
Excel
 Satisfies diverse needs
 Supports usage by distributed teams
 Generates spreadsheet-ready results data
 Multiple validation points
 Custom data fields
 Simplifies through assistance
 Assisted data entry and data verification
during test execution
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Resources
IBM Rational Manual Tester
 IBM Rational Manual Tester Web page
 http://www-306.ibm.com/software/awdtools/tester/manual/index.html
 Rational Manual Tester evaluation copy
 http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/download/preconfig.jsp?id=2005-0116+03%3A32%3A04.405210R&S_TACT=104CBW71&S_CMP=&s=
 Rational Manual Tester evaluation guide
 http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/edu/i-dw-r-manualtest-i.html
 Article
 A simple tool to manage manual testing

http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/rational/library/04/r-3232/
 developerWorks testing resources
 http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/rational/products/manualtester/
 Success stories
 http://www.ibm.com/software/success/cssdb.nsf/topstoriesFM?OpenForm&Site=rational
 Training
 http://www-306.ibm.com/software/sw-training/
 Events
 http://www-306.ibm.com/software/sw-events/
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Agenda
 Strategy IBM Software Development Platform e-Business on demand
 Overview of IBM Software Quality products and offerings
 IBM Rational Functional Tester
 IBM Rational Robot
 IBM Rational Manual Tester
 IBM Rational Performance Tester
 IBM Rational PurifyPlus
 IBM Rational Test RealTime
 Exercises
 Additional References
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IBM Rational Performance Tester Overview
New load testing
technology
• New load test recorder
and execution engine
• Supports HTTP/S;
additional protocol
support (e.g. ERP)
planned for Q2 2005
High scalability
• High scalability, low
footprint due to hyperthreaded architecture
• Significant improvement
over Robot technology
Load and
performance testing
IBM Rational
Performance Tester
HTTP/S load testing
Visual
test construction and editing
High scalability hyper-threaded
execution architecture
Graphical test scheduler and
user profiler
Platform Support
• Multiple platform support for
load generation
ClearCaseLT in the box
• Supports parallel development
of manual tests
• Enables remote test access for
distributed teams
Windows and Linux
load generation support
Eclipse Java Development Tools
Visual Test Editor
• Test viewer requires no coding for test
modification and execution
• Automated identification and variation
of dynamic data
• Insertion of Java code is supported for
advanced customization needs
Test scheduler
• Graphical user profiling and
transaction modeling
• Eases modeling of user populations
Eclipse-based
• Runs inside Eclipse/RSA/RAD shell
• Accessible to developers from within
their IDE
ClearCase LT
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IBM Rational Performance Tester
New Positioning
Built for Day One Productivity
Provides Advanced Data Capabilities
Lowers Cost of Performance Testing
What’s New in Atlantic

Completely re-architected performance testing solution for testing
complex web application

Designed for novice and advanced performance testers

Real-time monitoring for immediate feedback during test execution

Easy to build data driven tests

Eclipse-3 integration
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Rational Performance Tester – Key Features and Benefits
Visual test editor
Easy for a novice to
understand, with drilldown to detailed data
for more expert
users. Simplifies test
creation and
maintenance
Automatic
identification of
variable data
Allows tests to
automatically re-use
data sent by server
and to prepare for
data-driven testing
Eclipse based
Provides a
single
environment
for
development
as well as
testing
activities
Rich
scheduling
editor
Novice users
can easily
assemble and
schedule tests
Built-in datapool
editor for data-driven
testing
Easily vary data for
more realistic load
tests
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Rational Performance Tester – Key Features and Benefits
Real-time reporting
Know immediately
about performance
problems
Remote system
monitoring
Collect and
visualization of
remote server
information.
Find resource
constraints that
cause poor
performance
High Scalability
Low memory and
processor
footprint required
to generate large
multi-user loads.
Allows larger
tests with less
hardware
Java execution
engine
Tests may call
custom Java
provided by the
user. Provides
highlycustomizable and
flexible
performance
testing
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Resources
IBM Rational Performance Tester
 IBM Rational Performance Tester Web page
 http://www-306.ibm.com/software/awdtools/tester/performance/index.html
 Success stories
 http://www.ibm.com/software/success/cssdb.nsf/topstoriesFM?OpenForm&Site=rational
 Training
 http://www-306.ibm.com/software/sw-training/
 Events
 http://www-306.ibm.com/software/sw-events/
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Agenda
 Strategy IBM Software Development Platform e-Business on demand
 Overview of IBM Software Quality products and offerings
 IBM Rational Functional Tester
 IBM Rational Robot
 IBM Rational Manual Tester
 IBM Rational Performance Tester
 IBM Rational PurifyPlus
 IBM Rational Test RealTime
 Exercises
 Additional References
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The Problem with Trying to Pinpoint Bugs
Crash
Errors triggered
Symptoms
Crash
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What Makes Bugs Difficult to Find?
 Many memory-related bugs have no immediate visible symptoms
 Often the symptoms are difficult, if not impossible, to reproduce
 Manually tracing symptoms back to problems in the source code
can be a daunting task
Crash
Crash
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Why Is My Program So Slow?
 Do you deliver slow code that’s “good enough?”
 Is it too difficult to find performance problems?
 Can you get repeatable, useful performance data?
 Can you quantify the effect of performance fixes?
 Does your performance profiling data help you manage your
development project?
What about Predictability at runtime?
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Code Coverage Challenge
 Can you guarantee the code that you deliver is reliable?
 How complete is your test suite?
 Are you sure that you have tested the entire application?
 Can you understand the summary of several tests?
How Reliable is Untested Code?
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IBM Rational PurifyPlus:
Developing Fast, Reliable Code
 To develop fast, reliable code, you need a tool that
 Automatically pinpoints hard-to-find bugs
 Highlights performance bottlenecks
 Keeps you from shipping untested code
 You need a multi-platform and multi-language
tool for Unix, Windows, Linux, Java, .NET,
VB6, C/C++, and more
 IBM Rational PurifyPlus combines
three industry leaders into one box:
 IBM Rational Purify
 IBM Rational Quantify
 IBM Rational PureCoverage
The x-ray for software
Instantly become more productive
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Detect Memory Problems: Rational Purify
 Automatically identifies the problem while the application is running!
 Finds errors in third-party code, even without source
 Bugs in libraries that you deliver are still bugs in your application!
 No recompile required
 Much faster and easier to use
 Incorporate into your existing project quickly and easily
 Test what you are delivering
 No need to maintain multiple source baselines
 QE knows that they are testing what you are delivering
Detects memory corruption and memory leaks
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Improve Code Performance: Rational Quantify
 Leading product that provides repeatable performance data
 Build better quality C/C++, Java, Visual Basic 6.0, and .NET software
 Get your team solving the correct problems
 Fast and easy to use
 Provides concise, graphical views of performance data
 “River of Time” – a straightforward way to view and understand performance
profiling data
 Easily integrates into your nightly builds
 Collects performance data from code you intend to deliver
 No need to maintain multiple source baselines
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Identify Untested Code: IBM Rational PureCoverage
 Helps developers deliver higher quality code
 You know the unit testing is complete
 Helps identify “dead code” or
unexercised paths in legacy code
 Helps improve your QA process
 Easily see what has and has not
been tested
 Validate the quality and completeness
of your test suite
 Easy to learn and easy to use out of the box
 With Rational PureCoverage, you know that you are covered!
Avoid shipping untested code
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IBM Rational PurifyPlus
 Key components of IBM Rational PurifyPlus
 Provides run-time data collection and analysis capabilities
 Key for proactive debugging
 Supports Unix, Windows, Java, .NET and Linux environments
Linux
 C/C++
 RedHat
 Full 64bit
Windows
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C/C++
VB6
.NET
Java
Solaris
SGI-IRIX
HP-UX
 C/C++
 Java
 Full 64bit
 C/C++
 Full 64bit
 C/C++
 Full 64bit
 Quantify
 PureCoverage
Not Available Yet
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IBM Rational PurifyPlus Summary
 To develop fast, reliable code, you need IBM Rational PurifyPlus that:
 Automatically pinpoints hard-to-find bugs
 Highlights performance bottlenecks
 Keeps you from shipping untested code
 Powerful tool for developers and testers
 Strong ROI when used as “medicine”
 Even better ROI when used as “vitamin”
 Used as part of the development process
Instantly become more productive
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Case Study
Ensemble Systems
 Challenge
 Ensemble Systems was contracted to develop an easy-to-maintain software
system to perform data analysis twice as fast as an existing solution, while
significantly reducing analysis errors.
 Solution
 Rational Rose, Rational Purify and Rational Quantify
 able to effectively model the system, detect and fix memory leaks and
enhance the overall performance of the application under development.
 Benefits
 Reduced the time the system required to analyze defects by 85%, and
reduced the system's error rate by 90%.
 Quickly pinpointed memory leaks and identified opportunities to improve
performance
 More Information
 http://www-306.ibm.com/software/success/cssdb.nsf/CS/JENS-5PFQXR?OpenDocument&Site=software
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Case Study
SAS Institute, Inc.
 Challenge
 Improve software quality
 Solution
 Rational Purify and Rational Quantify to help find performance bottlenecks
and memory problems in the software
 Integrated Rational Purify and Rational Quantify into testing process through
product APIs
 Benefits
 Achieve higher level of confidence in the quality of software releases
 More information
 http://www-306.ibm.com/software/success/cssdb.nsf/CS/JENS-5WVSWK?OpenDocument&Site=software
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Competitive Advantages
IBM Rational PurifyPlus

Part of a family of tools that comprise the IBM Software Development
Platform
 Integration across tools
 Can form a more complete development and testing solution

Multilanguage support
 Java, but also Visual C++, Visual Basic, Visual Basic.NET and Visual
C#.NET in one package

Module and test level coverage

Offline analysis of data

Merging test results
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Resources
IBM Rational PurifyPlus
 IBM Rational PurifyPlus Web page
 http://www-306.ibm.com/software/awdtools/purifyplus/
 developerWorks: Rational
 http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/
 Getting Started Guides
 Training – Web-based or Instructor-led
 Articles - whitepapers – forums
 Success stories
 http://www.ibm.com/software/success/cssdb.nsf/topstoriesFM?OpenForm&Site=rational
 Training
 http://www-306.ibm.com/software/sw-training/
 Events
 http://www-306.ibm.com/software/sw-events/
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Agenda
 Strategy IBM Software Development Platform e-Business on
demand
 Overview of IBM Software Quality products and offerings
 IBM Rational Functional Tester
 IBM Rational Robot
 IBM Rational Manual Tester
 IBM Rational Performance Tester
 IBM Rational PurifyPlus
 IBM Rational Test RealTime
 Exercises
 Additional References
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IBM Rational Test RealTime
Fix your code before it breaks
 Rational Test RealTime is a
cross-platform testing solution
designed for those who write
code for real-time and
embedded software products
 Automates testing, analysis and
bugs solving early during
development cycle
 Provides a low-overhead
technology for enabling targetindependent tests
code code code
code code code
code code code
code code code
code code code
code code code
code code code
code
Resolve
Test
Analyze
 Extends model-driven
development to include runtime
analysis capabilities
Fix the defects, enhance your
tests and move on!
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Embedded and real-time software testing challenges
Embedded and real-time systems are complex by nature
 Application Complexity
 Strong timing constraints
 Low memory footprints
 Concurrent/Distributed/Networked
 Environment Complexity
 Multiple RTOS/IDE/Chips vendors
 Limited host-target connectivity
 Low built-in debugging capabilities
 Process Complexity
 Requirements
 Design translation errors
 Difficult to maintain
 Poor performance
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Embedded and real-time software testing challenges
It’s hard to set up and deploy an effective testing framework
 Are you frustrated by manual testing because of its tendency to be
 Labor-intensive?
 Resistant to reuse?
 Are you concerned that test creation and execution will
 Pull you out from your comfort zone?
 Add overhead to an already crowded schedule?
 Require to much efforts to ensure quality at both source code
and system level?
 Are you convinced that your embedded environment is too specific
for a commercial testing solution because of
 Design constraints?
 Heterogeneous build/execution tools?
 Strict testing techniques and activities recommended by certification
standards?
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Embedded and real-time software testing challenges
You need a way to test on the host AND on the actual target!
 If your target platform is not available, you can test on the host
 To simulate the operational environment and discover generic bugs
 But tests must be performed in the final target environment as well
 Since some errors are only detected under the operational conditions
 Cross-platform testing is difficult because the system conception…
 Is frequently based on multiple chips for different execution
machines or boards
 Combines more than one programming language
 Presents very constrained architectural characteristics
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Embedded and real-time software testing challenges
How to bring runtime analysis information at the UML level?
 You want to use the Unified
Modeling Language (UML) to
visually lay out your application's
design and tests but you still don’t
know how
 State machines and code coverage
of model-level execution are related?
 If there are any memory leaks in the
hand-coded parts of the application?
 To measure the performance profile
of the generated code?
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How can your team overcome these challenges?
Would this accelerate quality?
 Automated component testing at all levels of complexity
 Full automation of the creation and deployment of test scripts, stubs and
drivers for the simplest functions up to distributed systems
 Faster debugging thanks to extensive runtime analysis capabilities
 Memory and performance profiling, code coverage
and runtime tracing features
 Make testing an integral part of development
 Dynamic links between tested code, test results and potentially
visual models
 Prioritize your tests
 Code complexity and static metrics calculation
 Fully repeatable test sessions
 Complete automation of regression testing
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How can your team overcome these challenges?
Would this solve the verification constraints in the real target?
 An integration framework flexible enough to accommodate your
selection of compiler, linker, debugger, and target architecture
 To generate test harnesses executable in the real operational conditions
 To avoid changing test scenarios when target environment does
 Automatic test download, execution and results upload on target
 To free developers from target management restraints
 To help your development team concentrating primarily on test design
 Low-overhead and minimally intrusive verification probes and drivers
 To cope with low memory footprints and limited CPU resources
 To encourage in-situ verification of the software despite target constraints
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How can your team overcome these challenges?
Would this empower your model-centric development process?
 Develop, debug and analyze at the model level
 Graphically visualize reached and un-reached application
states and transitions
 Track memory errors and performance in the hand-coded portions of
the application while staying in the modeling environment
 Trace application execution flow in a UML-compliant graphical format
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Test, analyze and resolve during development
 Test as you code
 Automatic component test template
and data generation
 Black- and white-box testing
 All levels of complexity: from single
functions to distributed systems
 Static metric calculation for
 tests prioritization
 complexity estimation
code code code
code code code
code code code
code code code
code code code
code code code
code code code
code
Resolve
Test
Analyze
 Full regression testing
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Test, analyze and resolve during development
 Test as you code
 Analyze while you test
 Code coverage analysis
 Memory profiling
 Performance profiling
 Runtime tracing
code code code
code code code
code code code
code code code
code code code
code code code
code code code
code
Test
 Thread profiling
Resolve
Analyze
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Test, analyze and resolve during development
 Test as you code
 Analyze while you test
 Resolve what you have uncovered
 Test execution integrated
with your debugger
 Consolidated, detailed
to-the-point test reporting
 Test data hyperlinked
to runtime analysis results
and code
code code code
code code code
code code code
code code code
code code code
code code code
code code code
code
Resolve
Test
Analyze
Fix the defects, enhance your
tests and move on!
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Test, analyze and resolve during development
Overview of IBM Rational Test RealTime features
Component Testing
Code
Coverage
C, C++, Ada, Java
C, C++
Ada, Java
Memory Performance Runtime Thread
Profiling Profiling
Tracing Profiling
C, C++
Java
C, C++
Java
C, C++
Java
C, C++
Java
Unit, Integration, Validation, Regression and System Testing
System Testing
C
Target Deployment Port
 Built to achieve standards compliance
DO-178B (Avionics), MISRA (Automotive), DEF STAN 00-55 (Defense)
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Test, analyze and resolve during development
Test RealTime provides a mean for achieving pervasive quality
 Flexible to minimally impact preexisting development processes
 Powerful and source-code aware test languages drive robust data-driven tests
 Process agnostic, so you can stay in your comfort zone
 Shortens time-to-problem-resolution, maximizes time-to-code
 White-box and black-box testing for all your software modules
 Component testing of C/C++, Ada or Java (J2ME/J2SE) functions and classes
 Message-based testing of C threads, tasks, processes and system nodes
 Full set of runtime analysis features to enhance your debugging capabilities
 Enables quality verification from a single and unified testing tool
 Handles all test enablement activities so you test early and often
 Creates shared debug and test vocabulary for your team
 Produces testing information required for certification processes conformance
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Test and debug both host and target
Target Deployment Port technology
 A versatile feature which fully automates
 Test harness building and downloading on the target
 Test execution and monitoring
 Test results uploading on the host
 A low-overhead feature which leverages
 Your choice of compiler/linker/debugger
 Your host-target connectivity (serial link, Ethernet connection, JTAG probe…)
Test Harness Downloading
Target Execution
And Monitoring
Hosted Build
Process
Test Results
Uploading
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Test and debug both host and target
4-Bit to 64-Bit
Cross-Development Environments
Used By Our Customers
 WindRiver
 Montavista
 Tasking
 GreenHills
 TI
 CAD-UL
 ARM
 NEC
 Cosmic
 Enea
 Hitachi
 Hiware
 Windows CE
 Apex
 Hitex
 LynuxWorks
 Sun
 Symbian
 Lauterbach
 Microtec
 ……
Languages
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C
C++
Ada
Java (J2ME/J2SE)
Platforms
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Windows
Solaris
Linux
HP-UX
AIX
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Test and debug both host and target
Target Deployment Port provides full target independence
 Customizable to support a complete range of embedded targets
 Assures tool adoption
 Reduces your ramp-up time when target configuration changes
 Guarantees the reuse of test assets despite target constraints
 Host, build and target environment agnostic
 Ensures portability of test and runtime analysis processes
 Simplifies multiple team deployment
 Optimizes ROI in comparison to home-grown test solutions
 Size and speed optimized to limit target impact
 Enables full control to minimize instrumentation overhead
 Frees your tests from having to compensate for target restraints
 Avoids overtasking your system
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Harness the power of model-driven testing
IBM Rational Test RealTime - IBM Rational Rose RealTime integration
 Move from code-centric to model-centric development
 Perform test and runtime analysis at the model level
 Rose RealTime sequence diagrams for test scripting and Quality Architect
RealTime for test generation
 Test RealTime plug-in for the runtime analysis of your C++ models
 From within Rose RealTime for C++, activate the following runtime
analysis features
 State-machine coverage
 Memory and performance profiling
 UML runtime tracing
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Harness the power of model-driven testing
From within IBM Rational Rose RealTime
Covered UML
state
Uncovered
UML transition
UML Sequence
Diagram as a
test case
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Harness the power of model-driven testing
From within IBM Rational Rose RealTime
 Develop and debug at the model level
 Seamlessly integrate
 Test RealTime runtime analysis capabilities
 Rose RealTime application execution
 Visualize covered states/transitions in your UML state machines
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Summary
Fix your code before it breaks with IBM Rational Test RealTime
 A unique cross-platform solution for
component testing and runtime analysis
 Automated functional testing at all
levels of complexity to ensure your
software reliability
 Memory and performance profiling,
code coverage measurement and
runtime tracing abilities to diagnose
run-time issues
 Dynamic links between code, test assets
and visual models to make testing an
integral part of the development cycle
 Low-overhead technology for
enabling target-independent tests
and runtime analysis
All in one tool – for any IDE
and hosted on any target!
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Case Study
Alcatel Space
 Challenge
 When building a communication system for a satellite project, Alcatel needed
to shorten testing time yet meet stringent testing standards and overcome
significant testing challenges.
 Solution
 Rational Test RealTime enabled them to successfully achieve these
objectives.
 Benefits
 Increased development productivity as a result of validation testing
improvements
 Heightened confidence in the overall quality of the application under test
 Improved the predictability of the application's performance further ensuring
customer satisfaction
 More information
 http://www-306.ibm.com/software/success/cssdb.nsf/CS/JENS-5MHK6Z?OpenDocument&Site=software
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Competitive Advantages
IBM Rational Test RealTime
 Full and flexible solution in a single tool
 Integrated with lifecycle development tools
 IBM Rational ClearCase
 IBM Rational ClearQuest
 IBM Rational Test Manager
 IBM Rational Rose RealTime
 Rational Unified Process
 Integrated with a UML model-driven development solution
 Test deployment at all levels of verifications and granularity
 Component testing and runtime analysis capabilities at the source
code level
 Test RealTime Target Deployment Port feature
 Deploy tests on any target from 4-bit to 64-bit architecture
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Resources
 Rational Test RealTime Web page
 http://www-306.ibm.com/software/awdtools/test/realtime/index.html
 Real-Time and embedded solutions webinars
 http://www.ibm.com/software/rational/info/literature/whitepapers.jsp
 Rational Developer Network
 http://www-136.ibm.com/developerworks/rational/products/testrealtime
 Success stories
 http://www.ibm.com/software/success/cssdb.nsf/topstoriesFM?OpenForm&Site=rational
 Training
 http://www-306.ibm.com/software/sw-training/
 Events
 http://www-306.ibm.com/software/sw-events/
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Quiz
 Which roles on the software development team can benefit from IBM Software
Quality products and offerings?
 What are the benefits of an automated functional testing product such as IBM
Rational Functional Tester?
 Name three of the major features in Rational Functional Tester.
 Which development languages does Rational Functional Tester support for
creating test scripts?
 What is the function of IBM Rational Robot?
 Name three major features of Rational Manual Tester.
 What does the assisted data verification feature in Rational Manual Tester do?
 What does the visual test editor in Rational Performance Tester do?
 What are the three areas of code analysis in IBM Rational PurifyPlus?
 What are two of the competitive advantages of IBM Rational PurifyPlus?
 What does Target Deployment Port technology do in Rational Test RealTime?
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