SASQAG Seattle Area Software Quality Assurance Group

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Featured Presentation:

EMULATION AS A TEST INFRASTRUCTURE

Dan Voss, Varolii Corp

Abstract

Emulation tools are particularly suited to software development for embedded applications. Early emulators were based on hardware, limited in resources, and proprietary. They were poor tools to develop code, and just about useless for testing. Processor performance has improved tremendously and the situation is much better today. A prime reason is targets can now run a conventional desktop operating system. Dan will describe several important benefits from this for Development as well as Test, and what it takes to make infrastructure based on emulation workable. There will be a demonstration comparing emulator operation with the real target for a portable entertainment product. Emulation encourages automated test, and several examples will be shown.

Bio

Dan has been involved in software projects for many years as a developer, project manager on small teams, and for the past 9 years, in testing. Most of his experience is in embedded control applications that used emulation in some form. This included test instrumentation at Fluke, computer system peripherals at Tally and Avocent, and most recently, wireless consumer products at Varia Mobile. He just started in a quite different direction in database applications QA at Varolii Corp. Dan earned a BSEE from Santa Clara University and an MSEE from the UW. He has CSTE certification and is a registered EE in Washington

Collaborative Quality

October 13-15, 2008
Oregon Convention Center
Portland, Oregon

	Quality Events Calendar SASQAG lists software quality events in the PNW. These events are not sponsored or endorsed by SASQAG. Sometimes special discounts or accommodations are available to SASQAG members. Notices for consideration should be sent to events@sasqag.org.
March 10, 2008 (recurrence - second Monday of each month)	Inaugural meeting of TeamTestingSIG (TTSIG) - Microsoft is working on a new product (codenamed Rosario) aimed at giving testers the same caliber of tools that have been created for developers. Members of the test community from different companies and organizations in the NW are invited to attend and give input on test strategies and best practices, and to provide feedback on the current design for this new product. For more information: http://ttsig.com/default.aspx
May 12-16, 2008	HP Mercury training now available in the Seattle area...official HP curriculum taught by HP certified instructors. LoadRunner 9 will be taught May 12-16. Other classes such as QuickTest Pro, Quality Center, etc. will be offered at a later date, schedule TBA. For more information, please contact Dave Pennington dave.pennington@excell.com or Dan Williams daniel.williams@excell.com.
July 1, 2008 - Call for Presentations	The 19th IEEE International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering (ISSRE) will be held at Microsoft’s Conference center in Redmond November 10 - 14,2008. ISSRE seeks submissions of one page abstract by authors in the software reliability community on industry relevant topics in technology, tools and practices related to software testing, reliability, safety, security, availability, and dependability. See Web site for more info.
July 28 - Aug 1, 2008	International Institute for Software Testing (IIST) International Testing Certification Week Discount Reminder: Members of SASQAG will receive a 25% discount to all IIST upcoming public training and certification events by using the promo code SASQAG on their registration.
Sept 29 - Oct 3, 2008 Anaheim, CA	STARWEST 2008 - Software testing analysis & review conference.
October 13-15, 2008, Portland, OR	26th Annual Pacific Northwest Software Quality Conference, October 13-15, 2008 at Oregon Convention Center in Portland, Oregon. Our theme for 2008 of “Collaborative Quality.” See http://www.pnsqc.org/ for more information.
Nov 10-14, 2008 Redmond, WA	The 19th IEEE International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering (ISSRE) will be held at Microsoft’s Conference center in Redmond November 10 - 14,2008. ISSRE focuses on the practice and theory of software systems reliability engineering and analytics.
Note Meeting Change, First Tuesday of Even Months	SeaSpin (the Seattle Area Software Process Improvement Network) meets the first Tuesday of alternate months (starting April 8th, 2008) from 5:45 pm to 8:30 pm at Construx Software's Bellevue office.

**SASQAG Sponsors 2008 Certification Exams in Seattle**
Software Certification Exams for Certified Software Quality Analyst and Certified Software Tester CSQA and CSTE Exams in 2008 will be on-demand/electronic. See QAI Web site for further information. For local information/questions contact cert@sasqag.org ASQ's Exam for Certified Software Quality Engineer Exams in Seattle scheduled for: June 7, 2008 (apply by April 4, 2008) December 5, 2008 (apply by October 9, 2008) Contact: ASQ, (800) 248-1946 and ask for application package B0110. Contact Tom Gilchrist, tomg@tomgtomg.com, for more info and study materials.. Candidates may form their own study group.

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