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3 Testing of Software-Intensive Systems
Pages 24-27

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... The group's goal is to prescribe statistical methods that will support decisions on the operational effectiveness and suitability of soft 24
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... A checklist associated with the methods would also be helpful to developers in knowing when their systems are ready for operational testing. The remainder of this chapter addresses the potential role for statistical methods in operational testing of software-intensive systems and describes the panel s activities to date and planned future work in this area.
From page 26...
... If the software engineering process is flawed, then the statistical measurements and analysis used in operational testing will be out of context. ACTIVITIES TO DATE A primary goal of the panel has been to identify and develop working relationships with representatives from the different services who have primary operational test and evaluation responsibility for designing and performing experiments for software-intensive systems so that we can understand operational testing from their perspective, the difficulties they experience, and the areas where they might seek panel assistance.
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... In late 1991, the Air Force developed a process improvement program that was used in its software development activities. The Air Force has also been developing standardized procedures for software test and evaluation for use in both developmental and operational tests.


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