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December 1998

We are pleased to announce the QW'99 Advisory Board for QW'99. The Advisory Board reviews all submitted papers and abstracts and generally is responsible for assuring quality in the conference. This year in response to many suggestions we have added a number of members from Vendor Companies. Composition of the QW'99 Advisory Board stands at around 20% non-USA and 20% vendors.

TTN-Online December 1998 . Articles include: QW'99 Advisory Board Announced; Special Issue on Information Systems Support for Electronic Commerce: Call for Papers; Software Fault Injection: Inoculating Programs Against Errors, J. Voas an G. McGraw (Wiley Computer Publishing); TestWorks Product Updates; Summary of Dot Graham's Plenary Session Survey from QWE'98; A Reader's Suggestion; Millennium Event Planning (Humor); The Basis Path Test Path Controversy (Revisited); The Hidden Code of Y2K; Minimize Testing by Removing Redundant Code.

A new version of TCAT for Java Ver. 1.2. is now available. You can download a copy . If you don't already have a license key you can Request an Access Key as part of a new evaluation or as part of your pre-paid maintenance subscription.

The latest version provides full support for Ver. 1.2 of Java, full support for instrumentation of all features in the most-recent JFCs, and full support for all JDK Ver. 1.2 features. Ver. 1.2 of TCAT for Java is fully operational with VJ++ 6.0 (beta) and VJ++ 1.n as well.

November 1998

The 2nd International Software Quality Week Europe, held 9-13 November 1998 in Brussels, showed growth in numbers and quality over the prior event. With over 60 papers and around 250 attending, QWE'98 got very strong positive reactions from all of the attendees.

Special credit for the event's success goes to to Rose Malinao (left), QWE'98 Executive Director Rita Bral (center) and QWE'98's 5-language-speaker and local assistant Stephanie Van Quanthem (right) who kept the "behind the scenes work" well in hand.

QWE'98 began with two days of full-day and half-day tutorials. Here are photos of some of the Tutorial Speakers. Tom Drake (Managing Quality in Object-Oriented Software), Boris Beizer (An Overview of Testing; Testing and Y2K), Martin Pol (Test Process Improvement), Suzanne Robertson (Making Requirements Testable, Ed Kit (Automated Software Testing and Reviews), Dot Graham (Software Inspection), John Musa (More Reliable, Faster Cheaper Testing with Software Reliability Engineering).

Software Research, Inc. sponsored the QWE'98 Welcome Reception, held in the Maison de Brasseurs (House of Brewmasters, two of whom are pictured here) at the Grand Place in Brussels. As you can see, this was a pretty enjoyable event , particularly with the expert advice of John Musa, widely known Wine and Beer critic.

Exhibits included a range of software product and service companies. There was an Exhibitor Sponsored Cocktail Party on Wednesday evening. All conference 3-course lunches were held in the Horizon Room at the Sheraton, with a commanding view of Brussels.

A highlight of the QWE'98 conference was the pair of book signings with Boris Beizer and with John Musa and Martin Pol.

The conference voted on the papers and the QWE'98 Best Paper Awardee was Ms. Monica Bobrowski (left) for her presentation of A Software Engineering View of Data Quality with co-authors Ms. Martina Marre and Mr. Daniel Yankelevich. The QW'98 Best Paper Awardee, Mr. Jim Clarke (left), gave his QW'99 paper to the European audience.

Check out the complete QWE'98 Photo Album with over 110 photos of QWE'98

Make your plans now for QWE'99, 1-5 November 1999 in Brussels, Belgium.

TTN-Online November 1998 . Articles include: QWE'98 Best Paper Award, "Better DES Challenge" solved by John Gilmore, and "Deep Crack" (reprinted from RISKS), Definitions of the Major Angsts of Testing, 12th International Software Quality Week 1999 -- Call for Papers and Presentations , Special Issue on Software Reuse Published, QWE'98 Speaker Survey; Reliability Maturity Model; "Why Wait? Alternative Y2K Solutions!"; 7th IFIP Conference on Dependable Computing for Critical Applications (DCCA-7); TTN-Online Articles Wanted.

October 1998

TestWorks is featured in three classes taught by Ms. Juliana Silva Herbert at Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos. About 98 students will be demonstrated on how TestWorks/Regression/Windows works. Topics of the classes include principles of software testing, types of software testing, features of CASE tools, and regression testing.

Software Research, Inc. is privileged to provide TestWorks as part of the educational experience for the Computer Science students at UNISINOS. The Call for Papers and Participation for Quality Week '99 (QW'99) has been released. QW'99 will be held 24-28 May 1999 and has been expanded to be a 5-day event by adding a second day of tutorials.

TTN-Online October 1998 . Articles include: 2nd International Quality Week Europe, QWE'98 (9-13 November 1998, Brussels, Belgium) -- Complete Technical Program; Testing for Y2K Compliance: A Case Study, by Jim Williams; A Review of the V Model, by Morton Hirschberg; QW'99 Call for Papers; SIG on Quality Assurance Being Formed, by Kenneth D. Shere; Humor: It's About Teaching Math in 199?; International Conference on Software Maintenance, 16-20 November 1998.

Now you can download TCAT for VC++ 5.0 and 6.0!

September 1998

We have made available two new Application Notes that illustrate the depth and power of TestWorks for Windows applied to both C-C++ and Java applications. The AppNotes are both available for Download in both PostScript (*ps) and Portable Document Format (*pdf) format.

TTN-Online September 1998 . Articles include: 2nd International Quality Week Europe, QWE'98 (9-13 November 1998, Brussels, Belgium) -- A Complete Program Tour; Public TestWorks Training Available; Two Digits for a Date (Songs, Humor); Software Certification Laboratories by J. Voas; Availability of Musa Book: A Note From the Author; TestWorks Corner: Changes and Additions; 9th International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering, ISSRE'98 (4-7 November 1998, Paderborn, Germany); The Official 1998 Edition of Bumper Stickers; and, Automated Testing is Costly.

New publically available Training Courses in TestWorks are now available. Arranged in a 5-day sequence that allows TestWorks trainees to come up to speed on TestWorks in single-day or multi-day sequences. The earliest available public training sessions are in October and December in San Francisco; other cities and schedules will be announced.

August 1998

The Advisory Board for the 2nd International Software Quality Week/Europe (QWE'98) has announced the final QWE'98 Technical Program. Keynote speakers and Panel Session Leaders include:
  • Dr. David Talbot
  • Dr. Boris Beizer
  • Mr. John Musa
  • Mr. Martyn Levitt
  • Ms. Dorothy Graham
  • Dr. Edward Miller
  • Mr. Tom Drake
QWE'98 includes twelve 1-day and 1/2-day Tutorials by: Beizer, Binder, Broekman & Hoos, Drake, Bazzana & Fagnoni, Graham, Kit, Musa, Pol, Robertson, Rosenberg & Hammer. There are over 50 speakers in 4 parallel tracks in the 5-day QWE'98 Technical Program. Visit QWE'98's Technical Exhibits by nearly 20 companies. You can Register Online .

Special Lockheed-Wide Windows Product Discount Pricing

As part of the Engineering Productivity Improvement (EPI) effort run from Lockheed's EPI Center in Camden, New Jersey, we are pleased to announce availability of all TestWorks Products for Windows 95/NT to Lockheed customers at a 40% discount off list price. Contact the EIP Manager Mr. Jack Allahand Jack.Allahand@lmco.com for details on how to order to obtain the discount price. UNIX users take note: there are also very substantial discounts available under the same Lockheed program.

TTN-Online August 1998 . Articles include: Quality Week/Europe '98 (QWE'98) Technical Program ; Getting Requirements Right, by Larry Bernstein; Quality Grades for Software Components; The WebSite Quality Challenge (Part 2/2), by Edward Miller; Updated IEEE Software Engineering Standards Users Group Web Page; Software Quality WWWBoard; TestWorks Special Summer Pricing; Millennium Panic (A Poem); ISRS (Spain, June 1999). SR's

TestWorks for x86/Solaris 2.5+ Downloadable.

TestWorks users and potential users can download the most recent builds of TestWorks on x86/Solaris 2.5+ (this version works on all versions of Solaris 2.5 and Solaris 2.6). Three possible downloads for x86/Solaris 2.5+ are available:

You will need to have your hostid and nodename available to obtain an access key.

NOTE to existing TestWorks users: These new builds will run with your current license keys.

Special "Summer Special" Pricing for TestWorks Available.

Our just released TCAT/C-C++ Ver. 2.1 is fully integrated in MS/VC++ Visual Developer Studio along with CAPBAK/MSW Ver. 3.2 and SMARTS/MSW Ver. 2.6. Now you get single-click access to TestWorks' regression, test management, and coverage checking functions.

As part of this rollout we are offering special Summer '98 pricing on TestWorks/Windows, a 3-product bundle that includes CAPBAK, SMARTS, and TCAT/C-C++.

UNIX users aren't left out! We are offering a Summer '98 Special TestWorks/Professional Bundle including the most-recent releases of CAPBAK/X, SMARTS, EXDIFF, TCAT/C-C++, and TDGEN -- the five main tools you need for truly professional software testing -- for all supported UNIX platforms.

Send Email sales@sr-corp.com for a formal price quote. These prices apply to new installations only and are effective through 31 August 1998.

July 1998

Visual Studio Integration with TCAT/C-C++ Ver. 2.1

Visual Studio ToolBar Icons Shown at left are the six TCAT/C-C++ toolbar icons plus a SMARTS/MSW and a CAPBAK/MSW toolbar icon that have been added to the Visual Studio VC++ environment during the TCAT/C-C++ installation process. These icons let programmer/testers perform these functions with a single key-click:

TCAT ToolBar Icon Configure TCAT: Select among alternative modes of instrumentation.

TCAT ToolBar Icon Build Instrumented Application: Instrument the application before compiling.

TCAT ToolBar Icon Run Instrumented Application: Run the instrumented and compiled application.

TCAT ToolBar Icon Analyze Coverage: Analyze the coverage achieved by one or more tests (see below). (C1 is the name used in TestWorks for branch coverage; TCAT measures both C1 = branch coverage and S1 = call-pair coverage).

TCAT ToolBar Icon Show Digraph: Bring up the Digraph display for the selected object (see below).

TCAT ToolBar Icon Show CallTree: Bring up the CallTree display for the selected object (see below).

SMARTS ToolBar Icon Run SMARTS Application: Organizes and executes a collection of tests which may use recorded scripts that are executed by CAPBAK from SMARTS control.

CAPBAK ToolBar Icon Run CAPBAK Application: Captures and plays back keystrokes, mouse movements, object manipulations, and user-selected images.

TestWorks users and potential users can download the latest builds of TestWorks on SPARC/Solaris 2.5+ (it works on all versions of 2.5 and also on 2.6). Four possible downloads for SPARC/Solaris 2.5+ are available:

You will need to have your hostid and nodename available to obtain an access key.

NOTE to existing TestWorks users: These new builds will run with your current keys.

We strongly recommend your consideration of the Ninth International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering (ISSRE'98), being held in Paderborn, Germany 4-7 November 1998. ISSRE'98 is the Wednesday-through-Saturday immediately before Quality Week Europe 98 (QWE'98) and we expect to be offering some significant discounts for attendance at both conferences. Send Email qw@sr-corp.com for complete information about this special opportunity.

TTN-Online July 1998 . Articles include: Quality Week/Europe '98 (QWE'98) Call for Participation ; Rapid Application Development: A Brief Overview, by Morton A. Hirschberg; Stick With Your Guns!, by Michael Brandstetter; TestWorks Corner: The Latest System Additions; More Professional Attitude Towards Testing Recommended; Siemens Paper Available; Automation for Year 2000 Testing, by Darlene Mackay, CQA; SR's Software Quality Portal; Call for Papers: RIDE-VE'99.

SR/AONIX 10X Seminars: Using AONIX' UML Use Case Editor, Test Generator to Drive Capture Playback with CAPBAK/X and Get Test Coverage Assessments with TCAT.

The SR/AONIX team is offering half-day seminars featuring TestWorks in concert with AONIX' UML and test generation capability in an end-to-end solution that promises 10 X (yes, ten times!) productivity increases. Seminar dates and locations:

DATE SEMINAR CITIES
4 August 1998 San Diego, CA & Markham, Ontario CANADA
5 August 1998 San Francisco, CA & Philadelphia, PA
6 August 1998 Minneapolis, MN & Baltimore, MD
7 August 1998 Huntsville, AL & New Orleans, LA

Register via Email at seminars@aonix.com or or visit the AONIX Seminar Website, or, call the seminar registrar at +1 (619) 824-0238.

June 1998

TestWorks users can now download a new release of TCAT/C-C++ for Windows 95/NT, Ver. 2.1.

TCAT/C-C++ is fully integrated with Microsoft Visual C/C++ 5.n. All actions needed to obtain a coverage report can be done entirely within the Microsoft Visual C/C++ environment.

This release also includes extensions of the source viewing capability, stronger integration between CallTree, Digraph, and Coverage reports. Complete details -- including a Quick Tour showing sample screens -- can be found in the Product Release Notes

Software Magazine (published by the Sentry Technology Group) has included SR in the 1998 Software 500 -- see the printed June 1998 issue of the magazine. Marking the 16th consecutive year of publishing their ranking of the "...best, brightest and most successful [companies] in the software industry", the Software 500 list includes "...solid providers of enterprise-level software...". We are pleased to be included the second year in a row, and equally proud to have advanced five ranks from our position in 1997.

TestWorks users can now download a new release of CAPBAK/MSW for Windows 95/NT, Ver. 3.2. Complete details can be found in the Product Release Notes.

CAPBAK/MSW is optimized to help testers generate compact, reliable tests with the least possible work. CAPBAK/MSW Ver. 3.2 accomplishes this by attempting all recordings in ObjectMode and automatically reverting to the universal and highly reliable TrueTime mode with Automatic Output Synchronization (AOS) when the user's actions make an ObjectMode recording impossible.

CAPBAK/MSW's goal is to always produce a test that has a very high chance of running reliably and effectively without any human intervention. (Editing of recorded scripts for special effects is particularly easy because the scripts are expressed in "C".)

TTN-Online June 1998. Articles include: Quality Week/Europe '98 (QWE'98) Call for Participation; The Ultimate Y2K Defect; SigADA Conference Announcement; The WebSite Quality Challenge, by Edward Miller (Part 1 of 2); The Ph.D. Final Exam; 28th International Symposium on Fault-Tolerant Computing; Third International Conference in Quality and Reliability.

The QWE'98 Call for Participation is now available. The theme chosen for QWE'98 is: EURO and Y2K: The Industrial Impact. Papers are due by 17 July 1998. Candidate speakers should use the Speaker Data Sheet to simplify processing of submissions.

Complete details about QWE'98, including availability of information for exhibitors, is found at the QWE'98 Conference HomePage.

Thanks to some 80 presenters, to our QW'98 Advisory Board, and to the 850+ attendees, QW'98 was a great success! All of us at SR and SR/Institute extend our sincere thanks to everyone involved! ExtraSpecial thanks go to QW'98 Executive Director Rita Bral and QW'98 Registrar Rose Malinao.

QW'98 BEST PAPER AWARD: The winner of the QW'98 Best Paper award (as voted by the attendees) was Mr. James M. Clarke from Lucent Technologies . His paper was entitled "Automated Test Generation from a Behavioral Model". As part of his prize for the QW'98 Best Paper Mr. Clark will will be presenting this paper at QWE'98 with support for travel and staying costs provided by the QW'98/QWE'98 Conferences.

You may want to browse through the 250+ images in the Complete Conference Photo Album, a set of digital-camera shots taken during QW'98.

Some special selections from the Conference Photo Album include:

Finally, special recognition to QW'98's official Nametag Decorator Rachel Ostrand.

May 1998

AONIX 10X Seminars: Using AONIX' UML Use Case Editor, Test Generator to Drive Capture Playback with CAPBAK/X and Get Test Coverage Assessments with TCAT.

AONIX is offering a set of free half-day seminars featuring TestWorks in concert with AONIX' award winning UML and test generation capability. This end-to-end solution promises ten times (hence the name "10X") productivity increases when the product suite (AONIX' Stp plus TestWorks) is combined with training in proper automated tool use.

Dates and locations for these free half-day seminars (8:00 AM through 12:00 Noon, continental breakfast included) are:

DATE SEMINAR CITY
9 June 1998 Montreal, Quebec CANADA
Phoenix, AZ
10 June 1998 Dallas, TX
Pittsburgh, PA
11 June 1998 Houston, TX
Reston, VA
12 June 1998 Raleigh, NC
Seattle, WA

For information about how to register send Email to to seminars@aonix.com or or visit the AONIX Seminar Website, or, call the seminar registrar at +1 (619) 824-0238.

TTN-Online May 1998. Articles include: Quality Week '98 (QW'98) Complete Technical Program (Schedule Order); Real-Time Feedback Management: Maximizing the Value of Customer Feedback; Measuring Software Quality to Support Testing, by Shari Lawrence Pfleeger (Part 2 of 2); Using AONIX' UML Use Case Editor, Test Generator to Drive Capture Playback with CAPBAK/X and Do Coverage Assessment with TCAT -- Free Seminars by AONIX; Software Testing: Challenges for the Future; Frequently Begged Questions and How to Answer Them, by Nicholas Zvegintzov; Quality Week/Europe '98 (QWE'98) Call for Participation, Birds-of-a-Feather Sessions; MCDC Standard Effort -- IEEE P1506, by John Joseph Chilenski; You Know You're In Trouble When...; International Conference on Reliable Software Technologies; Software Quality Professional, by Taz Daughtrey.

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Check out QW'98 announcements running in:

QW'98 is expected to be a sellout. Register for QW'98 soon to be assured of a seat.

April 1998

TTN-Online April 1998. Articles include: Quality Week '98 (QW'98) Update: Only a Few Days Left; Measuring Software Quality to Support Testing, by Shari Lawrence Pfleeger (Part 1 of 2); Monthly Humor Section: The Daily Bread; Software Testing: Challenges for the Future (Seminar Series in Belgium); Return On Investment From Test Automation, by Lou Adornato.

A series of special seminars on the AONIX 10X Program feature TestWorks products in action, executing tests developed with the automated specification-based testing process. Here is the schedule of current seminars:

For information and registration details send Email to seminars@aonix.com or to Bob Poston at poston@aonix.com.

March 1998

The lineup of sponsors and cooperating organizations for QW'98 includes the following (in alphabetic order): Complete details on the Quality Week '98 Sponsors Page.

TTN-Online March 1998 . Articles include: Quality Week '98 (QW'98) Complete Technical Program (Schedule Order); A Memo about Dr. Boris Beizer's Book; On Becoming an Automation Evangelist, by Elisabeth Hendrickson; MScs in Software Engineering and Safety Critical Systems Engineering; International Conference on Software Technology: Software Quality (June 1998); TestWorks Corner: The Latest System Additions; Pacific Northwest Software Quality Conference (October 1998); IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering (January/February 1999); Call for Papers: UML'98.

February 1998

The QW'98 Advisory Board has announced the final QW'98 Technical Program. Keynote speakers include:
  • Prof. Dave Parnas
  • Dr. Boris Beizer
  • Mr. Cem Kaner
  • Mr. Robert Binder
  • Mr. Dave Duchesneau
  • Mr. Robert Glass
QW'98 includes ten 1/2-day Tutorials by: Beizer, Binder, Deck, Gilb Hausen, Kit, Lyu, Musa, Pol, and Rosenberg. There are over 50 speakers in 5 parallel tracks in the 4-day QW'98 Technical Program. Visit QW'98's Technical Exhibits by nearly 30 companies. You can Register Online .

TTN-Online February 1998 . Articles include: Quality Week '98 (QW'98): Conference Preview; Importance of Software Prototyping, by Larry Bernstein: New Book By John Musa Available; Conference Announcement: AQUIS'98; TestWorks Corner: The Latest System Additions, Object Oriented WebSite Testing, Remote Testing Technology, more...; Course on Software Safety by Nancy Leveson Offered; OXYMORONS: THE TOP 47; International Workshops on Critical-Functions Considerations: Off the Shelf Items.

Users of TestWorks for Windows may wish to download the latest revised releases, which all have a February 1998 build date. The new releases include many small upgrades, new on-line documentation, and more-complete fully worked examples. Products affected in the February 1998 releases include:

If you cannot download the latest versions please contact the TestWorks team at licenses@sr-corp.com to obtain an updated copy of your product media (3-1/2's or CD-ROM).

January 1998

TTN-Online January 1998 . Articles include: Quality Week '98 (QW'98): Update; Conference Announcement:AQuIS'98 (Venice, 30 March to 2 April 1998); The TestWorks Corner: The Latest System Additions; A Guided Tour of Software Testing Tools for the 10X Program, by Robert Poston; Advance Program: ISSTA98 and FMSP98, 2-5 March 1998; WEB Quality Assurance/Testing Survey: Three Responses

We are pleased to announce that two new courses are using the TestWorks Product Set in classroom situations:

Prof. Bill Howden, UC/San Diego, will be using TestWorks for UNIX in his Winter Session course Software Testing and Analysis.

Prof. Paul Jorgensen (jorgensp@gvsu.edu) has adopted TestWorks for Windows product set for use in his class and lab at Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI.

We are pleased to welcome Meridian Marketing Group as a reseller of Software TestWorks. Meridian's experts know the product line and the technology and have a great reputation for providing hi-tech customers with superior service.

December 1997

WEBSITE CONTENT QUALITY ISSUES: A SURVEY Most everyone regularly uses the WWW in some capacity -- keeping up on the news, searching for information, downloading software, etc. This survey addresses the question: "What About Quality Issues in the WWW?" We invite your answers to the survey questions below. Send responses by Email responses to ttn@sr-corp.com. We'll summarize all of the responses we receive in TTN-online in an upcoming issue.

Here are the questions:

Remember, send your responses directly to ttn@sr-corp.com. Look for the survey summary in a future issue of TTN-Online.

TTN-Online December 1997 . Articles include: Holiday Greetings from SR, SR/Institute; Quality Week 1998, San Francisco, California, May 1998: Call for Participation Reminder; Pacific Northwest Software Quality Conference, A Conference Report by Larry Bernstein; WebSite Content Quality Issues: A Survey for TTN-Online Readers; Call for Nominations, Stevens Award; Property Based Testing: A New Approach to Testing for Assurance, by George Fink and Matt Bishop (Part 2 of 2); Compendium of Software Engineering Tools: Software Methods and Tools (SMT) WebSite; European Software Measurement Conference - FESMA'98, May 1998, Antwerp, Belgium; IEEE-SA Software Engineering Standard; 2nd EuroMicro and Software Maintenance & Reengineering Conference (CSM98), Florence, March 1998.

TCAT for Java/Windows 1.0 has been released. The companion product to TCAT for Java for UNIX has now been released for the Windows '95 and NT. You can download an evaluation copy . Send Email to request an access key to licenses@sr-corp.com. Technical details about this release can be found in the TCAT for Java/Windows Ver. 1.0 Release Notes.

The release notes for Cover9 for TCAT C/C++ for Windows.

November 1997

The Call for Participation for the 11th Annual International Software Quality Week (QW'98) set for 26-29 May 1997 in San Francisco, California has been released. Prospective speakers and vendors should think about getting paper and presentation proposals ready for the 16 January 1998 deadline.

TTN-Online November 1997 . With this issue TTN-Online reaches over 5000 Email subscribers worldwide! Articles include: Formal Methods: A Practitioners' Companion; TCAT for Java for Windows Availability; Property Based Testing: A New Approach to Testing for Assurance, by George Fink and Matt Bishop (Part 1 of 2); Global Software Competitiveness, by Don O'Neill.

Users of TestWorks' TCAT products on UNIX will be pleased to know that the product now supports included SQL code. Complete details about TCAT and how it handles embedded SQL are available from sales@sr-corp.com.

SR's President Edward Miller gave a special keynote talk at the November 1997 Tri-Ada Conference in St. Louis, 12 November 1997. Copies of the VGs for Miller's talk, Quality for the Millennium are available on request.

The First International Quality Week Conference, Europe (QWE'97) was held 4-7 November 1997 in Brussels Belgium. Keynote talks at this successful technical conference included presentations by:

Special acknowledgement goes to Dr. Antonella Bertolino recipient of the Best Paper of QW'97 Award for her paper A General Path Generation Algorithm for Coverage Testing

Special thanks to QWE'98's four Track Chairs:

You can order extra copies (while they last) of the QWE'97 Conference and Tutorial Proceedings .

Readers concerned with long-term issues in software quality and testing may find the interview by Mark Johnson of SR's President Edward Miller in Software QA Magazine Article of particular interest. The interview touches on the origins of TestWorks and on the formation of the Quality Week Conference series.

October 1997

TTN-Online October 1997 . A Guided Tour of Quality Week Europe '97. Larry Bernstein on Trustworthy Software Engineers. Measured Merriment (a new way to "Think Metric"). The complete Technical Program of QWE'97

You can now download a copy of the Conference Brochure (in either PostScript or PDF format) for the 1st International Software Quality Week Europe (QWE'97).

Version 1.5 of TCAT for C/C++ for Windows 95/NT has been released and is now available for Downloading from the TestWorks WebSite. Complete technical details about this new release can be found in the TCAT C/C++ for Windows, Ver. 1.5 Release Notes . Note that TCAT C/C++ for Windows 3.1n remains at Ver. 1.4.

September 1997

TTN-Online September 1997 . The complete QWE'97 Technical Program. "Improving the Attitude toward Testing: Shifting the Focus of Testing," by Dr.San Murugesan; "ComputerWorld Special Report: Software Quality"; "Sound Off: Should We Give Up On Quality Vendor-Supplied Software? Yes!," by Steve Devinney; TCAT C/C++ for UNIX Used in CS Testing Course; 20th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE98).

The Technical Program for the 1st International Software Quality Week Europe (QWE'97) has been announced. Comprised of over 50 speakers, two days of tutorials, a 2-day technical conference and product expo, QWE'97 builds on SR/Institute's decade of success with the Quality Week Conference series.

The Technical Program along with all > Speaker Biographics and Presentation Abstracts are available online. You can also Register Online or request information from qw@sr-corp.com.

Hotel information from the Sheraton/Brussels direct or from QWE'97's booking agent HotExpo.

August 1997

SR's President Edward Miller is featured in the August/September issue of Software QA Magazine, in an interview titled: "Edward Miller of Software Research", by Mark Johnson.

TTN-Online August 1997 . Announcing C+- (Pronounced C More or Less)," by John Favaro; Mission Reliability Testing: A Testing Dream," by Larry Bernstein Remote Testing with TestWorks: A Disciplined Remote Testing Approach vs. Rolling Betas; Call For Papers: 2nd International B Conference, Montpelier, France: 22-24 April 1998; TestWorks Version Calibration, August 1997; Call for Papers: AQuIS, Venice, Italy: 31 March - 3 April 1998; Nightmare of the Month Club: A Winner: "Features Not Required!", by Link Hochnadle; First European Conference on Achieving Software Product Quality: Developing, Testing, Evaluating for 'Good Enough' Quality, Dublin, Ireland: 15-16 September 1997; ICSM'97, Bari, Italy: 29 September - 3 October 1997.

Software people concerned with Quality will be interested to see the 18 August 1997 issue of ComputerWorld which has a Special Report devoted to Software Quality. Report writer/coordinator Walter Crosby (walter_crosby@cw.com), VP/Information Systems at Computerworld, Inc., brings together a particularly interesting array of writers and material that give a very good, hi-level introduction to software quality questions.

TestWorks for UNIX is now available on the SCO/UnixWare operating system for the x86 platform. For complete information send Email to info@sr-corp.com.

SR is pleased to announce that TestWorks' TCAT for Java has been selected as FINALIST in the first-ever JavaWorld Editors' Choice Awards in the category: Testing Tools. All finalists will be honored at the Awards Ceremony, set to take place at the Java Internet Business Expo in New York, 25-28 August 1997.

TestWorks's new Remote Testing Technology capability is aimed at supporting product developers and quality testing teams by extending the reach of testing to include early-beta and late-beta remote collection of functional use and coverage data. Initial capability is already available: remote collection of coverage data on a Java applet.

A live demonstration of our proprietary technology is available NOW on this Website. You can play the instrumented J-Othello game (withOUT the RealTime Coverage Display); it asks you for your Email address. TCAT for Java collects the coverage data for whatever you do, prepares the test coverage report, and we Email you the coverage report in ASCII and/or HTML format within 24 hours.

Click Here to Try our Remote Testing Technology and Get Your Coverage Report By Email.

Get complete information from info@sr-corp.com. Ask for the Remote Testing Technology information kit.

SR is pleased to announce the two winners in our Testing with TCAT for Java contest. $25 checks are going out to Danny Faught (93% C1 and 97% S0) and Rob Fagen (90% C1 and 97% S0) for submitting winning screenshots before the deadline. According to our WebSite recods, over 2500 people tried the Testing with TCAT for Java WebPage at least to some level.

July 1997

SR is pleased to announce a new central contact point for our BellSouth Telecommunications basic Purchasing Agreement (Basic). Employees and contractors of BellSouth who wish to take advantage of the discount program for TestWorks Products for both UNIX and Windows are invited to contact Mr. Patrick Mihm patrick.mihm@bridge.bellsouth.com, Supply Manager, to obtain the best possible quantity discounts.

TTN-Online July 1997 . A second winner in "Your Worst Testing Nightmare: The Contest"; Quality Grades for Software (Frank Ackerman); Christopher Fox and William Frakes on "The Quality Approach"; A NEW CONTEST: Your Best Testing Dream!

../AppNotes/TCAT-Java/jtcatgui.gif Java $50 Prize Test Coverage Contest Winner: The $50 prize goes to Shihsung Liao, who achieved a total of 89% C1 (branch) and 97% S0 (method) coverage on J-Othello.

You can see his winning screen by clicking on the image at the left. You can still play and win and we are offering $25 each to the first 10 submitters who equal or exceed Liao's score, through 31 July 1997.

Click here to try the TCAT for Java live coverage demonstration with J-Othello.

The 1997 Embedded Systems Programming Subscriber Study lists SR/TestWorks with a major share of the embedded systems test support market, according to Thomas Vilms, Senior Contributing Editor at Embedded Systems. This ranking is based on use of TestWorks coverage tools in a cross-testing or host/target testing applications in which runtime test coverage data is collected from a target and imported to a host for analysis.

Java $50 Prize Test Coverage Contest (Through 15 July 1997). We are running a special contest, with a $50 cash prize, to help people test their Java testing skills on the WWW with TCAT for Java! For this contest you must play J-Othello, a TCAT-instrumented Java application you run from that WebPage. It shows your current test coverage live on the screen.

SR will pay $50 to the highest-scoring game screen and corresponding coverage report we receive by FAX to +1 (415) 957-0730 before 12:00 PDT on 15 July 1997. The contest winner will be announced the next day! In case of a tie, the earliest arriving entry wins.

Use any test methods you want to maximize your C1 (segment) and S0 (method) coverage values. To win you must FAX a printout of your screen with the J-Othello game and the coverage value showing on the screen. Use xwd or xv on UNIX or PRNT-SCRN on Windows to save/print your screen. Don't forget to include your name and postal address (so we know where to send your $50). Please label your FAX: Java Contest Entry!

HINTS: There are 373 segments and 46 methods in J-Othello. It is fairly easy to exceed 300 segments/40 methods executed. For a winning entry you may have to remember to try all the buttons on the screen, to run the game to the end, or to force your opponent (the Java program) to PASS.

CAPBAK/MSW Ver. 3.1 -- including fully integrated ObjectMode, TrueTime, and OCR support -- is now available for download. This product records tests in C, plays them back in user-selected combinations of TrueTime or ObjectMode, and can synchronize on and/or extract ASCII information from screens generated by the application under test. Click here to read a Specification of the CAPBAK/MSW C Language Interface.

You can now Check Out TCAT for Java on Standard Game Software by playing instrumented versions of Java implementations of TicTacToe and J-Othello that report coverage values direct to the screen. CAUTION: Our staff has found J-Othello quite difficult to beat!

Complete Technical Details about TCAT for Java are also available. Get information from info@sr-corp.com.

Newly updated resumes for SR's Corporate Board of Directors are now available. Outside Board of Directors members are Dr. Robert Larson, Partner in Woodside Fund and Jean-Pierre Wolff, EVP of ElectroTest, Inc. Inside Board of Directors members are Edward Miller, President and Rita Bral, VP/Communication.

Software Magazine (published by the Sentry Technology Group) has included SR in the 1997 Software 500 (see the printed July 1997 issue of the magazine. Marking the 15th consecutive year of publishing their ranking of the "...best, brightest and most successful [companies] in the software industry", the Software 500 list includes "...solid providers of enterprise-level software...".


June 1997

QWE'97: The distinguished International Advisory Board for QWE'97 has been announced. The Advisory Board reviews and selects the papers presented at the Quality Week Conferences.

Special notice to all Booz Allen Hamilton (BAH) internal users of TestWorks and interested parties. The Technology Focus Group (TFG) will sponsor Edward Miller's presentation The Influence of Software Quality on the Information Technology Marketplace at BAH's corporate headquarters, McLean, Virginia, Wednesday 25 June 1997.

Request a copy of Miller's slides and other presentation material by sending E-Mail to info@sr-corp.com.

TTN-Online June 1997 . A first winner in "Your Worst Testing Nightmare: The Contest"; Larry Bernstein on Trustworthy Software; SEI Technology Reference Guide.

Sign up for a FREE Seminar, with speakers from AONIX and SR, and learn how TestWorks integrates with AONIX StP/OMT products. Hear AONIX' Bob Poston and SR's Edward Miller describe the most complete, specification based End-To-End software quality solution available in the marketplace! Seminar cities and dates are:

Request a copy of the presentation materials (ViewGraphs and other technical material) by sending E-Mail to sales@sr-corp.com.

The 1st International Software Quality Week/Europe (QWE'97), 4-7 November 1997, Brussels formal Call for Papers/Participation now available. You can get a PostScript or ASCII copy of the CFP. Get complete information about Quality Week/Europe by sending Email to sales@sr-corp.com.

May 1997

19 May 1997: SR and AONIX Announce New Comprehensive Cooperative Marketing Agreement. AONIX' StP and SR's TestWorks provide a true end-to-end specifications-to-testing solution.
Click Here To Read All About AONIX

New TTN-Online Contest: YOUR WORST TESTING NIGHTMARE!

There must be a million nightmarish stories about "what happened to me when I tried to test..." out there! Our contest: Submit a short writeup (fewer than 250 words) of your worst software testing nightmare. We'll pick one or more nightmare stories per month and publish them in TTN-Online. Send "nightmare" stories as ASCII text to ttn@sr-corp.com.
The Prize: We'll send $50 to the published nightmare voted best by our staff.

TTN-Online May 1997 . Articles include Don O'Neill discussing a Year 2000 Compliance Checklist; Master Class in Software Safety by Prof. Nancy Leveson.

SR is pleased to announce appointment of Advanced User Systems Pty Ltd (AUS) as a new TestWorks Distributor for AUSTRALIA. The main point of contact is Mr. Tim Failes, Managing Director, by phone at +[61] (2) 9878-4777 or by FAX at +[61] (2) 9878-6951. Send the AUS folks Email at info@aus.com.au.

The 10th International Software Quality Week Conference has been selected as one of the "...important or thought-provoking industry events..." for 1997 by Esther Dyson's EDVenture Holdings Calendar of Events. In naming Dyson No. 12 of Upside's Elite 100, Upside wrote, Dyson's "stature is based entirely on her ability to influence others with her ideas ..."

SR is pleased to announce appointment of E2S as a new TestWorks Distributor for BELGIUM. The main point of contact at E2S is Mr. Jacques Dewulf, Marketing Manager, by phone at: +[32] (9) 221.03.83 or by FAX at: +[32] (9) 220.31.91. Send him Email as: jdw@e2s.be.

April 1997

Visit SR at the Software Technology Conference (STC), 27 April through 2 May 1997, at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. You'll find SR products and technology demonstrated at the DEC Booth #734 where you can see both x86 Win 95/NT and DEC Alpha NT versions of the TestWorks Products. Click Here to Read All About STC Conference

SR's President, Edward Miller, will be speaking at the University of Massachusetts, Department of Computer Science Industrial Outreach Program on Friday, 25 April 1997. Learn more about the UMass Outreach Program I or read a short Presentation Description of Miller's talk.

TTN-Online April 1997 . Articles include: Larry Cooke on Test Planning -- Enterprise Wide Year 2000; Don O'Neill on Setting up a Software Inspection Program; A Purely French Solution to the Year 2000 Problem.

TCAT C/C++ Ver. 9.2 Released. Improved source viewing capabilities, new callpair and digraph display facts, improved selective instrumentation and de-instrumentation capabilities, improved runtime support, support for multi-level make files, and new runtime environment variables to add flexibility. Click Here to Read The Release Notes for TCAT C/C++ Ver. 9.2.

SR is pleased to announce appointment of SIP in Madrid, Spain as a new TestWorks Distributor for SPAIN. The main point of contact at SIP is Mr. Juan Ferrer by phone at: +[34] (1) 804.1100 or FAX at: +[34] (1) 804.1400. Send him Email as: jmferrer@sip.es. Click here to visit SIP's Website.

TestWorks Featured in SGI's Software Development Bulletin. Descriptions of the TestWorks suite running on SGI's platforms are included in a new SGI marketing piece. For a copy contact SR at sales@sr-corp.com. Or, check out SGI's Software Development Solutions WebSite.

TestWorks Quality Index Description on WWW. Described in detail and distributed for many months as a hard-copy Application Note, we have now made this far-thinking TestWorks Quality Index concept available online for everyone to use.

SD'97 Show, Moscone Center, San Francisco, CA 2-4 April 1997 Come see the latest TestWorks developments, including the new TCAT for Java, Ver. 1.1, at SD'97, Booth 716.

SR/Institute's new Software Testers' Bookshelf: The QualitySource gives the software community access to needed technical resources. Our continually updated bibliography of key technical books and articles now has provides access to over 150 important texts and supporting material for purchase direct from SR/Institute.

SR has completed a major update to the popular Software Quality HotList . There are now around 500 links to the best software quality resources in the world.

March 1997

Quality Week '97 (QW'97) Brochure Distribution begins: If you are not our our mailing list and want to get a copy please send E-Mail to qw@sr-corp.com. Or, you can download a copy of the QW'97 Conference Brochure as a PostScript file.

The newest version of CAPBAK/X, Ver. 5.2 has been released. Get complete details in the Release Note for CAPBAK/X Ver 5.2.

TTN-Online March 1997. Featured items include: John Seddon's "Ten Arguments Against ISO-9000"; Alan Salisbury on Software Maintenance; Details on Tri-Ada; A challenge to the technical community by Elliot Chikofsky.

TCAT for Java, Ver. 1.1 on SPARC/Solaris. has been formally announced in a Press Release. A new "quick tour" of the TCAT for Java product is available.

UniForum Show, San Francisco, 12-14 March 1997: See TestWorks at Uniforum, Booth 1472.

February 1997

The QW'97 Final Program Announced. Featuring ten tutorials, six keynotes, two panel sessions and a complete 2-1/2 day quintuple track technical program plus vendor exhibits, QW'97 aims to be the landmark event in the software quality community in 1997

The QW'97 HomePage gives the final program, complete paper abstracts, and complete speaker bios. REGISTER On-Line Early for QW'97.

TTN-Online February 1997. Feature articles include: Joseph Blackburn's survey of the worlds software development community; The QW'97 Preliminary Program; more on the Ariane software failure.

January 1997

The final QW'97 Advisory Board was announced on 15 January 1997. Numbering some 29 technical professionals from all over the world, this team is charged with assuring the content quality of QW'97 presentations.

TTN-Online January 1997. Feature articles include: material on the Certified Software Quality Engineer Exam; Information Warfare; "A TestPlan for Drinking".

Quality Week '97 Call for Participation Concluded: Submissions from the worldwide software quality community exceeded 200 proposed papers and tutorials.