An important part of ensuring software quality is the process of testing and validating software. Test management is the activity of organizing and controlling both the process and the documentation needed and evolves during software testing.

Formerly, tools like pen and paper, word processing programs and spreadsheets were used in test management. Larger test organizations used self developed test management solutions. Today, commercial test management solutions like BBLsolutions CompassTMS and HP QualityCenter are used.

The all-important goal of test management is to make it possible for the test organization, to plan, develop, execute and create access to all test activities of the entire development process. This includes co-ordinating activities involving all the persons related to the test activities, follow-ups on dependencies and relations between test activities, and maybe most importantly, definition, measurement and following up on quality goals.

Ensuring Quality through Software testing

BBLsolutions develop and market test management software, which makes it easier for companies and organizations to carry through and manage software testing.

We acknowledge the need of ensuring quality of delivered software. Not everyone can present “a blue screen” at a product presentation, like Bill Gates did when presenting Windows 98 and still sell the product.

The question is no longer if we should do testing, but merely how we should do it. This is one of the reasons why we at BBLsolutions have developed the test management system, CompassTMS. This tool makes it much easier for you to ensure quality of the software you develop and deliver through test management.