Objective
The objective of the ASTERIX project is to determine how greater attention to system-level testing can improve software product quality whilst reducing overall costs as measured across the full software development lifecycle (including extended warranty periods).
The resources, measured both in terms of cost and elapsed time, which have to be allocated under normal circumstances to system-level testing mean that there is usually a strong temptation to economise in this area. We believe that this situation will improve significantly only if a high level of automation can be brought to such testing.
ASTERIX will therefore provide the resources needed to establish whether such an approach, in conjunction with strong higher management support, will lead to real benefits on a major representative project.
THE EXPERIMENT
The baseline project chosen for this experiment is the Envisat-1 Monitoring and Control Facility (MCF) project. This 2.8 MECU development is being performed to tight budget and schedule constraints, and can benefit directly from the application of the techniques being proposed within ASTERIX.
The ASTERIX experiment will determine whether the additional effort supplied in the system testing phase is repaid in terms of higher product quality at a reduced overall price, compared with the measured quality on other similar projects performed by Anite Systems for major clients. This reflects the overall goal to demonstrate that the approach proposed will result in real gains both for the customer (through receiving a better quality product, allowing him to reduce operational costs) and for Anite (through reducing the overall lifecycle costs).
EXPECTED IMPACT AND EXPERIENCE
We see the results of ASTERIX as being having a wide potential application, and we welcome the opportunity to contribute to an overall improvement in the approach of the European software industry in this area. We will therefore take care to see that the ASTERIX results reach the widest possible European audience.
Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)
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Coordinator
WD1 8XH Watford
United Kingdom
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