Test Maturity Model Integrated (TMMi) is an industry standard reference model for evaluating the capability of, primarily, test and test-related quality processes within an organisation. It also identifies improvement in other quality related process areas within the SDLC. 

Testing should be validation that the software or hardware meets its requirements, which if the right quality processes are in place early in the lifecycle should mean that testing doesn't find any critical defects.

Through early fault detection and removal, organisations are building quality in from the start of the SDLC; this ensures that value is added to the business and IT. 

Are your test and test-related quality processes efficient and effective? Should you care?

In the final quarter of 2008, Experimentus initiated a world-wide survey allowing organisations to submit data to anonymously allow us to evaluate industry level test process maturity against the Test Maturity Model integrated (TMMi) model.

The analysis of the first quarter’s data (Q4, 2008) of over 100 organisations from many different industry sectors will be presented. This will provide a picture of test process maturity and does contain interesting surprises!

To provide additional background to the survey results, the presentation will give an overview of the TMMi model and how it can be used to assist in identifying and implementing a structured test process improvement road map supported by examples from client engagements. It will also outline that effective measurement is very important before, during and as part of the ongoing process of improvement.

Brian provides strategic and operational direction, awareness and education on all aspects of Test & Validation methods, theory and practices to all levels of the organisation integrating testing into delivery lifecycles and quality assurance processes and improving the quality of the test processes.

In recent years he has specialised in Test Process Improvement programmes for clients. This covers assessment of process capabilities, defining and implementing robust, achievable process improvement road maps. He actively undertakes Metrics/Measurement and programme definition and implementation as a necessary tool to monitor process improvement initiatives, identify additional process weakness areas and to demonstrate Return on Investment. His preferred Test Process Assessment model is the Test Maturity Model and he was the Founding Chairman of the TMMi Foundation.