Executive Update

A Framework for Testing Nonfunctional Requirements and Estimating Application Component Resiliency

Posted March 16, 2014 | Technology |

Nonfunctional requirements (NFR) are an important aspect of an application, and they are becoming increasingly relevant for Web applications and underlying services. We include in this Executive Update the results of NFR testing at a client site, which shows how the framework is applied to study the system under component failures. Tests revealed system defects, which then could be corrected. A component’s resiliency is estimated using the exception indicator and the Wilson confidence interval.

About The Author
Subroto Bhattacharya
Dr. Subroto Bhattacharya is a Certified Executive Consultant and IT Architect at IBM Global Business Services (GBS) and a Certified Distinguished IT Architect from The Open Group. He has 16-plus years’ experience in architecting complex systems for the telecommunications and distribution industries, evaluating the impact of technologies on businesses to reduce cost and improve new product development, as well as performing risk and feasibility… Read More
Arindam Bhattacharyya
Arindam Bhattacharyya is a Test Manager at HTC Global Services. He has more than eight years’ experience in the software testing field working for clients such as British Telecom, United Airlines, Burlington Northern and Santa Fe, Kraft Foods, and others. Mr. Bhattacharyya has managed both functional and nonfunctional testing, covering ERP (SAP, PeopleSoft, Siebel, and Clarify) as well as legacy applications.
Rakesh Pandey
Rakesh Pandey is a Test Architect at IBM GBS with 15-plus years’ experience specializing in performance and application virtualization testing. Various clients include Walmart, Blue Cross Blue Shield, and State Farm on different testing assignment. Mr. Pandey’s current assignment at State Farm requires extensive NFR validation and testing.
Lukose M. Sebastian
Lukose M. Sebastian is a Programmer Analyst at HTC Global Services with more than six years’ experience in software development and testing working for a leading insurance company. He began his career with Satyam Computer Services in 2006 as a mainframe analyst, becoming a development lead in 2009. Mr. Sebastian moved to the testing field in 2010 and has been working in the performance testing and nonfunctional testing space since 2011. His main… Read More
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