Program for SPLiT
International Workshop on Software Product Line Testing
August 31, 2004
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
in conjunction with the
3rd Software Product Line Conference, SPLC 2004

8:30-9:00: Introduction
9:00-10:00 – Paper Session 1 – Optimizing Test Effort
J. Jenny Li, Avaya Labs, Session Chair
  • 9:00-9:10 Analysis of Testing Effort by Using Core Assets in Software Product Line Testing, Hui Zeng, Wendy Zhang, and David Rine
  • 9:10-9:20 Hook and Template Coverages for Testing Framework-based Software Product Families, Raine Kauppinen, Juha Taina and Antti Tevanlinna
  • 9:20-9:30 Test Data Generation for Product Lines - A Mutation Testing Approach, Zoë Stephenson, Yuan Zhan, John Clark, John McDermid
  • 9:30-9:40 Design Testing for Product Line Development based on Test Scenarios, Tomoji Kishi, Natsuko Noda
  • 9:40-9:55 Panel discussion
10:00-10:30 Refreshment Break
10:30-11:15 – Paper Session 2 – Test Method and Automation
Birgit Geppert, Avaya Labs, Session Chair
  • 10:30-10:40 A Domain Approach to Test Automation of Product Lines, Chris Condron
  • 10:40-10:50 Tracing Variability from Implementation to Test Using Aspect-Oriented Programming, Peter Knauber, Johannes Schneider
  • 10:50-11:00 Testing Variability in a Software Product Line, John McGregor, Prakash Sodhani, Sai Madhavapeddi
  • 11:00-11:15 Panel discussion
11:15-12:10 – Paper Session 3 – Industry Experience
Charles W. Krueger, BigLever Software, Session Chair
  • 11:15-11:25 What Design Policies Must Testers Demand from Product Line Architects?, Tim Trew
  • 11:25-11:35 A UML-based Approach for Validating Product Lines, Jean Hartmann, Marlon Vieira, Axel Ruder
  • 11:35-11:45 Test Case Management of Product Line Points of Variability, Jamie Williams
  • 11:45-11:55 Quality Confident Approach to Testing Software Product Lines, Carl Shaulis
  • 11:55-12:10 Panel discussion
Lunch (12:10-1:30)
Breakout Planning Session (1:30-1:45)
Breakout Working-group Session 1 (1:45-3:00)
  • Parallel groups
  • Topics to be determined as part of the workshop
Refreshment Break (3:00-3:30)
Breakout Working-group Session 2 (3:30-4:30)
  • Parallel groups
  • Topics to be determined as part of the workshop
Results and Wrap-up (4:30-5:00)