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Testing in the Intel AMT development process
By Shmuel Gershon (Intel) (7 posts) on August 19, 2007 at 3:00 pm
Hi!
My name is Shmuel Gershon. I am a Software Tester at the team developing the core functionality of Intel AMT.
I have been asked to join the blogging community and am honored to be part of our software network. Hopefully it will help our development process to be closer to the users and to developers outside Intel.
I am one of a big group of Software Testing Engineers that test the Intel AMT technology.
If you are thinking: "Uh-oh! If they have a testing department, that means they have faulty and buggy software!", then let me reassure you and explain our job better.
First, the definition: We don't test because the product is buggy; we test in order to ensure it isn't. Changes the whole concept now, right? Look at the testing team as the proof of our commitment for quality.
Testing is a very important part in a software product lifecycle. Our Testing Team is involved from the early stages of requirements and prototyping -- this helps us making sure that we not only are doing the job right, but we are doing the right job.
The advantage of having a department specialized in tests and which is not an active part in the actual coding is that we are in this way free from assumptions on code and implementation restrictions.
My future posts will be focused on interesting development and validation topics regarding Intel AMT, like how such a complex system is tested, or a comparison between different manageability products.
Meanwhile, please let me know in the comments a bit about you, reader. What you do, what do you expect from Intel AMT, and what experience have you had with Testing teams.
Nice to meet you! :)
Categories: Manageability, Software Engineering
Comments (5) 
By Ajay Mungara on August 19th, 2007 at 5:24 pm
Hi Shmuel ... Welcome to the Manageability Software Blogs! I am a very strong believer of software testing. And, I think every software has bugs and the quality of the product is clearly a testament of good testers. Looking forward to learn more insights on Intel AMT through your blog posts.
By Shmuel Gershon on August 20th, 2007 at 7:29 am
Hi Ajay, thanks for your warm welcome.
Following your "every software has bugs" statement, maybe I will discuss in some future post about the inherence of bugs in software design, and if it is possible to avoid it.
So it's yet another idea to the list of topics to cover -- thanks!
By Bill Pearson on August 28th, 2007 at 12:03 pm
Hey Shmuel - you must have some good perspectives to share on the development process. I'm Glad to see you sharing your expertise here. Welcome.
By Shmuel Gershon on August 28th, 2007 at 12:59 pm
Bill, testing is all about "perspective" :)
Our standpoint in the development process is a very privileged one, as our job is to have a very critical look over the system as a whole.
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