Effectively Testing for a Software Product Line with OTM3 Organizational Testing Management Maturity Model

Software Product Line can be effectively tested with a framework utilization following Experimental Software Engineering concepts. During this research, a description of an Operational Maturity Structure for Software Testing Management was created for the Operational Domain of the Organizational Testing Management Maturity Model (OTM3) framework. The proposed structure addresses both the defects management and the measurement of software testing results, through a method using effective metrics. This structure allows to identify, to establish, and to keep the capabilities demanded by software testing maturity models. These goals are achieved according to standards, measures, controls, and continuous improvements. In order to verify and validate the application of the OTM3 framework, a case study was developed within a Research & Development Project at the Brazilian Aeronautics Institute of Technology (ITA).