Testability: Barriers to Acceptance

Design for testability sounds wonderful in theory, but if it is not used, or worse used to disadvantage, what good is it? With today´s escalating technology and management´s fear of commitment to a costly testing program, DFT practices are suffering. the author discusses the prominent barriers to accepting design for test: the impact of more advanced technology, the misunderstood role of testing, the lack of management´s global view of sthe testing process, and the lack of integrasted tools. Testability standards are briefly discussed as a possible way to overcome these barriers.