Using enterprise software to maximize test impact

In a Test & Measurement World career and salary survey last year (Ref. 1), 73% of respondents cited “time pressures” as one of the three biggest challenges they face in their current jobs.

In the Webcast “Maximizing the impact of test engineering,” Jean-Yves Allard, VP of R&D at Averna, explains that he and his colleagues have conducted their own research in an effort to identify how test engineers might make better use of the time available to them. Time pressure, he reports, is exacerbated by accelerated time-to-market deadlines, which in turn impinge on time available for training and for managing product and test data.

Enterprise test software can support product life-cycle management from the design phase to the repair and maintenance phase.

Allard proposes the use of enterprise test software as a method of meeting test-engineering challenges across a product’s life cycle and across geographically dispersed design and production locations. The Webcast, sponsored by Averna and Test & Measurement World, was presented live on December 5, 2007. You can view the archived Webcast to see examples of how Harris employed such software to launch a new RF product line, while Nortel used a similar approach to manage version control, correlate product lines, and enhance test coverage.