Internationalization
& Localization Testing Successfully
Testing Multilingual Software And Web Sites
09:00 - 09:20
Welcome and Introduction
09:20 - 10:15
Concepts: Testing and Globalization
A quick overview of the basic concepts
required by the Workshop.
Testing: principles, types, phases, deliverables, roles, standards.
A review of the generic internationalization model.
10:15 - 10:30
Coffee Break
10:45 - 11:15
Testing: Economics and Workflow
Budgeting &. Staffing. Testing with native language
experts. In-country Beta testing. Configuration and change management. Workflow and test suite management..
11:15 - 12:00
Test Lab & Platform Coverage
Setting up the lab. Hardware and software testing tools. Scheduling. Resource allocation to maximize test coverage and efficiency.
12:00 - 13:30
Lunch
13:30 - 14:00
Test Strategy
Building a test strategy. Requirements analysis.
Quality factors.
Technical risks. Testing objectives. Failure modes.
14:00 - 14:45
Test Plans & Test Cases
Building a test plan. Test plan guidelines. Functional tests. Linguistic validation. GUI testing. Cultural concerns. Platforms. Install. Test case design. Equivalence classes.
14:45 - 15:00
Coffee Break
15:00 - 15:45
Bug Triage
Bug definitions. Decision making process. Bug workflow. State diagram . Bug isolation. Process improvements.
15:45 - 16:30
Testing Steps
What can go wrong?. Documentation validation. Pseudo-translation. Source code reviews. Text & numeric data.
16:30 - 17:00
Wrap-up: Next Steps
and Useful Resources
What to do now? Establish testing goals,
define a team model, organize workflows, staff the team,
set up a test lab – and start testing!
