The world’s leading approach for improving test processes has itself been improved! Sogeti’s new TPI model – TPI® NEXT – reflects the changes in today’s business dynamics and technology developments. The model still provides a step-by-step guide to developing an insight into the relative maturity of an organization’s test processes, with recommendations for gradual and controllable improvement steps, but is now more closely aligned to meeting an organization’s business goals.

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ISBN: 9789072194978
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Website: www.tpinext.com

In these economically, competitively and environmentally challenging times it is imperative for manufacturers large and small to innovate further towards a seamlessly integrated fabric of information technology, digital manufacturing, simulation, robotics and physical production. The title of this book, “Virtual Concept > Real Profit with Digital Manufacturing and Simulation,” expresses this need. In five chapters the book discusses the various topics and issues that are central to the implementation and development of digital manufacturing and simulation. 

The first “Welcome” chapter presents key concepts, needs and issues. These further are explored in four other chapters: “Crash Course,” “Challenges,” “Further Benefits” and “Epilogue on Vision and Reality.” Every chapter starts off with an introductory appetizer and concludes with a clear summary of the issues and solutions addressed. In between interviews with industry expert practitioners offer real-life insight. "Virtual Concept  >  Real Profit with Digital Manufacturing and Simulation" is a joint effort of Dassault Systèmes and Sogeti High Tech, explains co-author Jaap Bloem, Senior Analyst at the Sogeti Research Institute VINT.

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The trend sketched out in this book is that of information technology increasingly encroaching on our lives. From somewhere in the basement, an underground facility that some readers might still remember, then by way of the desktop in the office, computer technology has emphatically entered our daily lives. The eyes of the world are directed at YouTube and other social media. They announce a new era in which everyone can, in principle, use simple technology to begin his or her own media company: ‘Me the Media.’

The writers aim is to open the readers’ eyes to the completely new world that is being created. A new society with a revolutionary character, where power shifts from institutions towards connected citizens. A world  full of new media technology: from simple blogs to location-bound multimedia, ultimately producing a situation in which science fiction seems to be on the verge of becoming reality.

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ISBN: 978-90-75414-22-6

Improving Collaboration between people and between organizations is no longer optional if you want to survive in today’s hyper connected business world. Speed of change, unpredictability and the increasingly social nature of the marketplace make collaboration instrumental to your company’s ability to differentiate. New ways of collaboration are starting to take place within your company, across value chains and in the individual social domain of your employees. At the same time, new architecture and delivery models are bringing many new collaborative tools within reach of every person in your organization, with or without your knowledge or control. On the technology side, a volatile mix of acronyms like SOA – Service Oriented Architecture, SaaS – Software as a Service and Web2.0 is brewing that is drastically changing our view on the role and value of Information Technology. If left to chance there is little hope for success: you need a strategy.

In this book we address the changes and opportunities that come with this new business world that is starting to show all around us. In it we talk about autonomous, bottom up organizations where innovation and collaboration are part of the culture. We discuss Value Chain 2.0, where it is about quickly establishing combinations that offer value to the marketplace. It is about crossing boundaries and taking the full benefits from Cloud Computing and anything available As A Service, from platform to complete business solution.

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ISBN: 978 90 75414 24 0 

TMap Next’s Business Driven Test Management (BDTM) approach offers test managers an excellent toolset to translate the explicit business objectives for information systems into concrete, pragmatic and controllable test plans. This helps to achieve a better balance between Result, Risk, Time and Cost. The book is written for two specific audiences: the client who wants to get an insight into what BDTM means for his organisation, and the test manager who wants in-depth descriptions of the activities to be carried out for each BDTM step.

The BDTM approach, part of the TMap® methodology, explores the importance of translating explicit business objectives for information systems into realistic and controllable testing plans and implementation, together with the need to provide insight and control options for the client and other stakeholders. The book incorporates many practical examples, experience and feedback from both users and consultants on testing assignments, making it a highly valuable and practical tool for meeting the current and future challenges in testing.

ISBN number: 9789072194930.

Innovation is the engine of the economy, prosperity and progress. In our era of computers, Internet and smart software, innovational inspiration is encroaching from all directions. In order to exploit the new business opportunities that are becoming available, organisations are being compelled to open themselves up to the masses. This means first and foremost that ideas must be fosterd via intense interaction with the outside world: partners, knowledge institutes, competitors, and individuals. Expert users play a crutial role in this dynamic environment. This trend, which started with open source software development, is now clearly spreading through all economic sectors.

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ISBN: 978-90-75414-19-6

TMap®  has moved on and this revised version focuses on implementing a business-driven test management approach and product risk analysis, within a structured test process. The authors have updated TMap® recognising the challenging dynamics of the changing testing environment,  such as permanent managed test organisations, outsourcing and offshoring.

TMap® Next for results-driven testing provides a comprehensive update of the TMap® methodology, providing a full description of the test process, as well as over 400 real-life examples and practical suggestions. 

ISBN: 90-72194-80-2

SOA for Profit explains the value and essence of Service Oriented Architecture. It makes SOA practical and pragmatic: turning models and vision into an actionable approach to start doing SOA in projects that deliver business value. It emphasizes the importance of governance and architecture and shows that a broad vision of SOA is essential for deriving benefits from it. This book will bridge the gap between business and IT by providing tools and a common language that can be used when starting up a strategic dialogue that is the basis of business driven IT. Written by a team of authors from Sogeti and IBM, SOA for Profit is a real-world book: based on experiences with real companies and real projects.

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ISBN: 978-90-75414-14-1

Regatta® for Microsoft Dynamics™, our methodology for the structured implementation of Microsoft Dynamics™, is based on our firm belief that when you implement Microsoft Dynamics™ there must be a balance between Business and IT. The consistency and cohesion between the different underlying work streams are of overriding importance for the end result. This book describe s the full implementation process from A to Z. It is an interesting resource for project - and line managers, key-users, IT-managers and implementation consultants.

ISBN: 978-3-540-71592-4

Software testing is an essential part of software development but many organisations regard it as an uncontrollable part of the process and find it difficult to take steps to improve it. In Test Process Improvement, the authors give practical suggestions for improving the testing process in a gradual and controlled manner, with realistic goals in terms of quality, lead time and costs.

The book explains Sogeti's Test Process Improvement (TPI®) model, tried and tested by numerous professional testers, which provides a structured framework to be used either for improving an existing test process or for developing a new process from scratch. The authors use their in-depth knowledge and extensive experience to provide practical guidance and a framework that enables the reader to adapt the model for use in his/her organisation.

ISBN: 0201596245

TMap® Test Topics describes the application of the generic test methodology TMap® to current IT themes. These themes range from package implementations and data warehouses, via iterative development with components RUP® and DSDM®, to PRINCE2®.

The book also looks at specific test topics; testing chains of systems and processes, exploratory testing, outsourcing and testing, and - in keeping with the current interest in IT governance - business-driven test management. The latter theme describes how the (TMap®) test process is set up in such a way that the business as a client can control the test process on the basis of cost, end date, and risks.

TMap® Test Topics was written for those who are familiar with the TMap® methodology and wish to know how to apply TMap® in their specific situation. A wealth of additional TMap® information, including the appendices of this book, can be found on the web site www.tmap.net.

ISBN: 90-72194-75-6

The Institute for the Analysis of New Technology VINT, of Sogeti Group (ViNT stands for vision, inspiration, navigation and trends) was founded in 1994.In the first eleven years of its exsistence, the institute has published ten books and organized ten symposia. These constitute the basis of this volume, Explorations in New Technology. In the five sections of the anniversairy edition – software, organisation, technology, strategy and innovation – ViNT provides a segmented overview of its investigations and views, and formuilates an interim balance at the end of each section, at which point the current situation is given its due.

ISBN: 90-76414-13-17

Embedded systems exist everywhere. Cars and airplanes, TV sets and mobile phones cannot work without them.

Testing Embedded Software is a valuable guide for test engineers, programers, project managers and team managers who work with embedded systems. It is the first book of its kind and gives the reader a complete and in-depth insight in testing embedded systems.

ISBN: 0321159861

Comprehensive and eye-opening, this book addresses both the human and economic aspects of IT governance and covers recent Sarbanes-Oxley history and compliance consequences for IT groups within corporations. It presents a clear view of the relationship of corporate governance and IT governance and gives managers, controllers, and officers a multifaceted approach and an entire repertoire of resources that can assist in achieving better IT governance. Furthermore the book includes up-to-date information on evolving business and reporting frameworks and tools and advocates bottom-up governance principles such as distributed leadership.

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ISBN: 0-471-74359-3