What Is It ?

OSS-TMM (Open Source Software Testing Maturity Model) is a maturity model that supports companies, developers, and final users to assess and improve the testing process of their OSS product under consideration. OSS-TMM is a research initiative that is being sponsored by QualiPSo and conceived by a group of International University, Industry and research centres (namely Siemens, Mandriva, South China University of Technology, University Rej Juan Carlos and Universitade de Sao Paolo) led and coordinated by the University of Insubria.

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What OSS-TMM does 

OSS-TMM simplifies the assessment of the testing process of OSS products and it provides a set of guidelines on how to test the OSS product under analysis. The assessment is supported by a checklist that users and developers can exploit to identify the main issues and the inherent characteristics of the OSS product under analysis and to highlight the testing technologies and methodologies associated with each issue.

Why People Should Use this Model

From a software company's point of view, OSS-TMM aims at simplifying the internal process of testing OSS products by suggesting a rapid way for identifying a testing plan that best fits the properties and characteristics of the OSS product. Also, OSS-TMM simplifies the assessment or certification process of their OSS products by comparing their available testing activities and the activities suggested by our guidelines.

From the developer's point of view, OSS-TMM aims at simplifying and speeding up the testing activities by guiding developers in selecting testing strategies depending on the characteristics of their OSS product. It increases the quality and the trustworthiness perception of the OSS by improving the testing activity.

From the end-user's point of view, OSS-TMM aims at simplifying and speeding up the selection of an OSS product by evaluating the maturity of the testing process as one possible indicator about the whole quality of the product.

OSS-TMM is published on:
"S. Morasca, D. Taibi, and D. Tosi, OSS-TMM: Guidelines for Improving the Testing Process of Open Source Software. International Journal of Open Source Software and Processes (IJOSSP)."