Embedded and mobile software provider Wind River (Alameda, CA), released the newest version of its Wind River Test Management test automation system earlier this week.

Wind River Test Management 4.0 is designed to monitor, execute, and manage embedded device software testing. It can identify vulnerable segments of production code and focus testing on changes between system builds. The system also makes test coverage possible at the branch and block levels and works directly on production binaries. It features the Automatic Test Suite Generator module, which can help reduce risk and test cycles by tailoring test suites to customer needs.

This version of the system has an open framework, so it can be integrated into any third-party test management, defect tracking, and requirement management application. Wind River Test Management 4.0 has specific add-ons for IBM Rational Quality Manager, IBM DOORS, IBM ClearQuest, and HP Quality Center.

Other features include a device reservation and scheduling system, test case versioning, and support for systems with short time frame “watchdog” or “heartbeat” utilities to improve scalability and response time.

A press release from the company included a statement from Gustavo Perez, general manager of CT engineering at GE Healthcare:

Wind River Test Management has tremendously helped us improve the productivity of our firmware testing team, significantly reducing the overall development cycle time. And although we already had more than 20 tools as part of our test and development process, test plans and test results were still mostly paper based. Wind River Test Management easily integrates with our existing solutions, such as HP Quality Center, to provide a complete automated regression testing suite running tests remotely on the target and collecting valuable metrics for tracking test progress and software quality. GE Healthcare operates on a "zero defects" policy and Wind River helps ensure that this policy is met much faster than before."

Below are screen shot images of the Wind River Test Management 4.0 in action.

–Jamie Hartford