IoT Test Planning and Strategy for Hardware and Software

Abstract

The previous chapter introduced the fundamental ideals of IoT planning, test, strategy, and architecture. Different types of IoT teams will need test leadership to address IoT test planning that must be tailored and customized to their local context. This chapter further addresses IoT test planning and strategy considering both hardware and software. While planning IoT software testing, the hardware must be considered. In traditional software test planning, less attention is paid to the hardware on which the software executes because the hardware are common generic computers and associate elements. These elements are different from the more specialized IoT hardware. Verification and validation (V&V), as defined in standards such as IEEE 1012 [1], address aspects of hardware, system, and software test planning. In this chapter, IoT test planning of the hardware and software considers the architecture, product lifecycle, costs, schedules, and strategies. Finally, given the added complexity of specialized IoT hardware and software, the concepts of integration and testing become essential to plan. It should be noted this is not a book on testing hardware per se.