A Method to Improve Test Process in Federal Enterprise Architecture Framework Using ISTQB Framework

Enterprise Architecture (EA) is a framework for description, coordination and alignment of all activities across the organization in order to achieve strategic goals using ICT enablers. A number of EA-compatible frameworks have been developed. We, in this paper, mainly focus on Federal Enterprise Architecture Framework (FEAF) since its reference models are plentiful. Among these models we are interested here in its business reference model (BRM). The test process is one important subject of an EA project which is to somewhat overlooked. This lack of attention may cause drawbacks or even failure of an enterprise architecture project. To address this issue we intend to use International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB) framework and standard test suites to present a method to improve EA testing process. The main challenge is how to communicate between the concepts of EA and ISTQB. In this paper, we propose a method for integrating these concepts.

• Hamideh Mahdavifar
• Ramin Nassiri
• Alireza Bagheri

• Business Reference Model (BRM)
• Federal Enterprise Architecture (FEA)
• ISTQB
• Test Techniques.

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