A systems view of test standardization

In test engineering, "system test" is frequently considered to be testing at a particular level in a product hierarchy. With increasing complexity in systems, testing at lower levels is now faced with problems previously encountered at the system level. For this reason, it is becoming increasingly important to apply a system perspective to testing. In this paper, we present a model of a "system" to be applied to test engineering which abstracts test information above the physical level of the product. We then describe how this model supports two standardization efforts within the IEEE-P1226 and P1232.