Four-dimensional ACC analysis

Proceedings of the Institute for System Programming of the RAS. 2024. Vol. 36. No. 2. P. 47–58.

Mustafina N. I., Plaksin M. A., Mikisheva P. A.

The article discusses the issues of planning and resource management in the process of testing
software systems. The paper presents the ACC analysis method used at Google to optimize the distribution of
efforts for testing different parts of the system. Extending the method by adding a fourth characteristic - actors
(roles of system users) – allows for a more flexible assessment of action requirements and user skill levels.
Illustrative examples of system attributes and components help understand the principles of the method. The
work proposes a new approach to risk management and process improvement in testing software systems in a
multidimensional space. The effectiveness of applying the enhanced ACC analysis method using a risk-oriented
approach was demonstrated using the example of a control system for technological operations in the repair of
electric motors, for which attributes, components, actors were identified, opportunities at their intersection were
analyzed, and testing was conducted, which helped improve the system's quality.

Keywords: программная инженерия, тестирование, risk identification, risk assessment, оценка рисков, анализ данных, testing, software engineering, data analysis, повышение производительности, выявление рисков, process optimization, риск-ориентированный подход, реестр рисков, risk-oriented approach, оптимизация процессов, risk registry, test plan, test cases, system for controlling technological operations, ACC methodology, Google+, efficiency improvement, productivity enhancement, план тестирования, тест-кейсы, система управления технологическими операциями, методология ACC, Google+, улучшение эффективности