Testability
Management Action Group (TMAG)
Last Updated: 01/21/2008 11:32 AM Pacific Standard Time
The Testability Management Action Group (TMAG) is a grass roots organization made up of test professionals who believe that success for Testability in general, and Design for Testability (DFT) in particular, requires the involvement and the support of management at all levels. TMAG will collect and dispense information to assist those wishing to establish benefits of testability and DFT.
The organization is in the process of forming as a legal not for profit entity. The following officers are in Acting position until the entity is formed:
President: Louis Y. Ungar, A.T.E. Solutions, Inc.
Administrative Vice President: Duane Lowenstein, Agilent Technologies
Inc.
Membership Vice President: Brian Erickson, JTAG Technologies
Technical Vice President: Dr. Russell Shannon, United States Navy
Secretary: Dennis E. Hecht, Boeing Aircraft Company
Treasurer: Dr. Scott Davidson, Sun Microsystems
There are also a number of Committees (See Meetings below).
For the latest version of the TMAG Plan click here.
Note: All meetings are subject to changes. We will attempt to update dates and times on this web page. Please check back before a meeting to see if a change has occurred.
General Meeting #1 - December 10, 2007
Committee Meetings - Presently, committee meetings are open. Please join committees of your choice. To be added to the mailing list, contact LouisUngar@ieee.org
Tools
Committee Meetings
Tool
Committee Chair: Carl Nielsen, Intellitech Corp.
Minutes of Tool Committee Meeting #1
Minutes of Tool Committee Meeting #2
Minutes of Tool Committee Meeting #3
Liaison Committee Meetings
Liaison
Committee Chair: Jack Arabian, Comparative Management Associates, LLC
Minutes of Liaison Committee Meeting #1
Minutes of Liaison Committee Meeting #2
Economics Assessment
Committee Meetings
Economics
Assessment Committee Chair: Dr. Scott Davidson, Sun Microsystems
Test Economics Papers from discussions in Meeting #1
DFT Management Committee
Meetings
DFT Management Chair: TBD
Minutes of DFT Management Committee Meeting #1
Beyond DFT Committee
Meetings
Beyond
DFT Committee Chair: Dr. Steve Pateras, LogicVision Inc.
Minutes of Beyond DFT Committee Meeting #1
DFT Methodology Committee Meetings
Membership Committee Meetings - TBD - We need more members to help in this committee. Please volunteer to LouisUngar@ieee.org
General Meeting #2 - January 29, 2008
You can help TMAG. Here is how: Wanted resources
General Meetings
General meetings are open to the general membership. Unless otherwise indicated general meetings are open to all interested parties.
General Meeting #1- IPC Test & Inspection Conference on 12/10/2007 in San Jose, California.
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Testability
Management Advisory Group Meeting at IPC in San Jose |
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Design for Testability (DFT) is an engineering discipline that has been successful in reducing test costs and efforts for the past 30+ years. While it has gained the support of technical people, it has not been widely supported by managers - mainly because they do not want to be bugged down with technical details and engineers have not demonstrated sufficiently the economic benefits resulting from DFT. Without management understanding and support for DFT, many organizations have not been directed towards DFT and the entire industry has suffered the consequences. To remedy this situation, test professionals have presented panels of discussion at AutoTestCon for the past two years about this issue and are scheduled for sessions at AutoTestCon 2008. It has been the overwhelming opinion of about a dozen test engineering professional presenters from as many organizations, as well as about 200 people attending the panels, that a group needs to be formed to create DFT guidelines for managers. Though it is not official, the group can be called the Testability Management Advisory Group (TMAG). If you are interested in attending future meetings, please contact Louis Ungar at LouisUngar@ieee.org.
The meeting took place at the Wyndham San Jose Hotel in Salon F and G and was attended through WebEx |
See the Minutes of Meeting #1 on 12/10/2007
General Meeting #2 - SMTA Medical Electronics Symposium on January 29, 2008 in Anaheim, California 11:35 AM to 12:35 PM Pacific Time
The meeting will take place during the Medical Electronics Symposium. See http://www.smta.org/education/symposia/symposia.cfm#medical.
To let us know that you will personally attend the conference at the Anaheim Convention Center, please contact Louis Ungar at LouisUngar@ieee.org.
Conference
Line:
Call
in Number in
Meeting
ID:
7888008
WebEx
Connection:
<https://collaborate.webex.com/collaborate/j.php?ED=95161837&UID=490175757>
Meeting
password: 12345678
Meeting
number: 307 150 059
To RSVP your conference call or to raise questions or problems logging in, please contact Duane Lowenstein at duane_lowenstein@agilent.com.
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Direct Dial: AM: 1 650 599 0375 AP: 65 64248888 EU: 49
69 2999 3333
International
Customer
Access Numbers:
Committee Meetings
Committee meetings are open to the volunteers of the various committees. Others who wish to join can do so, but should introduce themselves to the committee chairs before the meeting. To volunteer to be in one of the committees, please contact Dr. Russell Shannon at russell.shannon@navy.mil.
Beyond DFT Committee Meeting #1 - Tentatively on January 9, 2008 at 10:00 AM Pacific Time
The conference call in number is here:
Please join my meeting at
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/join/507822557
Conference Call: (605) 990-0015, access code
507-822-557
Meeting ID: 507-822-557
Agenda for the Beyond DFT Committee Meeting is posted here.
Beyond DFT Committee Meeting #2 - January 23, 2008 at 10:00 AM Pacific Time
The conference call in number is here:
Please join my meeting at
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/join/507822557
Conference Call: (605) 990-0015, access code
507-822-557
Meeting ID: 507-822-557
Agenda for the Beyond DFT Committee Meeting will be posted here.
DFT Management Committee Meeting #1 - Telephone Conference on January 8, 2008 - at 1:00 PM EST (10:00 AM Pacific, 1:00 PM EST, 5:00 PM GMT)
The conference call is as follows:
Tuesday Jan 08, 2008
12:50 -15:00 EST
20 people maximum - Please RSVP to Russell Shannon russell.shannon@navy.mil
if you intend to call in.
Call In: 1-732-323-7000
Guest Number 894379#
Host 392169#
Agenda for the DFT Management Committee Meeting is posted here.
DFT Management Committee Meeting #1 - Telephone Conference on January 8, 2008 - at 1:00 PM EST (10:00 AM Pacific, 1:00 PM EST, 5:00 PM GMT)
The conference call is as follows:
Please RSVP to Russell Shannon russell.shannon@navy.mil
if you intend to call in.
Agenda for the DFT Management Committee Meeting will be posted here.
DFT Methodology Committee Meeting #1 - January 14, 2008 at 9:00 AM Pacific (Noon EST, 5:00 PM EST)
The conference call in number will be posted here
Agenda for the DFT Methodology Committee Meeting is posted here.
Economics Assessment Committee Meeting #1 - January 7, 2008 at 1:00 PM Pacific Time
The conference call information is:
Phone: 866 839-8145
Caller Paid: 865 524-6352
Participant Code: 8612457
Agenda for the Economic Assessment Committee Meeting is posted here.
Economics Assessment Committee Meeting #2 - January 21, 2008 at 1:00 PM Pacific (4:00 PM EST, 9:00 PM GMT)
The conference call information is:
Phone: 866 839-8145
Caller Paid: 865 524-6352
Participant Code: 8612457
Agenda for the Economic Assessment Committee Meeting will be posted here.
Liaison Committee Meeting #1 - January 7, 2008 at 9:00 AM Pacific Time
The conference call information is:
Phone: 866 839-8145
Caller Paid: 865 524-6352
Participant Code: 8612457
Agenda for the Liaison Committee Meeting #1 is posted here.
Minutes of the Liaison Committee Meeting #1 will be posted here.
Liaison Committee Meeting #2 - January 21, 2008 at 9:00 AM Pacific (Noon EST, 5:00 PM GMT)
The conference call information is:
Phone: 866 839-8145
Caller Paid: 865 524-6352
Participant Code: 8612457
Agenda for the Liaison Committee Meeting #2 will be posted here.
Membership Committee Meeting #1 - TBD
The conference call in number will be posted here
Agenda for the DFT Membership Committee Meeting will be posted here.
Tools Committee Meeting #1 - Telephone Conference on December 20, 2007 at 12:00 Noon EST (9:00 AM Pacific Time)
> The call in number is:
>
> Phone: 866 839-8145
> Caller Paid: 865 524-6352
> Participant Code: 8612457
Agenda for the Tool Committee Meeting#1 is posted here.
Tools Committee Meeting #2 - Telephone Conference on January 3, 2008 at 12:00 Noon EST (9:00 AM Pacific Time)
> The call in number is:
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> Phone: 866 839-8145
> Caller Paid: 865 524-6352
> Participant Code: 8612457
Agenda for the Tool Committee Meeting#2 will be posted here.
Tools Committee Meeting #3 - Telephone Conference on January 17, 2008 at 12:00 Noon EST (9:00 AM Pacific Time)
Dial
In # 866-333-2708
ID
# 7888008
Agenda for the Tool Committee Meeting#3:
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Review of prior meetings minutes, comments/feedback, additional discussion
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Discussion/Input on ideas for the Introduction letter and disclaimer regarding
tools survey
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Partition investigation into creating list of tool companies to contact
regarding participation in the survey
We are looking for volunteers to assist us in this endeavor. At this point we are in need of the following assistance and/or information. Please contact LouisUngar@ieee.org
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