软件程序员项目测试------外文翻译.docVIP

软件程序员项目测试外文翻译 Introductions In this exercise, you are being asked to imagine that you are indra desai, a leading software developer(RD) for siemens India. Please try to accept the imaginary situation. Obviously it will not be the same as real life, but you will be provided with information about the organization and your role to help you deal with issues presented. Please approach the task as if you really were in that situation. ? Background to siemens In 1847 in Germany, Werner siemens and J. Halske founded what was to be known as siemens to manufacture and install telegraphic systems. Siemens dominated in areas such as telecommunication, MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, DATA-PROCESSING SUSTEMS, MANUFACTURE OF HEAVY ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT, NUCLEAR PLANTS, AND RAILROAD EQUIPMENT. ? By 2000. Siemens was one of the top five electronics and electrical engineering companies in the world, with annual revenues exceeding 130 billion Euros. It has some 464,000 employees scattered across 190 countries, with 57,000 employees dedicated to RD alone. Its largest group, information and Communications Networks (ICN) employed 53,000 people, operated in 160 countries and had its headquarter in Munich/ Germany. ? Information and communications Networks (ICN) Siemens ICN presented a natural outgrowth of Siemens’s work in telegraphy and telephony. For two major reasons ICN conducted almost half its RD efforts at 17 Regional Development Centers (RDCs) scattered across the globe. First, Because of local labor shortages, ICN could simply not centralize all product development at Munich. Second, having regionally based managers, engineers and technicians facilitated repid response to local needs. ? In 1994 ICN’S Bangalore RDC was set up. Starting with just 20 individuals, Including 12 german expatriates, the Bangalore center, eventually grew to over 600 strong to become ICN’S fourth largest RDS worldwide. Each team of Indian software developers, generally under supervisor of a German expatriated or