PESO (PErfecting SOftware) is a research team of the INSO Group at the Vienna University of Technology. We focus on the area of software testing, quality assurance and quality management of software systems in practice.

Our research addresses the following topics:

• Software Testing Methods
• Plan, Design and Implementation of Software Tests
• Test Tools and Test Automation
• Test Management
• Code Quality
• Code Reviews and Static Code Analysis
• Quality Metrics and their interpretation
• Quality Management

Major method applied is the empirical approach: investigation of engineering in industrial projects. PESO is a sub group of INSO, which is a research group hosted by the Institute of Information Systems Engineering.

Based on science and experiences INSO seeks:

• to contribute to the international software testing research community through research projects and scientific publications,
• to be a reliable and independent scientific partner to software testing projects in Austrian and European industry,
• to provide a practically useful and competitive educational pattern for software testing students at the Vienna University of Technology.