TY - GEN
T1 - The role of design components in test plan generation
AU - Kim, Jaehyoun
AU - Carlson, C. Robert
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2001.
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - In this paper, we focus on the integration of a test plan generation technique in the context of a use case design methodology. The foundation for this approach lies in partitioning the design schemata into a layered architecture of functional components called design units together with action matrices that tabularly represent each use case scenario as a unique sequence of design units. Based on these two concepts, we demonstrate how test plan generation and software test metrics are developed. The action matrix with design unit boundaries provides the test engineer with a constructive framework to follow a bottom-up test process that proceeds from unit to integration and user acceptance testing. The proposed software testing metrics are employed to improve the productivity of the testing process through scenario prioritization. This approach supports effective test plan generation based on sound and systematic design procedures.
AB - In this paper, we focus on the integration of a test plan generation technique in the context of a use case design methodology. The foundation for this approach lies in partitioning the design schemata into a layered architecture of functional components called design units together with action matrices that tabularly represent each use case scenario as a unique sequence of design units. Based on these two concepts, we demonstrate how test plan generation and software test metrics are developed. The action matrix with design unit boundaries provides the test engineer with a constructive framework to follow a bottom-up test process that proceeds from unit to integration and user acceptance testing. The proposed software testing metrics are employed to improve the productivity of the testing process through scenario prioritization. This approach supports effective test plan generation based on sound and systematic design procedures.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84958949319
U2 - 10.1007/3-540-44800-4_13
DO - 10.1007/3-540-44800-4_13
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84958949319
SN - 3540425462
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
SP - 140
EP - 152
BT - Generative and Component-Based Software Engineering-Third International Conference, GCSE 2001, Proceedings
A2 - Bosch, Jan
PB - Springer Verlag
T2 - 3rd International Conference on Generative and Component-Based Software Engineering, GCSE 2001
Y2 - 10 September 2001 through 13 September 2001
ER -