TeqReq: a new family of test-related requirements attributes

Roncero, Enrique; Silva, Andrés

doi:10.1007/s11219-021-09577-8

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“…This resulted in the regression testing estimates trying to t unrealistically. As a consequence, the deviations suffered due to errors in the estimation of the regression testing increased from a previous average of 14.28% (Roncero & Silva, 2022) to an average of 16%, with projects with up to a 20% deviation due to a bad estimate of the regression testing effort. Thus, the problem of deviations due to a bad estimation of regression testing is not just a problem: it is a problem that continues growing up.…”

Section: Problem Descriptionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…1. Extending the initial family of attributes de ned for TeqReq (Roncero & Silva, 2022), in order to minimize the problems described above, giving birth to TeqReq+, as it was labelled in the company.…”

Section: Regression Testing Cost Effort Estimationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…As it is well-known, testing and regression testing are very complex processes (Kotonya, 1998 This research was carried out in Salesland, the company where the rst author works as Project Management O ce Director. In Salesland some problems related to testing were detected and, in order to solve these problems, the authors, between 2019 and 2021, developed and published a solution named as TeqReq (Roncero & Silva, 2022).Although the objective of this paper is not to describe what TeReq is, for the sake of self-containment, a brief explanation of what TeqReq will be provided, including a brief description of the reasons that gave its birth.…”

Section: Problem Descriptionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In a previous research, trying to reduce some of the negative effects that poor testing cost and regression testing cost estimations exerted on several software development projects taking place at Salesland S.L.U., the authors designed and presented a solution called TeqReq (Roncero & Silva, 2022).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…As an attempt to reduce the problems derived from these shortcomings, the solution presented in this paper, named TeqReq+, was developed and put into practice. TeqReq+ is an extension of TeqReq (Roncero & Silva, 2022), which is a set of Requirements Management attributes closely linked to testing. In particular, TeqReq+ consists in adding three new attributes, closely related to testing and regression testing, to the previous TeqReq family of attributes.…”

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confidence: 99%

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A Requirements Management Approach to Ameliorate Regression Testing Cost Overruns and Deviations

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2023

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Testing and regression testing tasks can become very complex and highly expensive. Currently, studies in the software industry that testing activities may absorb more than 50% of the project cost. Of this cost, 40% may correspond to the cost of regression testing which, if not taken into account from the beginning, leads to a cost increase large enough to jeopardize the success of the project. To address this issue, an approach named “TeqReq+” is proposed. The main objective of TeqReq + is to provide an early integration of the cost of regression testing into the initial estimates of the project effort. From this, a reduction of the difference between the initial effort estimate and the final cost of the project will take place, after the regression testing has already been carried out. Additionally, in order to record valuable information for the testing process, TeqReq + will also record information related to the testing status and to the person responsible for the testing tasks associated to a requirement. The proposed approach was validated in an industrial case study involving several real-world projects. The analysis of the information gathered was performed under a mixed approach and, in turn, the results were validated via double triangulation. The findings lead to confirm that TeqReq + had a positive impact not only at the time of budgeting the cost of regression testing but in reducing the deviations due to a bad estimation of the regression testing costs, while also providing several other improvements regarding the testing process.

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Verifying Agile Black-Box Test Case Quality Measurements: Expert Review

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Mohd,

Baharom

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Tests on software are performed to ensure it has no defects. Software testing companies and organizations claimed that the testing problem increased their time and budget for testing by over 50%. As a result, the product's release is delayed, which attracts customer complaints. Testing involves test cases, which are a vital part of the process. Therefore, quality test cases likely to identify defects and meet users' requirements must be chosen. This paper aims to identify and verify the characteristics, sub-characteristics, and metrics that construct the proposed model for producing high-quality black-box test cases in an Agile Software Development environment. An expert review approach was used to verify the proposed model. Ten academic and six industry experts contributed to this verification. The results showed that six characteristics, 22 sub-characteristics, and 56 metrics are accepted to be included in the proposed model. Furthermore, findings revealed that the proposed model is comprehensive, consistent, relevant, and well-organized for Agile projects.INDEX TERMS Expert review, quality characteristics, software test metrics, test case quality, test case quality assessment.

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