Viewpoint-based Test Architecture Design

Abstract

Software test recently becomes large-scale and complicated artifact as software itself. Research and practices has to be boosted such as test architecture. In this paper first we mention TDLC: Test Development Life Cycle, which includes test requirement design phase and test architecture design phase instead of test planning from engineering view. Second we discuss concepts of test architecture and propose NGT: Notation for Generic Testing, which is a set of concepts or notation for design of software test architecture. Viewpoint is discussed as a key concept of test architecture representing a group of test cases and test objective. And this paper gives an example of test architecture model. Finally this paper shows possibility that viewpoint diagram will be a platform of test architecture design technology such as test design patterns, test architecture style, variability analysis of product line engineering and so on.

A Study on the Efficiency of a Test Analysis Method Utilizing Test-Categories Based on AUT and Fault Knowledge

“…Thus, when the test analysis is performed by many individuals there is a high chance for test conditions to either be duplicated or even missed out entirely. Some studies on the test analysis method have also been proposed by Nishi [12], Akiyama [13], etc. While these studies look at the logic of analyzing AUT, they have little focus on how effective these methods actually are in reducing duplication and missing test conditions when working with more than one person.…”