Requirements dependencies-based test case prioritization for extra-functional properties
2019 (English)In: Proceedings - 2019 IEEE 12th International Conference on Software Testing, Verification and Validation Workshops, ICSTW 2019, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2019, p. 159-163Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]
The use of requirements' information in testing is a well-recognized practice in the software development life cycle. Literature reveals that existing tests prioritization and selection approaches neglected vital factors affecting tests priorities, like interdependencies between requirement specifications. We believe that models may play a positive role in specifying these inter-dependencies and prioritizing tests based on these inter-dependencies. However, till date, few studies can be found that make use of requirements inter-dependencies for test case prioritization. This paper uses a meta-model to aid modeling requirements, their related tests, and inter-dependencies between them. The instance of this meta-model is then processed by our modified PageRank algorithm to prioritize the requirements. The requirement priorities are then propagated to related test cases in the test model and test cases are selected based on coverage of extra-functional properties. We have demonstrated the applicability of our proposed approach on a small example case.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2019. p. 159-163
Keywords [en]
Meta-model, Requirements inter dependencies, Test case prioritization, Life cycle, Software design, Verification, Well testing, Extra-functional properties, Inter-dependencies, Meta model, PageRank algorithm, Requirement specification, Requirements dependencies, Software development life cycle, Software testing
National Category
Natural Sciences
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:ri:diva-39669DOI: 10.1109/ICSTW.2019.00045Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85068376871ISBN: 9781728108889 (print)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ri-39669DiVA, id: diva2:1341112
Conference
12th IEEE International Conference on Software Testing, Verification and Validation Workshops, ICSTW 2019, 22 April 2019 through 27 April 2019
Note
Funding text 1: ACKNOWLEDGMENT This work has been supported by and received funding from the XIVT project (https://itea3.org/project/xivt.html).
2019-08-072019-08-072023-10-04Bibliographically approved