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Using a New UML Profile for Modeling Software Tests

Authors:
Andrew Costa
Carlos Lucena
Ricardo Venieris
Gustavo Carvalho

Keywords: UML testing profile; model based test; software testing

Abstract:
The development of complex systems is becoming extremely common; hence, is motivating the work on software testing. When a large number of tests must be executed to validate the release of a system, several data should be used to correctly coordinate the execution of these tests, such as knowing (i) if the current version of a particular test has been updated, (ii) the interdependence between tests, (iii) the order of execution to be followed, (iv) the priority, (v) the risks associated with the tests, etc. Based on this concern for providing and documenting useful data for the coordination of test execution, this paper offers a new modeling language called UML Testing Profile for Coordination (UTP-C). UTP-C was created from testing experiences of several web and desktop applications in the Software Engineering Lab, located at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro. In order to illustrate the use of UTP-C, the paper presents tests modeled for validating an e-commerce multi-agent system.

Pages: 169 to 177

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2013

Publication date: October 27, 2013

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4235

ISBN: 978-1-61208-304-9

Location: Venice, Italy

Dates: from October 27, 2013 to October 31, 2013