A Model-Based Test Case Management Approach for Integrated Sets of Domain-Specific Models
Reinhard Pröll, Bernhard Bauer · 2018
Due to rapid improvements in the area of embedded processing hardware, the complexity of developed systems constantly increases. In order to ensure a high quality level of such systems, related quality assurance concepts have to evolve. The introduction of Model-Based Testing (MBT) approaches has shown promising results by automating and abstracting multiple activities of the software testing life cycle. Nevertheless, there is a strong need for approaches supporting scoped test models, i.e. subsets of test cases, reflecting specific test purposes driven by risk-oriented development strategies. Therefore, we developed an integrated and model-based approach supporting test case management, which incorporates the beneficial aspects of abstract development methodologies with predominant research for test case management in non-model-based scenarios. Based on a new model artifact, the integration model, tasks like cross-domain information mapping and the integration of domain-specific KPIs derived by analyses favor the subsequently applied constraint-based mechanism for test case management. Further, a prototypical implementation of these concepts within the Architecture And Analysis Framework (A3F) is elaborated and further evaluated based on representative application scenarios. A comparative view on related work leads to a conclusive statement regarding our future work.