A Modelling Approach to Generating User Acceptance Tests

Autores
Antonelli, Leandro; Camilleri, Guy; Grigera, Julián; Hozikian, Mariángeles; Sauvage, Cécile; Zaraté, Pascale
Año de publicación
2018
Idioma
inglés
Tipo de recurso
documento de conferencia
Estado
versión publicada
Descripción
Software testing, in particular acceptance testing, is a very important step in the development process of any application since it represents a way of matching the users’ expectations with the finished product´s capabilities. Typically considered as a cumbersome activity, many efforts have been made to alleviate the burden of writing tests by, for instance, trying to generate them automatically. However, testing still remains a largely neglected step. In this paper we propose taking advantage of existing requirement artifacts to semiautomatically generate acceptance tests. In particular, we use Scenarios, a requirement artifact used to describe business processes and requirements, and Task/Method models, a modelling approach taken from the Artificial Intelligence field. In order to generate acceptance tests, we propose a set of rules that allow transforming Scenarios (typically expressed in natural language), into Task/Methods that can in turn be used to generate the tests. Using the proposed ideas, we show how the semi-automated generation of acceptance tests can be implemented by describing an ongoing development of a proof of concept web application designed to support the full process.
Materia
Ciencias de la Computación
User Acceptance Tests, Scenarios,
Task/Method model
Agriculture Production Systems
Nivel de accesibilidad
acceso abierto
Condiciones de uso
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Repositorio
CIC Digital (CICBA)
Institución
Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas de la Provincia de Buenos Aires
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv A Modelling Approach to Generating User Acceptance Tests
title A Modelling Approach to Generating User Acceptance Tests
spellingShingle A Modelling Approach to Generating User Acceptance Tests
Antonelli, Leandro
Ciencias de la Computación
User Acceptance Tests, Scenarios,
Task/Method model
Agriculture Production Systems
title_short A Modelling Approach to Generating User Acceptance Tests
title_full A Modelling Approach to Generating User Acceptance Tests
title_fullStr A Modelling Approach to Generating User Acceptance Tests
title_full_unstemmed A Modelling Approach to Generating User Acceptance Tests
title_sort A Modelling Approach to Generating User Acceptance Tests
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Antonelli, Leandro
Camilleri, Guy
Grigera, Julián
Hozikian, Mariángeles
Sauvage, Cécile
Zaraté, Pascale
author Antonelli, Leandro
author_facet Antonelli, Leandro
Camilleri, Guy
Grigera, Julián
Hozikian, Mariángeles
Sauvage, Cécile
Zaraté, Pascale
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author2 Camilleri, Guy
Grigera, Julián
Hozikian, Mariángeles
Sauvage, Cécile
Zaraté, Pascale
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author
author
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Ciencias de la Computación
User Acceptance Tests, Scenarios,
Task/Method model
Agriculture Production Systems
topic Ciencias de la Computación
User Acceptance Tests, Scenarios,
Task/Method model
Agriculture Production Systems
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Software testing, in particular acceptance testing, is a very important step in the development process of any application since it represents a way of matching the users’ expectations with the finished product´s capabilities. Typically considered as a cumbersome activity, many efforts have been made to alleviate the burden of writing tests by, for instance, trying to generate them automatically. However, testing still remains a largely neglected step. In this paper we propose taking advantage of existing requirement artifacts to semiautomatically generate acceptance tests. In particular, we use Scenarios, a requirement artifact used to describe business processes and requirements, and Task/Method models, a modelling approach taken from the Artificial Intelligence field. In order to generate acceptance tests, we propose a set of rules that allow transforming Scenarios (typically expressed in natural language), into Task/Methods that can in turn be used to generate the tests. Using the proposed ideas, we show how the semi-automated generation of acceptance tests can be implemented by describing an ongoing development of a proof of concept web application designed to support the full process.
description Software testing, in particular acceptance testing, is a very important step in the development process of any application since it represents a way of matching the users’ expectations with the finished product´s capabilities. Typically considered as a cumbersome activity, many efforts have been made to alleviate the burden of writing tests by, for instance, trying to generate them automatically. However, testing still remains a largely neglected step. In this paper we propose taking advantage of existing requirement artifacts to semiautomatically generate acceptance tests. In particular, we use Scenarios, a requirement artifact used to describe business processes and requirements, and Task/Method models, a modelling approach taken from the Artificial Intelligence field. In order to generate acceptance tests, we propose a set of rules that allow transforming Scenarios (typically expressed in natural language), into Task/Methods that can in turn be used to generate the tests. Using the proposed ideas, we show how the semi-automated generation of acceptance tests can be implemented by describing an ongoing development of a proof of concept web application designed to support the full process.
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