Automatic extraction of test case for a build in testing lifecycle

• US 8,745,589 B2
• Filed: 05/04/2011
• Issued: 06/03/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: TATA Consultancy Services Limited (Tata Sons Pvt Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: TATA Consultancy Services Limited (Tata Sons Pvt Ltd.)
• Inventors: Arumugham, Prabhu, Augustine, Nisha, Noel, Ruby Felecia, Raju, Bhanu, Subramaniam, Prabhu
• Primary Examiner(s): Khatri, Anil
• Application Number:
  US13/100,944
• Publication Number:
  US 20120198421A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,126 Days
• Field of Search: 717124-131, 717168-170, 717/175, 709203-204
• US Class Current: 717/125
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/368 for test version control, e.g. updating test cases to a new software version

Abstract

Systems and methods for testing in a testing lifecycle are described herein. In one embodiment, the testing system includes an extraction module to extract at least one test case pertaining to a requirement associated with a first build, a modified requirement and an incremental requirement associated with an updated build. Further, an execution module executes the extracted test cases on the build to verify the requirement associated with the build.

Claims

1. A testing system comprising:

a processor; and

a memory coupled to the processor, the memory comprising;

an update module, comprising computer-readable instructions executable by the processor, configured to;

receive one of a modified requirement associated with an updated build and an incremental requirement associated with the updated build, wherein the modified requirement is a modified version of an original requirement that failed during testing of a first build and the incremental requirement is a new requirement added to the original requirement;

an extraction module, comprising computer-readable instructions executable by the processor, configured to;

compile a plurality of requirements, a plurality of test cases, and pre-defined linking rules to link at least one test case, from amongst the plurality of test cases, with one of the plurality of requirements, in a database, and

extract the at least one test case based at least on the pre-defined linking rules, wherein the at least one test case is linked to one of the requirement associated with the updated build and the modified requirement associated with the updated build;

a versioning module configured to;

store at least one version of at least one requirement of the plurality of requirements and the at least one test case; and

an execution module configured to;

enable execution of the at least one test case extracted by the extraction module.

2. The testing system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the versioning module is further configured to publish a version as a baseline for the testing system, wherein the baseline is selected from the at least one version of the at least one requirement, and the at least one test case.

3. The testing system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the testing system further comprises an interface module configured to provide a user interface for defining a workflow associated with a testing of the first build and the updated build.

4. The testing system as claimed in claim 3, wherein the interface module is further configured to track schedules for the testing of the first build and the updated build.

5. The testing system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the testing system further comprises a search module configured to search at least one of the modified requirement and the incremental requirements, the at least one test case, the first build, and the updated build, based at least in part on a keyword provided by a user.

6. A computerized method comprising:

compiling, by the processor, a plurality of requirements, a plurality of test cases, and pre-defined linking rules to link at least one test case, amongst the plurality of test cases, with one of the plurality of requirements, in a database of the testing system;

receiving, by the processor, one of a modified requirement associated with an updated build having and an incremental requirement associated with the updated build, wherein the modified requirement is a modified version of an original requirement that failed during testing of a first build and the incremental requirement is a new requirement added to the original requirement of the first build;

extracting, by the processor, the at least one test case based on the predefined linking rules, wherein the at least one test case is linked to at least one of the incremental requirement associated with the updated build and the modified requirement associated with the updated build;

storing, by the processor, at least one version of at least one requirement of the plurality of requirements and the at least one test case; and

enabling execution, by the processor, of the at least one extracted test case on the build, to verify the requirement of the at least one build.

7. The method as claimed in claim 6 further comprising linking, by the processor, the at least one requirement to the at least one test case.

8. The method as claimed in claim 6 further comprising defining, by the processor, one or more of a workflow and a schedule for the testing.