Method and system for translating mind maps to test management utility test cases

• US 8,949,670 B1
• Filed: 09/26/2012
• Issued: 02/03/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/26/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: EMC Corporation (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Original Assignee: EMC Corporation (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Inventors: Vemuri, Lakshmi Chandana, Dwajan, Arun
• Primary Examiner(s): Bonzo, Bryce
• Application Number:
  US13/627,086
• Time in Patent Office: 860 Days
• Field of Search: 714/33
• US Class Current: 714/33
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3672 Test management

Abstract

Translating mind maps to test management utility test cases is described. A computer executes a translator. The translator exports a mind map to a text file, wherein the mind map comprises mind map nodes. The translator populates an integration properties file with an exported text file location. The translator defines mapping, in the integration properties file, between the mind map nodes and a test case for a test management utility. The translator sets the mapping between the mind map nodes and test case details for the test case based on the integration properties file. The translator populates the test case details with the mind map nodes.

Claims

1. A system for translating mind maps to test management utility test cases, the system comprising:

a translator executed on a computer and configured to

export a mind map to a text file, wherein the mind map comprises mind map nodes;

populate an integration properties file with an exported text file location;

define mapping, in the integration properties file, between the mind map nodes and a test case for a test management utility;

set the mapping between the mind map nodes and test case details for the test case based on the integration properties file; and

populate the test case details with the mind map nodes.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the mind map is created by a mind mapping application.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the translator further populates the integration properties file with access enabling information for the test management utility, wherein the access enabling information comprises login credentials for the test management utility.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the translator is further configured to determine whether step details are to be captured, and set a property file type to steps in the integration property file in response to a determination that step details are to be captured.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the translator is further configured to determine whether step details are to be captured, and set the property file type to text in the integration property file in response to a determination that step details are not to be captured.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the translator is further configured to determine whether the test case details comprise the mind map nodes, and output a verification message via a user interface in response to a determination that the test case details comprise the mind map nodes.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the translator is further configured to determine whether the test case details comprise the mind map nodes, and output an error message via the user interface in response to a determination that the test case details do not comprise the mind map nodes.

8. A computer-implemented method for translating mind maps to test management utility test cases, the method comprising:

exporting a mind map to a text file, wherein the mind map comprises mind map nodes;

populating an integration properties file with an exported text file location;

defining mapping, in the integration properties file, between the mind map nodes and test case for a test management utility;

setting the mapping between the mind map nodes and test case details for the test case based on the integration properties file; and

populating the test case details with the mind map nodes.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the mind map is created by a mind mapping application.

10. The method of claim 8, further comprising populating the integration properties file with access enabling information for the test management utility, wherein the access enabling information comprises login credentials for the test management utility.

11. The method of claim 8, further comprising determining whether step details are to be captured, and setting the property file type to steps in the integration property file in response to a determination that step details are to be captured.

12. The method of claim 8, further comprising determining whether step details are to be captured, and setting the property file type to text in the integration property file in response to a determination that step details are not to be captured.

13. The method of claim 8, further comprising determining whether the test case details comprise the mind map nodes, and outputting a verification message via a user interface in response to a determination that the test case details comprise the mind map nodes.

14. The method of claim 8, further comprising determining whether the test case details comprise the mind map nodes, and outputting an error message via the user interface in response to a determination that the test case details do not comprise the mind map nodes.

15. A computer program product, comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium having a computer-readable program code embodied therein, the computer-readable program code adapted to be executed by one or more processors to implement a method for translating mind maps to test management utility test cases, the method comprising:

exporting a mind map to a text file, wherein the mind map comprises mind map nodes;

populating an integration properties file with an exported text file location;

defining mapping, in the integration properties file, between the mind map nodes and test case for a test management utility;

setting the mapping between the mind map nodes and test case details for the test case; and

populating the test case details with the mind map nodes.

16. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the mind map is created by a mind mapping application.

17. The computer program product of claim 15, the method further comprising populating the integration properties file with access enabling information for the test management utility, wherein the access enabling information comprises login credentials for the test management utility.

18. The computer program product of claim 15, the method further comprising determining whether step details are to be captured, and setting a property file type to steps in the integration property file in response to a determination that step details are to be captured.

19. The computer program product of claim 15, the method further comprising determining whether step details are to be captured, and setting the property file type to text in the integration property file in response to a determination that step details are not to be captured.

20. The computer program product of claim 15, the method further comprising:

determining whether the test case details comprise the mind map nodes,

outputting a verification message via a user interface in response to a determination that the test case details comprise the mind map nodes and

outputting an error message via the user interface in response to a determination that the test case details do not comprise the mind map nodes.