Testing Lifecycle

• US 20120198421A1
• Filed: 05/04/2011
• Published: 08/02/2012
• 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
• Granted Patent: US 8,745,589 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• 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 extraction module configured to extract at least one test case, from amongst a plurality of test cases, pertaining to at least one of a requirement associated with a first build, an incremental requirement and a modified requirement associated with an updated build; 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 testing system further comprises an update module configured to receive at least one of the incremental requirement and the modified requirement associated with the updated build.

3. The testing system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the testing system further comprises a versioning module configured to store at least one version of the requirements and the at least one test case.

4. The testing system as claimed in claim 3, wherein the versioning module is further configured to publish a version as a baseline for the testing system, wherein the baseline can be selected from the at least one version of the requirements, and the test cases.

5. 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 builds.

6. The testing system as claimed in claim 5, wherein the interface module is further configured to track schedules for the testing of the builds.

7. 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 requirements, the at least one test case and the builds, based at least in part on a keyword provided by a user.

8. A computerized method for testing, the method comprising:

extracting automatically, at least one test case pertaining to at least one requirement associated with a first build, an incremental requirement and a modified requirement associated with an updated build; and

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

9. The method as claimed in claim 8 further comprising linking the requirement to the at least one test case.

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