Test operation-driven approach on building regression testing environment

Abstract

Proposes a new software testing and regression testing process which includes the development of test cases and test data, and the multiple execution of such test cases. ne process is practical enough for the current emerging business application development whose schedules are typically extremely short. In our process, most of the steps for testing are reversed. That is, a test engineer starts from a test operation, which is followed by test data retrieval, test case retrieval and matrix checklist creation by combining the test cases. In this way, we can significantly reduce the cost of preparing the automatic execution of test cases for regression testing. In addition, this technique enables the test engineer to develop test cases incrementally. The functionality of the tool to support this process is also presented. A preliminary case study of this technique on an actual software development project in our company showed improvements in the preparation of the test execution as well as the execution of regression testing.