Risk-Based Testing: A Case Study

This paper describes the application of risk-based testing for a software product evaluation in a real case study. Risk-based testing consists of a set of activities regarding risk factors identification related to software requirements. Once identified, the risks are prioritized according to their likelihood and impact and test cases are designed based on the strategies for treatment of the identified risk factors. Thus, test efforts are continuously adjusted according to risk monitoring. The paper also briefly reviews available risk-based approaches, describes the benefits that are likely to accrue from the growing body of work in this area and provides a set of problems, challenges and future work.