Title :
Combinatorial Testing in an Industrial Environment -- Analyzing the Applicability of a Tool
Author :
Condori-Fernandez, Nelly ; Kruse, Peter M. ; Vos, Tanja E. J. ; Brosse, Etienne ; Bagnato, Alessandra
Author_Institution :
Vrije Univ. van Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Abstract :
Numerous combinatorial testing tools are available for generating test cases. However, many of them are never used in practice. One of the reasons is the lack of empirical studies that involve human subjects applying testing techniques. This paper aims to investigate the applicability of a combinatorial testing tool in the company SOFTEAM. A case study is designed and conducted within the development team responsible for a new product. The participants consist of 3 practitioners from the company. The applicability of the tool has been examined in terms of efficiency, effectiveness and learning effort.
Keywords :
combinatorial mathematics; program testing; software tools; SOFTEAM company; combinatorial testing tools; industrial environment; new product development team; test case generation; Abstracts; Companies; Electronic mail; Software as a service; Testing; Training; Unified modeling language; classification tree method; combinatorial testing; effectiveness; efficiency; industrial case study; learning effort;
Conference_Titel :
Quality of Information and Communications Technology (QUATIC), 2014 9th International Conference on the
Conference_Location :
Guimaraes
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-6132-0
DOI :
10.1109/QUATIC.2014.36