FULLY AUTOMATED SOFTWARE TESTING SYSTEM

TESTING CONSUMES 30 TO 40% OF THE TOTAL DEVELOPMENT RESOURCES AND ABOUT THE SAME PERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL DEVELOPMENT TIME IN MANY SOFTWARE SYSTEMS. IT IS VERY LABOR INTENSIVE AND EXPENSIVE; IT ACCOUNTS FOR APPROXIMATELY 50% OF THE COST OF A SOFTWARE SYSTEM. EXISTING ADA/FORTRAN PROGRAMS ARE COMPLEX, HARD TO PROVE AND CONSEQUENTLY OFTEN RIDDLED WITH ERRORS. SEVERAL AREAS MAY REMAIN UNTESTED IF MANUAL TESTING TECHNIQUES ARE EMPLOYED DUE TO THE COST AS WELL AS THE INCONSISTENCIES BROUGHT ABOUT BY MANUAL TESTING TECHNIQUES. THE PHASE I PROPOSAL WILL RESEATCH SEVERAL TESTING TECHNIQUES SO THAT DETAILED REQUIREMENTSFOR THE FULLY AUTOMATED SOFTWARE TESTING SYSTEM CAN BE ESTABLISHED.SOFTWARE EXPERIMENTS WILL ALSO BE CARRIED OUT ON NEW TECHNIQUES AND IDEAS THAT CAN CONTRIBUTE TO A TOTAL AUTOMATION OF THE SOFTWARE TESTING PROCESS. TO AUTOMATE THE TESTING PROCESS THERE ARE MANY IMPORTANT AREAS WHERE NEW AND INNOVATIVE IDEAS ARE NEEDED - TEST SOFTWARE"ANDDATA GENERATION, TEST RESULTS EVALUATION, TEST EXECUTION, REGRESSIONTESTING, TEST PROGRESS REPORTS ETC. EXISTING TESTING TOOLS WILL ALSOBE ANALYZED TO DETERMINE THEIR SUITABILITY FOR SATISFYING THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE TESTING SYSTEM. MHE PROPOSAL DESCRIBES THE PROPOSED ARCHITECTURE OF THE TESTING SYSTEM WHICH INCLUDES A PARSER/SCANNER, TEST SOFTWARE AND DATA GENERATOR, TEST EXECUTION DRIVER, TEST COVERAGE ANALYSIS, REPORT GENERATOR, AND TEST MANAGER.