Test is an area in system development. Test can be performed manually or automated. Test activities can be supported by Word documents and Excel sheets for documenting and executing test cases and as well for follow up, but there are also new test tools designed to support and facilitate the testing process and the activities of the test. This study has described manual test and identified strengths and weaknesses of manual testing with a testing tool called Microsoft Test Manager (MTM) and of manual testing using test cases and test log templates developed by the testers at Sogeti. The result that emerged from the problem and strength analysis and the analysis of literature studies and firsthand experiences (in terms of creating, documenting and executing test cases) addresses the issue of the following weaknesses and strengths. Strengths of the test tool is that it contains needed functionality all in one place and it is available when needed without having to open up other programs which saves many steps of activity. Strengths with test without the support of test tools is mainly that it is easy to learn and gives a good overview, easy to format text as desired and flexible to changes during execution of a test case. Weaknesses in test with the support of test tools include that it is difficult to get a good overview of the entire test case, that it is not possible to format the text in the test steps. It is as well not possible to modify the test steps during execution. It is also difficult to use some of the test design techniques of TMap, for example a checklist, when using the test tool MTM. Weaknesses with test without the support of the testing tool MTM is that the tester gets many more steps of activities to do compared to doing the same activities with the support of the testing tool MTM. There is more to remember because the documents the tester use are not directly linked. Altogether the strengths of the test tool stands out when it comes to supporting the testing process.

Test efficiency measures the cost-effectiveness of a test organisation and it is measured by dividing the number of defects found in a test by the effort needed to perform the test. This thesis project investigated whether the Mobile Positioning Centre (MPC) site at Ericsson AB could improve their test efficiency or not. The purpose of the project was to identify areas that could increase the test efficiency by investigating state of the art literature and evaluating the test process at MPC. The evaluation identified unit testing and debugging as the areas at MPC where the test efficiency could be increased the most. The project work resulted in an implementation proposal containing a number of actions that would increase the test efficiency at MPC. Primarily, the actions comprised an improved test tool environment; both enhancements for the existing tools and design suggestions for new test tools. The implementation proposal also included suggestions for how to integrate the test tool improvements with the organisation and processes at MPC. / Uppsatsen utvärderar testprocessen på en Ericsson site (the Mobile Positioning Centre).

Test management software is used to evaluate the permanence and functionality of technical systems. These systems also support documenting tests and evaluations. This thesis describes the implementation of a report template editing tool within an existing testing suite. The tool – TDR Template Editor (TDRTE) - was developed using SpringMVC, Hibernate, and PostgreSQL in Java, Javascript, JSP and JSTL. TDRTE provides a step-by-step editor for editing and creating complete report templates. A separate editor for calculating derived test values from measurement data was also developed.

This thesis describes methods and tools available to test products developed with Model Driven Architecture (MDA) frameworks. The purpose of the research presented in this thesis is to find appropriate methods and tools available to test products developed in an MDA compatible way in an industrial setting. To find appropriate methods and tools a literature study as well as a case study were conducted at Ericsson. The results of the case study show that there exist important criteria both from an MDA perspective and Ericsson’s own perspective. Based on the criteria a set of tools were evaluated and the results were that Pathfinder PathMATE in conjunction with Rational Software Architect were the most appropriate tools for Ericsson to use when testing their MDA application.

This Master thesis deals with the problems of introducting test automation in the software development life cycle, selection of a tool for the purposes of test automation and an overview of these tools. The theoretical section of the thesis aims to acquaint readers with the concept of testing, its basic principles, parts of the test process, types, methods and levels of the testing as well as an introduction to the basics of test automation. The practical part of the thesis consists of the methodology design for the introduction of automated testing, where several principles and methods are described in more detail to avoid or minimize the risk of unsuccessful and inefficient test automation. The concept of multicriteria selection of tools for automated testing is introduced in the next section, where also criteria for the particular project are set. Selected tools are then described in detail and evaluated upon these criteria.

Submitted by Liliane Ferreira (ljuvencia30@gmail.com) on 2018-04-12T14:43:28Z No. of bitstreams: 2 Tese - Marllos Paiva Prado - 2018.pdf: 5172064 bytes, checksum: f0f497f5cd15e3d7e789fb5792aa6254 (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Luciana Ferreira (lucgeral@gmail.com) on 2018-04-13T11:12:00Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 2 Tese - Marllos Paiva Prado - 2018.pdf: 5172064 bytes, checksum: f0f497f5cd15e3d7e789fb5792aa6254 (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-04-13T11:12:00Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 Tese - Marllos Paiva Prado - 2018.pdf: 5172064 bytes, checksum: f0f497f5cd15e3d7e789fb5792aa6254 (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-03-16 / Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Goiás - FAPEG / Conselho Nacional de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico - CNPq / Unit testing is an important activity for improving software quality. Over the years, numerous automated tools have been proposed by the testing research community to enhance this activity. However, this thesis' literature review revealed that several research efforts have not considered the human aspects in the proposal of such tools. Also, unit test practitioners are not having the support of the existing tools to solve some mental tasks associated with the activity. Motivated by this gap, this thesis describes a sequence of studies carried out with the purpose of understanding, characterizing and proposing improvements in the cognitive support provided by the test tools, considering a qualitative approach centered on the perspective of test professionals that work at the unit level. The results revealed some primary tasks that require cognitive support of the tools in unit test review practice, including monitoring of pending and executed unit test tasks and navigation between unit testing artifacts. A framework summarizes the results of this study. A research agenda is developed based on the framework and serves as an actionable instrument for the testing community. The contributions of this study include suggestions for practical improvements to current tools and describe new research opportunities in the topic. Also, the methods used in the research are explained in details. / O teste unitário é uma importante atividade para a melhoria da qualidade do software. Ao longo dos anos, inúmeras ferramentas automatizadas foram propostas pela comunidade de pesquisa de teste para melhorar esta atividade. Contudo, a revisão da literatura de testes atual permite observar que esses esforços de pesquisa não têm considerado os aspectos humanos na proposição dessas ferramentas. Observa-se ainda que os praticantes de teste unitário não têm suporte do ferramental existente para resolução de algumas tarefas mentais associadas à atividade. Considerando-se esta lacuna, esta tese descreve uma sequência de estudos realizados com o intuito de entender, caracterizar e propor melhorias no suporte cognitivo provido pelas ferramentas de teste unitário. Tendo em vista a falta de estudos sobre suporte cognitivo para teste de software, empregou-se uma abordagem qualitativa e centrada na perspectiva dos profissionais de teste que atuam no nível unitário. Os resultados revelaram algumas tarefas primárias que requerem suporte cognitivo das ferramentas na prática de revisão de testes unitário, incluindo o monitoramento de tarefas de teste unitário pendentes e executadas e a navegação entre os artefatos relacionados às unidades testadas. Os resultados são resumidos em um framework e, com base nisso, é desenvolvida uma agenda de pesquisa como instrumento acionável para a comunidade de teste. As contribuições desta tese incluem sugestões de melhorias práticas para as ferramentas atuais e descrevem novas oportunidades de pesquisa no tema. Além disso, são explicados em detalhes os métodos utilizados nesta pesquisa.