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Rojas.pdf: 4369495 bytes, checksum: 92fd0a46d83a7bace55dd126266a19c4 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-09-12 / CAPES - Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / Due high popularization of cloud services and the use of a wide range of mobile devices with different environments and platforms, a new model to offer software test service emerged, called Testing as a Service (TaaS). It uses cloud infrastructure to provide on-demand testing services on cloud for end users at any time. Nowadays there are many studies about different services about TaaS. Based on this scenario, we propose a framework, called Automated Mobile Testing as a Service (AM-TaaS), which offers automated test for mobile applications based, preliminary, on App Quality Alliance (AQuA)’s test criteria. This research evaluated the proposed framework through two empirical studies. Firstly, a proof of concept regarding the feasibility of the proposed framework and a second study in a controlled environment to evaluate the proposed framework when compared to another local environment for testing in mobile applications. The experimental results of both studies indicate that the test service is feasible using cloud resources. The running time of the test process in AM-TaaS was less than a Local Environment Test usually used by developers or testers. In addition, a positive attitude of testers was perceived regarding the use of AM-TaaS.Due high popularization of cloud services and the use of a wide range of mobile devices with different environments and platforms, a new model to offer software test service emerged, called Testing as a Service (TaaS). It uses cloud infrastructure to provide on-demand testing services on cloud for end users at any time. Nowadays there are many studies about different services about TaaS. Based on this scenario, we propose a framework, called Automated Mobile Testing as a Service (AM-TaaS), which offers automated test for mobile applications based, preliminary, on App Quality Alliance (AQuA)’s test criteria. This research evaluated the proposed framework through two empirical studies. Firstly, a proof of concept regarding the feasibility of the proposed framework and a second study in a controlled environment to evaluate the proposed framework when compared to another local environment for testing in mobile applications. The experimental results of both studies indicate that the test service is feasible using cloud resources. The running time of the test process in AM-TaaS was less than a Local Environment Test usually used by developers or testers. In addition, a positive attitude of testers was perceived regarding the use of AM-TaaS. / Devido à alta popularização de serviços em nuvem e o uso de uma ampla variedade de dispositivos móveis com diferentes ambientes e plataformas, um novo modelo para oferecer serviço de teste de software surgiu. Chamado de Teste como Serviço (do inglês Testing as a Service – TaaS), o qual usa a infraestrutura da nuvem para fornecer serviços de teste sob demanda para usuários finais a qualquer momento. Muitos estudos apresentam os servidos oferecidos por TaaS e suas vantagens. Com base neste cenário, este trabalho propõe um arcabouço, chamado “Automated Mobile Testing as a Service” identificado com as siglas “AM-TaaS” (Automação de Testes para Aplicações Móveis como Serviço), que oferece testes automatizados para aplicações móveis baseados em critérios de teste. Os critérios de teste usados preliminarmente para esta pesquisa foram os critérios publicados pela App Quality Alliance (AQuA). Esta pesquisa avaliou o arcabouço proposto por meio de dois estudos experimentais. Um primeiro, uma prova de conceito sobre a viabilidade do arcabouço proposto e um segundo estudo em ambiente controlado para avalição do arcabouço proposto em comparação a um outro ambiente local de teste de aplicações móveis. Os resultados de ambos os estudos indicaram que é possível e viável o serviço de teste utilizando recursos na nuvem. O tempo de execução de todo o processo de teste no AM-TaaS foi inferior ao uso do Ambiente de Teste Local usualmente utilizada pelos desenvolvedores ou testadores. Além disso, uma atitude positiva foi percebida por parte dos testadores enquanto ao uso desse modelo de serviço de teste.