Patent ID: 9342441
Filing Date: 2016-05-17
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A method of establishing traceability in embedded software systems, the method comprising the steps of: providing a design code database for an embedded software system; structuring a test suite database, the test suite database includes a plurality of test cases for testing design code of the embedded software system, the structuring of the test cases provides a correspondence from a respective test case to a respective portion of the design code; receiving, by a processor, a design code modification to the embedded software; identifying, by the processor, an associated test case based on traceability data for testing the modified design code; revising the associated test case to accommodate the modified design code; integrating the modified test cases into the test suite; and updating a traceability database establishing a one-to-one correspondence between the modified design code and the modified test case.