Patent ID: 6715108
Filing Date: 2004-03-30
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A method of managing test case versions, which comprises the computer implemented steps of:maintaining a test case database, said test case database including a set of test case versions, each of said test case versions being associated with an application program version; assigning a date order sequence version number to each test case version in said test case database; and in response to a user request for a test case version for use with respect to a particular application version, selecting a best candidate test case version from said test case database, the selecting step including, selecting a subset of test case versions from said test case database, said subset including test case versions associated with said particular application program version and application program versions earlier than said particular application program version, selecting the latest application program version included in said subset of test case versions, and, selecting the latest test case version from the versions for said selected latest application program version.