Patent ID: 8151248
Filing Date: 2012-04-03
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A non-transitory readable medium implementing a method for managing software defects, comprising: capturing a plurality of test cases into a test case database, wherein each captured test case comprises a test case identifier; capturing a plurality of software defects into a software defect record database, wherein each captured software record defect comprises a software defect record identity and a test case identity associated with the software defect record identity; capturing a plurality of change requests into a change request database, wherein each captured change request comprises a change request identity and an associated software defect record identity; analyzing data elements from the test case database, the software defect record database, and the change request database to manage a test-identifiable defect and a defect not-identifiable-by-test; managing a test-identifiable defect by detecting a failure of a test case stored in the test case database, generating a detect report for storage in the software defect record database and linking a defect report identifier for the generated defect report with a test case identifier for the test case, creating a change request for storage in the change request database to initiate a corrective action, and linking a change request identifier for the created change request with the defect report identifier for the generated defect report; and managing a defect not-identifiable-by-test by identifying an inconsistency between two linked software artifacts with corresponding identifiers stored in separate databases selected from the test case database, the defect report database, the change request database, and a functional requirements database.