Patent ID: 9201768
Filing Date: 2015-12-01
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer program product embodied on a non-transitory computer readable medium, comprising: computer code for identifying one or more business processes associated with a software testing project; computer code for setting a business priority and customization level for each of the one or more business processes associated with the software testing project, the business priority including a priority level assigned to each of the one or more business processes, and the customization level including a magnitude of customization for each of the one or more business processes; computer code for estimating a number of defects for each of the one or more business processes associated with the software testing project; computer code for calculating a quality level for each of the one or more business processes associated with the software testing project as a function of the business priority for each of the one or more business processes, where for each of the one or more business processes the quality level includes a percentage of targeted defects to be removed from the business process; computer code for determining a number of test cases to be executed to achieve the quality level for each of the one or more business processes associated with the software testing project, the number of test cases to be executed to achieve the desired quality level being based, at least in part, on the estimated number of defects and the business priority; computer code for identifying an effort analysis associated with one or more past software testing projects; computer code for determining an estimated effort for each of the one or more business processes associated with the software testing project, the estimated effort being based, at least in part, on the number of test cases to be executed to achieve the quality level, the business priority, and the effort analysis of the one or more past software testing projects; and computer code for displaying the estimated effort for at least one of the one or more business processes associated with the software testing project utilizing at least one interface.