Patent ID: 6560721
Filing Date: 2003-05-06
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
In a testcase management system comprising a test suite including a plurality of testcases cooperable with a test harness for executing a test run in which at least one of said testcases is executed on a system to be tested, a method of generating a list indicative of the testcases that are to be executed, said method comprising the steps of:generating a list of all testcases in said test suite; providing a list of those testcases which are approved; providing a list of those testcases which are disapproved; generating a defect list of those testcases corresponding to defects in said system to be tested which have not been fixed; generating a further list of testcases, indicative of the cases to be executed on said test run, said cases excluding: cases from the disapproved list; cases from the all testcases list which are neither in the approved nor disapproved lists; and cases from the defect list.