Patent ID: 7788643
Filing Date: 2010-08-31
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for supporting a verification for each of a plurality of functions of a target object, the apparatus comprising: a receiving unit using a processor that receives a use case diagram that includes a plurality of use cases each of which corresponds to each of the functions; an extracting unit that extracts a relation between the use cases from the use case diagram; and a setting unit that sets a priority of verification for each of the use cases based on the relation, wherein the use cases include a first use case, a second use case, and a third use case, the first use case having a first priority previously set by the setting unit, the extracting unit extracts, from the use case diagram, a first relation between the first use case and the second use case and a second relation between the first use case and the third use case, and the setting unit sets a second priority for the second use case based on the first relation and the first priority, and when a third relation between the second use case and the third use case that is tacit in the use case diagram is detected based on the first relation and the second relation, sets a third priority for the third use case based on the second relation and the second priority.