Patent ID: 8332691

Claim:
A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing therein a computer program causing a computer to execute: detecting a main step from among a series of steps to be verified; retrieving from among the series of steps, a sub-step to be a preventive measure against an error expected at execution of the main step; determining whether a position where the sub-step is incorporated into the series of steps is correct based on a sequence in which the sub-step and the main step are executed; and outputting a result of the determining, wherein the detecting includes referencing a table to detect the main step, the table correlating main steps with sub-steps that are respectively preventive measures against errors that have occurred at the execution of the main steps in given situations, and the retrieving includes referencing the table to retrieve the sub-step that is a preventive measure against an error that has occurred at the execution of the main step in a situation identified from attribute information appended to the main step.