Patent ID: 7458064

Claim:
A computer storage device encoded with a program for execution on at least one processor and configured to access a database for storing test results generated from testing at least one application, the program, when executed on the at least one processor, performing a method comprising acts of: displaying to a user at least one test result stored at a location in the database to facilitate discovering at least one bug, wherein the at least one test result is generated from testing the at least one application and wherein the at least one test result is displayed via a utility configured to permit one or more manipulations to the at least one test result; upon the discovery of the at least one bug by the user, receiving an indication from the user to generate a work item associated with the at least one bug, wherein the work item comprises an entry in at least one bug tracking database; and automatically attaching to the work item, test information associated with the at least one test result, the test information comprising: a link to the location of the at least one test result in the database, wherein the link, when activated, accesses the at least one test result in the database; at least one manipulation performed by the user on the at least one test result; and state information indicative of a state the utility at a time when the work item is generated.