Patent Document ID: 20170228307
Application ID: 15429395
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A method for generating an automated test configured, when executed, to test a system under test comprising one or more computer programs being executed on one or more computer devices, the system under test comprising a plurality of operational states and one or more executable actions, the method comprising the steps of: a) utilising a model of the system under test, the model comprising a plurality of model states and one or more selectable model actions, wherein one or more of the model states are representative of operational states of the system under test and each model action is associated with one or more executable actions on the system under test; and b) generating an automated test by: c) selecting a sequence of model actions; and d) defining, based on said selected sequence of model actions, an automated test configured, in use, to execute sequence of executable actions on the system under test, wherein the selection of one or more model actions in step c) is dependent upon the previous selection of model actions in the current and/or one or more previous automated tests.