Patent Document ID: 9753839
Application ID: 15074112

Base Claim:
1. A method for evaluating one or more test scripts used testing aspects target system, comprising: receiving, via a communications interface, a test script and a plurality of requirements for the test script wherein the plurality of requirements facilitate evaluation of the test script and are in pre-determined format; developing a set of protocol evaluators based on the plurality of requirements, wherein the set of protocol evaluators comprises a business requirements evaluator, a validation language requirements evaluator, a template evaluator, a completeness evaluator, and a descriptiveness evaluator, wherein each protocol evaluator of the set of protocol evaluators contains one or more factors; storing the developed set of protocol evaluators in a computer readable memory; executing each protocol evaluator with a protocol evaluation engine, wherein: execution of the business requirements evaluator controls the protocol evaluator to determine whether the test script tests specified business requirements, execution of the language requirements evaluator controls the protocol evaluator to determine whether the test script is written in a specified language, execution of the template evaluator controls the protocol evaluator to determine whether the test script is prepared using a specified template, execution of the completeness evaluator controls the protocol evaluator to determine whether the test script meets completeness requirements, and execution of the descriptiveness evaluator controls the protocol evaluator to determine whether the test script meets descriptiveness requirements, wherein execution of each protocol evaluator with the protocol evaluation engine the further comprises assigning an initial score to the test script; for each protocol evaluator: comparing the one or more factors of the protocol evaluator with the test script to thereby determine whether the test script deviates with at least one of the one or more factors of the protocol evaluator, and in response assigning a deviation thereto; determining a deductible points for each deviation according to a pre-determined rule up to a maximum deductible points; subtracting the deductible points from the initial score for the test script to thereby obtain a final score; and generating a group score for a plurality of test scripts based on a pre-determined category and the final score of the plurality of test scripts for identifying a tester for the test script based on the group score.

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Claim 2:
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein for a predetermined subset of deviations, the corresponding deductible points comprises the initial score as the deductible points for the deviation such that upon subtracting the deductible points from the initial score, a zero point score is allocated as the final score and the evaluating is terminated.