The Proceedings of the Ninth International Research Workshop on Advances and Innovations in Software Testing
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Nowadays, software testing is becoming more critical to ensure that software will function properly in the production environment. Consequently, the effort, time, and fund invested on software testing activities increase significantly. As such, managers have to allocate the limited resources of an organization to those critical test cases rather than the exhausted set of test cases. This paper builds a value function for quantifying the unit value of a test case, which uses the value concept, presents as a quantified index, and can be used to single out the key test cases. We take three steps to establish the function. Firstly, we built an initial value function based on our understanding and knowledge as well as the relevant research. Next, we interviewed professionals and managerial staff who are working in the testing department or relevant positions to comment on the initial value function. Finally, based on the feedback of the interviews, we incorporated new factors emerged from the interviews and modified some other factors in the initial function which have different meanings according to the viewpoints of the interviewees. Through these steps, we established the final function, which includes tangible factors such as cost of a test case and amount of use, as well as intangible factors such as internal risk, external risk, and technical risk. Keywords—unit value; functional test; business risk; technical risk; testing utility; testing frequency; unit cost
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