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An Approach to Quality Engineering of TTCN-3 Test Specifications
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Helmut Neukirchen
Benjamin Zeiß
Jens Grabowski
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Experience with the development and maintenance
of large test suites specified using the Testing and
Test Control Notation (TTCN-3) has shown that it is difficult
to construct tests that are concise with respect to quality
aspects such as maintainability or usability. The ISO/IEC
standard 9126 defines a general software quality model that
substantiates the term "quality" with characteristics and subcharacteristics.
The domain of test specifications, however,
requires an adaption of this general model. To apply it to specific
languages such as TTCN-3, it needs to be instantiated.
In this paper, we present an instantiation of this model as well
as an approach to assess and improve test specifications. The
assessment is based on metrics and the identification of code
smells. The quality improvement is based on refactoring. Example
measurements using our TTCN-3 tool TRex demonstrate
how this procedure is applied in practice. |
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International Journal on Software Tools for Technology Transfer (STTT), Volume 10, Issue 4. (ISSN 1433-2779) DOI: 10.1007/s10009-008-0075-0, Springer, 2008, 309-326. |
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