Testcase selection by the exclusion of disapproved, non-tested and defect testcases

摘要

A testcase management system comprises a test suite including a plurality of testcases, wherein these testcases are cooperable with a test harness for executing a test run in which at least one of the testcases is executed on a system to be tested. A method and apparatus are provided for generating a list (overall list) indicative of the testcases that are to be executed during the test run. The overall list is generated as follows: A list is generated of all testcases in the test suite. Some of these testcases will have been fully tested in all environments and be verified as approved. They are manually added to an approved list. Others are disapproved and are manually added to a disapproved list. A list is automatically generated comprising those testcases which are neither approved nor disapproved. They are not-tested. Those testcases on the disapproved and not-tested lists are excluded from the overall list. Some of the testcases correspond to defects in the system to be tested which have not yet been fixed. These are added to a defect list and the testcases in this list are also excluded from the overall list.