Automated Test Cases Generation From Requirements Specification

Abstract

One of the most significant phases of software development is software testing, because of its value in identifying mistakes and gaps in the early stages of program development. In the past, software testing was done manually, and this is a tiring and inaccurate process that carries with it errors and gaps and requires time, effort, and money. At present, testers tend to perform the testing process automatically, to save time, effort, and money, and to obtain accurate results. However, there are few research works on the aspect of generating test cases from requirements specification especially generate test cases from use case description. An Approach to Generate Test Cases from Use Case description is proposed in this paper that consists of several processes. The input is the use case description of the use case diagram, which is being used as a basis for the approach. In the next step, each software summary of UML use cases is utilized to extract the necessary information for the development of the control flow graph and NLP table. A control flow graph and NLP table will be generated based on a specific algorithm after that generate test paths based on a specific algorithm. Then, the test cases will be generated from the test paths and NLP table. The proposed approach will enhance the process of generation of test cases and increase the accuracy and efficiency.