Matching context aware software testing design techniques to ISO/IEC/IEEE 29119

Santiago Matalonga; Felyppe Rodrigues; Guilherme Horta Travassos

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-19860-6_4

Matching context aware software testing design techniques to ISO/IEC/IEEE 29119

Santiago Matalonga
, Felyppe Rodrigues
, Guilherme Horta Travassos

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Abstract

A software system is context aware when it uses contextual information to help actors (users or other systems) to achieve their tasks. Testing this type of software can be a challenge since context and its variabilities cannot be controlled by the software tester. The ISO/IEC/IEEE 29119 intended to cover testing of any software system. It provides a common language and process for testing software systems, including a categorization of conventional testing techniques. This paper contains the initial results of our ongoing efforts to understand the testing of context aware software, Specifically, we evaluate whether the observed techniques for testing context aware software can be matched against the ISO/IEC/IEEE 29119 categories or if they represent a new breed of testing techniques. The results indicate that using conventional techniques variations to test context aware software systems does not produce evidence on their feasibility to test the context awareness features in such systems.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Software Process Improvement and Capability Determination
Subtitle of host publication	15th International Conference, SPICE 2015, Gothenburg, Sweden, June 16-17, 2015. Proceedings
Editors	Terry Rout, Rory V. O'Connor, Alec Dorling
Publisher	Springer Nature
Pages	33-44
Number of pages	12
ISBN (Electronic)	9783319198606
ISBN (Print)	9783319198590
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-19860-6_4
Publication status	Published - 2015
Externally published	Yes

Publication series

Name	Communications in Computer and Information Science
Publisher	Springer
ISSN (Print)	1865-0929

Keywords

Software Engineering
Software process models
Context-Aware software systems

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2015 Matalonga et al Matching acceptedAccepted author manuscript, 355 KBLicence: CC BY-NC-ND

Characterizing testing methods for context-aware software systems: results from a quasi-systematic literature review
Matalonga, S., Rodrigues, F. & Travassos, G. H., 1 Sept 2017, In: Journal of Systems and Software. 131, p. 1-21 21 p.
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Matalonga, S., Rodrigues, F., & Travassos, G. H. (2015). Matching context aware software testing design techniques to ISO/IEC/IEEE 29119. In T. Rout, R. V. O'Connor, & A. Dorling (Eds.), Software Process Improvement and Capability Determination: 15th International Conference, SPICE 2015, Gothenburg, Sweden, June 16-17, 2015. Proceedings (pp. 33-44). (Communications in Computer and Information Science). Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-19860-6_4

Matalonga, Santiago ; Rodrigues, Felyppe ; Travassos, Guilherme Horta. / Matching context aware software testing design techniques to ISO/IEC/IEEE 29119. Software Process Improvement and Capability Determination: 15th International Conference, SPICE 2015, Gothenburg, Sweden, June 16-17, 2015. Proceedings. editor / Terry Rout ; Rory V. O'Connor ; Alec Dorling. Springer Nature, 2015. pp. 33-44 (Communications in Computer and Information Science).

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Matalonga S, Rodrigues F, Travassos GH. Matching context aware software testing design techniques to ISO/IEC/IEEE 29119. In Rout T, O'Connor RV, Dorling A, editors, Software Process Improvement and Capability Determination: 15th International Conference, SPICE 2015, Gothenburg, Sweden, June 16-17, 2015. Proceedings. Springer Nature. 2015. p. 33-44. (Communications in Computer and Information Science). doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-19860-6_4

Matching context aware software testing design techniques to ISO/IEC/IEEE 29119

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Characterizing testing methods for context-aware software systems: results from a quasi-systematic literature review

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