Integration of a software content space with test planning and test case generation

1. A computer-implemented method for test planning and test case generation, the method comprising:

creating, by a processor, a plurality of content space specification files based on a plurality of requirements;

processing, by the processor, the plurality of content space specification files to generate a plurality of user stories;

defining, by the processor, a content space for representing a portion of the software via a set of dimensions;

traversing, by the processor, the content space to generate the user stories, wherein the content space includes a plurality of cells, each of the plurality of cells corresponding to one of the plurality of user stories, each of the plurality of cells having multiple dimensions, each of the multiple dimensions having one or more values, the multiple dimensions including release, noun, verb, interface, and platform, wherein the verb, interface and platform dimensions are orthogonal and noun-specific;

outputting, by the processor, the plurality of user stories; and

integrating, by the processor, the user stories of the content space into test planning and test case generation, wherein test case generation includes mapping the content space into test models that are defined by a valid combination of the multiple dimensions.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 wherein processing the plurality of content space specification files comprises identifying content space specification statements in each of the plurality of content space specification files.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1 wherein traversing the content space comprises:

for each of the noun dimensions, for each of the plurality of cells: traversing, by the processor, other dimensions of the multiple dimensions of the cell, one value at a time, to generate a user story of the plurality of user stories corresponding to the cell.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1 further comprising grouping, by the processor, the content space.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1 further comprising folding, by the processor, the content space.

6. A computer program product for test planning and test case generation, the computer program product including a non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions for causing a computer to implement a method, the method comprising:

creating, by a processor, a plurality of content space specification files based on a plurality of requirements;

processing, by the processor, the plurality of content space specification files to generate a plurality of user stories;

defining, by the processor, a content space for representing a portion of the software via a set of dimensions;

traversing, by the processor, the content space to generate the user stories, wherein the content space includes a plurality of cells, each of the plurality of cells corresponding to one of the plurality of user stories, each of the plurality of cells having multiple dimensions, each of the multiple dimensions having one or more values, the multiple dimensions including release, noun, verb, interface, and platform, wherein the verb, interface and platform dimensions are orthogonal and noun-specific;

outputting, by the processor, the plurality of user stories; and

integrating, by the processor, the user stories of the content space into test planning and test case generation, wherein test case generation includes mapping the content space into test models that are defined by a valid combination of the multiple dimensions.

7. The computer program product as claimed in claim 6 wherein processing the plurality of content space specification files comprises identifying content space specification statements in each of the plurality of content space specification files.

8. The computer program product as claimed in claim 6 wherein traversing the content space comprises for each of the noun dimensions, for each of the plurality of cells:

traversing, by the processor, other dimensions of the multiple dimensions of the cell, one value at a time, to generate a user story of the plurality of user stories corresponding to the cell.

9. The computer program product as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the method further comprises grouping the content space.

10. The computer program product as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the method further comprises folding the content space.