Method and system for removing unessential test steps
Improving user friendliness of a non-executable human-readable test scenario by removing unessential test steps including: receiving a non-executable human-readable test scenario including unessential test steps; generating a graph of screens referred to by the non-executable human-readable test scenario; identifying a side branch that is not mandatory for proper operation of the non-executable human-readable test scenario; and removing description of the non-mandatory side branch from the non-executable human-readable test scenario.
1. A non-transitory computer readable medium for use in a computer to improve user friendliness of a non-executable human-readable test scenario by removing unessential test steps, the computer including a processor, and the non-transitory computer readable medium comprising:
program code for receiving a non-executable human-readable test scenario comprising unessential test steps, wherein at least 50% of instructions described in the non-executable human-readable test scenario are expressed by user interaction activities;
program code for generating a graph of screens referred to by the non-executable human-readable test scenario;
program code for identifying a side branch that is non-mandatory for proper operation of the non-executable human-readable test scenario; and
program code for removing description of the non-mandatory side branch from the non-executable human-readable test scenario.
2. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the non-mandatory side branch comprises a help screen.
3. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the non-mandatory side branch comprises unproductive steps resulted in an error message.
4. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the non-mandatory side branch provides a value identical to a default value.
5. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the non-mandatory side branch is characterized by not changing behavior of a business processes under test.
6. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the non-executable human-readable test scenario was generated from a recording.
7. A computer system to improve user friendliness of a non-executable human-readable test scenario by removing unessential test steps, the computer system comprising:
a storage device containing computer usable code; and
a processing unit operable to execute the computer usable code to:
receive a non-executable human-readable test scenario comprising unessential test steps, wherein at least 50% of instructions described in the non-executable human-readable test scenario are expressed by user interaction activities;
generate a graph of screens referred to by the non-executable human-readable test scenario;
identify a side branch that is non-mandatory for proper operation of the non-executable human-readable test scenario; and
remove description of the non-mandatory side branch from the non-executable human-readable test scenario.
8. The computer system of claim 7 , wherein the non-mandatory side branch comprises a help screen.
9. The computer system of claim 7 , wherein the non-mandatory side branch comprises unproductive steps resulted in an error message.
10. The computer system of claim 7 , wherein the non-mandatory side branch provides a value identical to a default value.
11. The computer system of claim 7 , wherein the non-mandatory side branch is characterized by not changing behavior of a business processes under test.
12. The computer system of claim 7 , wherein the non-executable human-readable test scenario was generated from a recording.