Analyzing UML use cases to generate test sequences

Abstract

Software testing is a main phase in the software development life-cycle. Testing tasks are always heavy and time-consuming due to their critical role and importance. Furthermore, testing requires several preparation steps, such as the test sequences. There are many ways to generate the test sequences to perform software testing. In this paper, UML use case diagrams are used to generate test sequences for software testing. The approach is proposed to make use of the UML use case diagrams in more than translating the software requirements to software specifications. The approach consists of several phases. Starting from converting the UML use case diagram into activity diagrams, going through the simplification step, and ending with extracting the needed information to generate the test sequences. The approach is evaluated using nine case studies from a business and systematic perspective. Moreover, the results are compared with the prior work.