Uma proposta de taxonomia de casos de teste de software de caixa preta

Abstract

In recent years, there has been a huge growth of companies that work with software development, in the same way, the demand for quality in these softwares has also increased. Because of this, software testing plays a very important role in ensuring the quality of software. When it comes to software testing, it is important to mention test cases, which are a set of inputs, conditions, and expected results for the purpose of validating a specific function or software requirement. Countless test cases are created during the development of a software, and it may confuse the test engineers. Thus, the objective of this work was to develop a classification of black box software test cases with the purpose of assisting the test engineers in their test plan executions. To accomplish this, an exploratory literature review was done with the intention of seeking a theoretical basis and analysis of related works. A taxonomy has been developed, which is a collection of terms, from a controlled vocabulary, organized in a hierarchical structure. After the development of this taxonomy, a validation of this proposal was accomplished through the focal group technique. From this validation, it was possible to obtain positive feedback regarding the proposal, verify the relevance of the research and to show evidence of its validity.