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Software test results exploration and visualization with continuous integration and nightly testing
Westermo Network Technol AB, Vasteras, Sweden..ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1688-6937
Mälardalen University, School of Innovation, Design and Engineering, Embedded Systems.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-0611-2655
Mälardalen University, School of Innovation, Design and Engineering, Embedded Systems.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-5032-2310
2022 (English)In: International Journal on Software Tools for Technology Transfer, ISSN 1433-2779, E-ISSN 1433-2787, Vol. 24, no 2, p. 261-285Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Software testing is key for quality assurance of embedded systems. However, with increased development pace, the amount of test results data risks growing to a level where exploration and visualization of the results are unmanageable. This paper covers a tool, Tim, implemented at a company developing embedded systems, where software development occurs in parallel branches and nightly testing is partitioned over software branches, test systems and test cases. Tim aims to replace a previous solution with problems of scalability, requirements and technological flora. Tim was implemented with a reference group over several months. For validation, data were collected both from reference group meetings and logs from the usage of the tool. Data were analyzed quantitatively and qualitatively. The main contributions from the study include the implementation of eight views for test results exploration and visualization, the identification of four solutions patterns for these views (filtering, aggregation, previews and comparisons), as well as six challenges frequently discussed at reference group meetings (expectations, anomalies, navigation, integrations, hardware details and plots). Results are put in perspective with related work and future work is proposed, e.g., enhanced anomaly detection and integrations with more systems such as risk management, source code and requirements repositories.

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SPRINGER HEIDELBERG , 2022. Vol. 24, no 2, p. 261-285
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Software testing, Test results, Visual analytics
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Computer and Information Sciences
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URN: urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-57571DOI: 10.1007/s10009-022-00647-1ISI: 000757730900001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85125759542OAI: oai:DiVA.org:mdh-57571DiVA, id: diva2:1643219
Available from: 2022-03-09 Created: 2022-03-09 Last updated: 2024-01-17Bibliographically approved

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Strandberg, Per ErikAfzal, WasifSundmark, Daniel

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