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Test script transformation analyzer with economic cost engine

US8458662B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

ACCENTURE GLOBAL SERVICES LIMITED · IE

Inventors

Mark Grechanik · Chicago, US
Qing Xie · Sunnyvale, US
Chen Fu · San Mateo, US

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 27, 2008
Grant date	Jun 4, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 18, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F11/368
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An economic engine generates accurate cost estimates for adapting a test script for use against an evolving application. Applications often have complex graphical user interfaces for which the permutations and combinations of GUI elements give rise to an enormous field of potential commands and command sequences to be tested. Furthermore, these applications change over time, rendering prior test scripts unworkable. The economic engine generates cost reports that reliably estimate the resources and time needed to produce new test scripts and test subsequent application versions, while greatly reducing the time, cost, and resource expenditures needed to arrive at subsequent application versions.

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