Determining functional design/requirements coverage of a computer code
US8972938B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 13, 2012 |
| Grant date | Mar 3, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 30, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F11/3676
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method that includes: running a set of functional tests over a computer code; determining, for each code element of the computer code, which functional test covered it, to yield a tests-elements coverage map; associating portions of the computer code with corresponding design portions or requirements derived from a design document or a requirements document respectively, associated with the computer code, to yield a design/requirements-code tracing map; deriving, from the tests-code coverage map and the design/requirements-code tracing map, a design/requirements-tests coverage map, exhibiting coverage of the computer code by the functional tests, in terms of the design or the requirements, wherein at least one of the running, the determining, the associating, and the deriving is executed by at least one processor.
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