Component Prioritization Schema for Achieving Maximum Time and Cost Benefits from Software Testing

Software testing is any activity aimed at evaluating an attribute or capability of a program or system and determining that it meets its required results. Defining the end of software testing represents crucial features of any software development project. A premature release will involve risks like undetected bugs, cost of fixing faults later, and discontented customers. Any software organization would want to achieve maximum possible benefits from software testing with minimum resources. Testing time and cost need to be optimized for achieving a competitive edge in the market. In this paper, we propose a schema, called the Component Prioritization Schema (CPS), to achieve an effective and uniform prioritization of the software components. This schema serves as an extension to the Non Homogenous Poisson Process based Cumulative Priority Model. We also introduce an approach for handling time-intensive versus cost-intensive projects.

Authors and Affiliations

1. PhD student, Computer Science & Information System Group, Bits Pilani, 333031, India

   Praveen Ranjan Srivastava

2. ME student, Computer Science & Information System Group, Bits Pilani, 333031, India

   Deepak Pareek

Editors and Affiliations

1. Dept. of Computer Science, Georgia State University, 34 Peachtree Street, P.O. Box, Atlanta, GA, USA

   Sushil K. Prasad

2. Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad, India

   Susmi Routray  & Reema Khurana  & 

3. Department of Computer and Information Science and Technology, University of Florida, USA

   Sartaj Sahni

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