Replicating Rare Software Failures with Exploratory Visual GUI Testing
Journal article, 2017
Saab AB developed software that had a defect that manifested itself only after months of continuous system use. After years of customer failure reports, the defect still persisted, until Saab developed failure replication based on visual GUI testing.
industrial success story
software engineering
failure replication
Saab AB
visual GUI testing
software testing
industry-academia collaboration
software development
semiautomated testing
Author
Emil Alégroth
Chalmers, Computer Science and Engineering (Chalmers), Software Engineering (Chalmers)
Johan Gustafsson
Saab AB
Henrik Ivarsson
Saab AB
Robert Feldt
Blekinge Tekniska Hogskola
IEEE Software
0740-7459 (ISSN)
Vol. 34 5 53-59Subject Categories (SSIF 2011)
Computer and Information Science
DOI
10.1109/MS.2017.3571568