Using Domain Models for System Testing

Domain Models [8, 9, 25] have long been used as a basis for software development and reuse. We present a specialized, simplified domain model that has been used for system testing in industry as the framework for a system testing approach we call Application Domain Based Testing. Sleuth, a test suite generation tool, is based on this concept. We report on the domain analysis, the domain model components, and industrial experience of reusing domain models and tests generated with Sleuth. Key words: Domain models, reuse, system testing 1 Introduction System test is typically the last step before release or beta-test of a software product. System tests examine a software product against requirements and specifications [7, 20]. Many testers also derive tests primarily from user manuals. When software development is based on a domain model, the software could be tested using the domain model specification and the specifics of the user interface [3, 4]. To analyze, design, and implement a..