Desarrollo de una herramienta web de apoyo a la ejecución de experimentos en pruebas de software.

Abstract

The objective of this work is to implement a web system known as '"SystExp", wich is a tool to support the execution of experiments in Software Testing from the Software Engineering (IS) discipline. In this system, reading code technique by successive abstractions, functional testing (or black box testing) and structural testing (or white box testing) techniques were implemented. In order to develop the system, the agile SCRUM methodology was applied, using the three established phases such as the planning phase, the development phase and the closing phase. With respect to the first stage, the functional requirements of the system were defined, which were documented using use case diagrams. In the second stage, 15 Sprints were developed in order to meet the customer's requirements. Finally, in the closing phase, the management of the project was evaluated through a BurnDown Chart. The evaluation of the usability of the developed system was carried out through two pre-test and post-test empirical studies applied in two different groups of sixth and ninth-semester students of the School of Systems Engineering of ESPOCH, respectively. The usability of the system was evaluated conformed by the following aspects: utility, ease of use, ease of learning and the level of satisfaction. After performing an inferential analysis, a significant difference was observed in favor of the ease of use for those students who used the developed web system. In general, it is observed that the development of this tool facilitates the creation and execution of experiments in the field of software testing, that is why the use of the web tool is recommended.