Software Migration via Automated Test Case Execution
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face difficulties in determining whether a target software product offers the necessary features due to its complexity and poorly documented features, making it challenging to decide on migration from a current software product.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that obtain user jobs from a first software product, select target test cases based on these jobs, apply them to both software products, and provide a migration instruction if the results satisfy a predetermined criterion, thereby determining a user-specific feature gap and improving recommendation accuracy.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If users manually evaluate target software product features through documentation review, then they can understand software features, but it requires great efforts and time
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically performs feature evaluation by executing test cases against the target software product, eliminating the need for users to manually review documentation. The software product itself provides the evaluation results through automated testing, allowing users to obtain feature compatibility information without investing significant time and effort.
Solution Approach 2:
The manual mechanical process of reading and analyzing documentation is replaced by an automated computational system that executes test cases and compares results. This substitution transforms the evaluation process from a time-consuming manual activity to an efficient automated procedure that quickly provides feature compatibility assessments.
2Reliability
If users manually evaluate all features of target software product, then they can determine feature compatibility, but the process is complex and inconvenient
Solution Approach 1:
The system extracts only the specific test cases relevant to the user's current software product and migration scenario from the larger test suite. By selecting and executing only the necessary test cases rather than evaluating all features, the system maintains high reliability in migration recommendations while significantly improving ease of operation and reducing complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The comprehensive feature evaluation process is segmented into discrete, manageable test cases. Each test case represents a specific feature or functionality that can be independently evaluated. This segmentation allows the system to present results in a structured, easy-to-understand format, improving both reliability through systematic coverage and ease of operation through simplified result presentation.
3Measurement precision
If comprehensive test cases are applied to evaluate software migration, then feature gap analysis accuracy is improved, but test execution complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-selecting relevant test cases based on the user's current software product and migration target before actual test execution. This preliminary selection process organizes and prepares the test suite in advance, reducing the complexity of test execution while maintaining comprehensive coverage of critical features, thereby improving measurement precision without proportionally increasing system complexity.
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Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method, system and computer program product for semantic search based on a graph database. In some embodiments, a method is disclosed. According to the method, the user jobs of a user are obtained from a first software product. Based on the user jobs, target test cases are selected from a plurality of test cases associated with the first software product and a second software product. The target test cases are applied to the first software product and the second software product, and in accordance with a determination that a result of applying the target test cases satisfies a predetermined criterion, an instruction is provided to indicate migrating from the first software product to the second software product. In other embodiments, a system and a computer program product are disclosed.