Test Management System for Integrated Computing Systems
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Existing test management systems for integrated computing systems are burdensome due to their manual development and lack of adaptability to customized configurations, leading to inefficiencies in verifying performance objectives across varied resource configurations.
Innovation Solution
A test management system that generates test procedures using a hierarchical, object-oriented database model, creating a test-based integrated computing system object instance with embedded test procedures, allowing for both manual and automated testing across diverse configurations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If manual test development is used, then testing can be performed on integrated computing systems, but the process becomes burdensome and inefficient
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by automatically generating test procedures before actual testing begins. The test management system creates test procedures based on object models and configuration data, eliminating the need for manual test development and significantly improving testing efficiency while reducing management complexity.
2Adaptability or versatility
If standardized testing is applied, then testing can be performed across different configurations, but adaptability to customized configurations is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies dynamics by making the test procedure generation adaptive to different configurations. The test management system dynamically generates test procedures based on the specific object model and configuration data of each integrated computing system, ensuring both adaptability to customized configurations and accuracy in verifying performance objectives.
3Reliability
If comprehensive testing is performed across all resource configurations, then performance objectives can be verified, but the testing burden increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies segmentation by dividing the testing process into manageable components based on the hierarchical object model. Test procedures are generated and executed for specific sub-object instances representing different resource configurations, allowing comprehensive performance verification while reducing overall testing time through targeted, modular testing approaches.
Data Source
AI summary
A system for use as part of a test management system for an integrated computing system may obtain a first object instance of the integrated computing system in which the first object instance generated by applying configuration attributes of the integrated computing system to an object model of the integrated computing system. The first object instance includes a plurality of hierarchally arranged sub-object instances representing a plurality of hierarchally arranged resources of the integrated computing system. The instructions also generate a second object instance from the first object instance, including, for each sub-object instance included within the second object instance, identifying one or more criteria associated with the sub-object instance, generating one or more test procedures to verify proper operation of the resources associated with the sub-object instance according to the one or more criteria, and including the generated test procedures in the sub-object instance of the second object instance.