System, method, and computer program for recommending a number of test cases and effort to allocate to one or more business processes associated with a software testing project

A method, comprising:

• identifying one or more business processes associated with a software testing project;
• setting a business priority and customization level for each of the one or more business processes associated with the software testing project, utilizing a hardware processor, the business priority including a priority level assigned to each of the one or more business processes, and the customization level including a magnitude of customization for each of the one or more business processes;
• estimating a number of defects for each of the one or more business processes associated with the software testing project;
• calculating a quality level for each of the one or more business processes associated with the software testing project as a function of the business priority for each of the one or more business processes, where for each of the one or more business processes the quality level includes a percentage of targeted defects to be removed from the business process;
• determining a number of test cases to be executed to achieve the quality level for each of the one or more business processes associated with the software testing project, the number of test cases to be executed to achieve the desired quality level being based, at least in part, on the estimated number of defects and the business priority;
• identifying an effort analysis associated with one or more past software testing projects;
• determining an estimated effort for each of the one or more business processes associated with the software testing project, the estimated effort being based, at least in part, on the number of test cases to be executed to achieve the quality level, the business priority, and the effort analysis of the one or more past software testing projects;
• and
• displaying the estimated effort for at least one of the one or more business processes associated with the software testing project utilizing at least one interface.

A system comprising:

• a memory system;
• and
• one or more processing cores coupled to the memory system and that are each configured to:
• identify one or more business processes associated with a software testing project;
• set a business priority and customization level for each of the one or more business processes associated with the software testing project, the business priority including a priority level assigned to each of the one or more business processes, and the customization level including a magnitude of customization for each of the one or more business processes;
• estimate a number of defects for each of the one or more business processes associated with the software testing project;
• calculate a quality level for each of the one or more business processes associated with the software testing project as a function of the business priority for each of the one or more business processes, where for each of the one or more business processes the quality level includes a percentage of targeted defects to be removed from the business process;
• determine a number of test cases to be executed to achieve the quality level for each of the one or more business processes associated with the software testing project, the number of test cases to be executed to achieve the desired quality level being based, at least in part, on the estimated number of defects and the business priority;
• identify an effort analysis associated with one or more past software testing projects;
• determine an estimated effort for each of the one or more business processes associated with the software testing project, the estimated effort being based, at least in part, on the number of test cases to be executed to achieve the quality level, the business priority, and the effort analysis of the one or more past software testing projects;
• and
• display the estimated effort for at least one of the one or more business processes associated with the software testing project utilizing at least one interface.