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System testing is concerned with testing an entire system based on its specifications. In the context of object-oriented, UML development, this means that system test requirements are derived from UML analysis artifacts such as use cases, their corresponding sequence and collaboration diagrams, class diagrams, and possibly Object Constraint Language (OCL) expressions across all these artifacts. Our goal here is to support the derivation of functional system test requirements, which will be transformed into test cases, test oracles, and test drivers once we have detailed design information. In this paper, we describe a methodology in a practical way and illustrate it with an example. In this context, we address testability and automation issues, as the ultimate goal is to fully support system testing activities with high-capability tools.
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Briand, L., Labiche, Y. A UML-Based Approach to System Testing. Softw Syst Model 1, 10–42 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10270-002-0004-8
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10270-002-0004-8