Starting Model-Based Testing based on Existing Test Cases used for Model Creation

Abstract

Model-based testing has a significant impact on test quality and test effort. However, many industrial projects still rely on the traditional testing methods. The biggest concerns against model-based testing are the need of formal knowledge and high initial costs for introducing the formal model. In this paper we show how it is possible to introduce model-based testing to a large scale industrial project by using the existing test cases as a basis for the model creation, thus effectively reducing concerns and efforts introducing the modelbased testing approach. Additionally the created model can be used to simulate the reference behavior in an early development stage, resulting in a comprehensive prototype. The used context is a project in the railway industry domain, the European Train Control System, in which a lot of effort has been spent with the generation of high quality test cases.