Uma Taxonomia de testes de software no contexto ágil

Abstract

After the 2000s, with the publication of the agile manifesto, the popularization and adherence to agile methodologies in software development grew exponentially. A new scenario was established in which things are done in an iterative and incremental way, with the customer as a fundamental ally. Thus, in this new agile scenario, usually at the end of each iteration, tests of what was developed are carried out, but they can also occur in the middle of the period, or even at the beginning, depending on the project, in order to ensure the quality of what is being delivered to the customer. As deliveries are fast, several approaches have been proposed for agile testing, especially automated testing. However, a consolidation of approaches, tools and techniques used for testing in the context of agile development was not identified in the literature. Thus, this work aims to create and propose a software testing taxonomy in the context of agile software development. For this, a systematic mapping in the literature was carried out, where 16 works were selected, and information was extracted, such as: (i) software testing techniques, (ii) test stages, (iii) testing tools, (iv) models of agile testing and (v) agile testing methodologies. From the results of the mapping, the taxonomy of agile tests was created based on the application of the technique of faceted or multifaceted taxonomies. The taxonomy of agile tests provides a solid basis for researchers and software teams to use as a basis for decision-making such as which types of tests to employ in carrying out a project, and this simplifies training time, application and costs on the part of the application of tests.