Uma abordagem para automação de testes no TCE-RN e uma análise com relação ao TMM

Abstract

Software quality is an increasingly important factor in the context of project development in technology-related fields. Despite this, many systems in various organizations fail to achieve satisfactory levels of quality and usability. With this perspective, this work aims to present a strategy for automated testing implemented at the Court of Auditors of the State of Rio Grande do Norte, indicating and describing the tools used, as well as their implementations and benefits. The automation strategy was developed by the testing team of which I was part. More specifically, I contributed to this initiative by performing the following activities: (i) implementing a template for test execution using the Cypress tool; (ii) conducting an analysis of the current testing process in relation to the Test Maturity Model integration (TMMi), and classifying the process according to the maturity levels of this certification model. Based on the analysis of planning, control, implementation, and execution stages of testing, as well as the output reports, we observed that the organization is at maturity level 1 and aims to reach maturity level 2 – Managed, implying a partially managed and monitored testing process, not integrated into the development life cycle, with testing occurring relatively late in this cycle. This work also highlights improvements that can be made to achieve the next maturity level.