Agile development cycle: Approach to design an effective Model Based Testing with Behaviour driven automation framework

Abstract

Model Based Testing (MBT) is a relatively an approach widely discussed in software testing. It extends test automation from test design to test execution using automatic test generation from models. The effective use of this approach requires new skills, technology and knowledge, such as test modelling skills, but also good programs and tool support. This paper explores a design of a Behaviour driven test automation framework using MBT and how it can be effectively used during Agile Development. The automation framework is experimented upon the integration of the Graphwalker, a Model Based Graphical User Interface test generator with behaviour driven development framework and Robot Framework.