A Workflow-based Environment to manage Software-Testing Process Executions

This work describes a workflow-based environment that manages the execution of software-testing processes. Testing processes require that human and computer resources be handled as dedicated resources, previously scheduled for testing activities, with no overlapping. Two striking features of this environment are: a) the efficient handling of resources by taking into account the capabilities offered by resources required by testing activities, and b) it provides a broader view of all execution steps in a software-testing plan. Hence, it enables a better planning of software-testing process executions, as well as of human and computer resources involved.