Scheduling Test Execution of WBEM Applications

When test execution of software applications, more often than not testers compete for some testing resources while holding other resources idle. How to optimize utility of testing resources, balance workload of testers and minimize test execution time is the research focus of this paper. We cluster and sequence test cases in order to minimize resource conflicts among testers; and modify the ATC (Apparent Tardiness Cost) algorithm to optimize both global test tasks and individual tester's tasks. We applied the proposed approach to scheduling test execution of Web-based Enterprise Management (WBEM) applications in a well-known hardware-software vendor and obtained promising results.