A Tool for Risk-Based Testing

This paper describes research in heuristic riskbased testing. The aim of this research is to design and implement a risk assessment tool called QUART-ET (Quick Assessment of Risks for Engineering Testing) to facilitate the risk management process. The purpose of QUART-ET is to help software development teams manage risks specifically related to testing and to aid management in discovering an acceptable risk appetite for software maintenance. The tool provides automated assistance to members of the testing team during the process steps of risk identification and risk analysis. The researchers use an outside-in approach to heuristic-based testing by furnishing users with predefined product and process risk lists within the tool.