Model driven testing--as an infrastructure for custom made solutions

This paper discusses the difficulties in introducing the Model Driven Testing (MDT) in industrial settings. It explores possible ways to reduce the process complexity by automating some of the process steps (modeling and/or test case translation) on a case by case basis. We describe two industrial projects, where MDT was greatly simplified for end users by automatic model generation and automatic translation of abstract test cases. The final discussion suggests a set of artifacts that can be utilized for model generation and explores the impact of the trends in software development/architectures on the prospects of automatic model generation. The article puts the case for the simplification of MDT by the reuse of existing artifacts.