A method for the graphic presentation of the results of tests of software
programs. The software program to be tested is composed of module building
blocks and the software program can be presented in the form of a run
graph. A run log was produced in the test of this software program.
A critical precondition of the inventive method is that the software
program to be tested can be resolved into individual program modules. The
program run can then be simply displayed as a graph in which the
individual program modules are connected to one another (by edges) in the
run sequence. A test run protocol (trace protocol) is produced when
testing the software program, this protocol containing particulars about
the test run, i.e. the reactions of the program to be tested to the
individual test instances, for example to the software modules (SIB names)
that are respectively traversed. This trace protocol is automatically
interpreted and the modules and paths that were traversed are then
optically marked in the run graph.
