SAM: Sistema Automatizado del Método MECAP para Especificar Casos de Prueba

there are four elements that are relevant when test are defined, reliability, cost, time, and quality. development time and product cost increases when you want reliable tests and quality software. but, what can you do to make that stakeholders understand that the tests must be viewed as a security net? if the quality is not considered before starting the tests, then it will not be when they finish. the goal of this paper is to present the tool, sam - automated systems of mecap method, which allow to specify test cases from use cases incorporating elements that promote the verification and validation of the traceability among requirement management, analysis and design, and test. sam automatically support the testing process, improving the test reliability.