Parallel testing techniques for optimizing test program execution and reducing test time

Reducing test time continues to be a priority for test program developers as the complexity of next generation products and devices increases. Test program developers must provide complete test coverage while maintaining or reducing the test time of previous versions as complexity and feature concentration increases. Developers can use different techniques for reducing productspsila test times, such as running tests in parallel which reduces test time without sacrificing test coverage or quality. Other methods include decreasing test coverage by omitting certain lower priority tests or decreasing the quality of tests by only covering a subset of the ranges across which functionality is tested. This paper will discuss techniques for running tests in parallel for different test tasks and cover the factors that affect each type of taskpsilas performance.