Automated test and analysis provides an opportunity to offload the demands on SMEs while increasing the scale and fidelity of test assessment results. Black Knight is proposing the tools to develop Analytical Models of complex systems to capture system functionality as logical computation nodes, and link these nodes to data definitions and system artifacts. This produces a self-characterizing model containing all the information to drive downstream automation tools independent of the system the model represents. By leveraging Black Knights Analysis Tool Framework, plug-ins can be developed and applied to rapidly field automation capabilities driven by the schema of the Analytical Model rather than requiring constant software updates. Plug-ins can wrap existing organizational tools to provide powerful and reliable tools to be integrated into the automation process, and provide for the development and automation of non-standard capabilities such as system health monitors and capture playback in near-real time. By linking only the Analytical Model to system artifacts and driving automation capabilities through it, downstream processes become system independent. This enables reuse of tools, and simplifies severing the links of an Analytical Model from one system to use it as a template to be applied to a new system.
Keywords: Automation, Test, Analysis, Framework, Complex Systems, Automated, Plug-Ins, Analytical Model
