This tool, by Microsoft, consist of a text file input and almost having a mini language with which we can form complex conditions in our Test Coverage, for e.g.
(i) We can give weightage to factors, In other words, IE(10), FF(5) means, Internet Explorer has more weightage than FireFox.
(ii) We can give conditions such as
IF OS = WIN7 THEN OFFICE<>2003 (means, we dont have the test environment of Office 2003 Windows 7 Operating System) etc.
Google for PICT tool from Microsoft site.
A Simple text file and a command line tool will give you a optimum test coverage matrix.
I am here mentioning a sample input file
# Sample Input File
# A hash at the beginning makes the line as comment
# My Test Coverage is across Operating Systems (OS) , Browsers , MS Office Versions, Databases across servers and clients
# Here is the sample file
Client_OS: Win XP, Win7, Redhat
Server OS: Win 2003, Win 2008 R2, HP_UX
Database: SQLServer(10), Oracle 10g
Browser: IE7, IE8, IE9, FF09, FF10, FF11
Locale: EN(10), DE, JP
IF [Client_OS] = "Redhat" THEN [Browser] like "FF??";
IF [Server_OS] = "HP_UX" THEN [Database] = "Oracle10g";
Output:
| Client_OS | Server_OS | Database | Browser | Locale | |
| Win XP | Win 2003 | SQLServer | FF11 | DE | |
| Win XP | HP_UX | Oracle | IE8 | JP | |
| Win7 | Win 2008 R2 | SQLServer | IE9 | EN | |
| Win7 | Win 2008 R2 | Oracle | IE8 | DE | |
| Redhat | Win 2003 | Oracle | FF09 | DE | |
| Win XP | HP_UX | Oracle | FF09 | EN | |
| Win XP | Win 2008 R2 | SQLServer | IE7 | JP | |
| Win7 | Win 2003 | Oracle | IE9 | JP | |
| Redhat | Win 2008 R2 | SQLServer | FF10 | JP | |
| Win XP | HP_UX | Oracle | IE9 | DE | |
| Redhat | HP_UX | Oracle | FF11 | EN | |
| Win7 | HP_UX | Oracle | FF10 | DE | |
| Win7 | Win 2003 | SQLServer | IE8 | EN | |
| Win7 | Win 2008 R2 | SQLServer | FF09 | JP | |
| Win7 | Win 2008 R2 | SQLServer | FF11 | JP | |
| Win XP | Win 2003 | SQLServer | FF10 | EN | |
| Win7 | Win 2003 | Oracle | IE7 | DE | |
| Win XP | HP_UX | Oracle | IE7 | EN |
