I) Test Planning
(Primary Role: Test Lead/Team Lead)
Input:/Reference:
a) Requirements specification
b) Test Strategy
c) Project plan
d) Use cases/design docs/Prototype screen
e) Process Guidelines docs
Templates:
- Review Report
- Test Plan
Roles:
Test Lead/team Lead: Test Planning
Test Engineers: Contribution to Test plan
BA: Clarifications on Requirements
Tasks:
a) Understanding & Analyzing the Requirements
b) Test Strategy Implementation
c) Test Estimations (Time, Resources-Environmental, Human, Budget)
d) Risk Analysis
f) Team formation
g) Configuration management plan
h) Test Plan Documentation
i) Test Environment set-up defining
Output:
- Test Plan Document
II) Test design:
Input:/Reference:
a) Requirements specification
b) Test Plan
d) Use cases/design docs/Prototype screen
e) Process Guidelines docs
Templates:
- Test Scenarios
- Test case
- Test data
Roles:
Test Engineers: Test case documentation
Test Lead/team Lead: Guidance, monitoring & Control
BA: Clarifications on Requirements
Tasks:
a) Creating Test scenarios
b) Test case documentation
c) Test data collection
Output:
- Test case Documents
- Test Data
3) Test Execution:
Input:/Reference:
a) Requirements specification
b) Test Plan
c) Test Case docs
d) Test data
e) Test Environment
Templates:
- Defect Report
- Test Report
Roles:
Test engineers: Test execution
Test Lead: Guidance, monitoring & Control
BA: Clarifications on Requirements
System Administrator/Network Administration: Test Environment set-up
Tasks:
a) Forming Test Batches
b) Verifying Test Environment set-up
c) Test Execution
d) Test reporting
e) Defect Reporting
f) Regression Testing
Output:
- Test Reports
- Opened/Closed Defect Reports
4) Test Closure
Input:/Reference:
- Requirements
- Test Plan
- Test Reports
- Opened/Closed Defect Reports
Templates:
- Test Summary Report
Roles:
Test Lead: decide when to stop testing & Creating Test summary Report
Testers: Contribution
Tasks:
a) Evaluating Exit criteria
b) Collecting all facts from Testing activities
c) Sending Test deliverables to the Customer
d) Improvement suggestions for future projects
Output:
- Test Summary Report
- Test Deliverables (Test Plan, Test scenarios, Test cases, Test Data, Test Reports, Opened/Closed defect Reports, Test Summary Report)
