Test Environment Setup, Test Bed & Test Execution

TEST ENVIRONMENT SETUP

Test Environment is a platform specially build for test case execution on the software product. 
It is created by integrating the required software and hardware along with proper network configurations.

Test environment simulates production/real time environment.

Another name of test environment is Test Bed.

TEST EXECUTION

Activities:

• Test cases are executed based on the test planning.
• Status of test cases are marked, like Passed, Failed, Blocked, Run, and others.
• Documentation of test results and log defects for failed cases is done.
• All the blocked and failed test cases are assigned bug ids.
• Retesting once the defects are fixed.
• Defects are tracked till closure.

Deliverables: Provides defect and test case execution report with completed results.

Guidelines for Test Execution

• The Build being deployed to the QA environment is the most important part of the test execution cycle.
• Test execution is done in Quality Assurance (QA) environment.
• Test execution happens in multiple cycles.
• Test execution phase consists Executing the test cases + test scripts( if automation).