LECTURE:4.1 SOFTWARE TESTING-TEST PLANNING

While Preparing a Test plan, it should acts as anchor for execution, tracking and reporting of the entire testing project and it should cover  The Scope of Testing,  How the testing is going to be performed,(Methodology)  What Resources are needed for testing,(Requirement)  The TimeLine(schedule)  Risk factor 2.Scope Management Scope Management pertains to specifying the scope of a project. For testing, Scope Management entails,  Understanding what constitutes a release of a product;  Breaking down the release into features;  Prioritizing the features for testing;  Deciding which feature will be tested and which will not be;  Gathering details to prepare for estimation of resources for testing. The following factors drive the choice and prioritization of features to be tested.  Feature that are new and critical for the release  Feature whose failures can be catastrophic  Feature that are expected to be complex to test  Features which are extensions of earlier features that have been defect prone 3. Deciding Test Approach Deciding Test Approach include identifying  What type of testing would you use for testing the functionality?  What are the configurations or scenarios for testing the features?  What integration testing would you do to ensure these features work together?  What localization validations would be needed?  What “non-functional” tests would you need to do? Test strategy Major types are:  Analytical  Model Based  Methodological  Process-Standard complaint  Dynamic  Regression 4. Setting Up Criteria for Testing  Pass or Fail Criteria  Suspend Criteria  Resume Criteria A test cycle or a test activity will not be an isolated, it is a continuous activity that can be carried out at one go. Some of the typical criteria include,  Encountering more than a certain number of defect  Hitting a show stoppers that prevent further progress of testing  Developers releasing a new version which they advise should be used in lieu of the product under test. When such situations are addressed, the test an resume