Software Test Process / STLC

I) Test Planning

(Primary Role: Test Lead/Team Lead)

Input:/Reference:

1. Requirements specification
2. Test Strategy
3. Project plan
4. Use cases/design docs/Prototype screen
5. Process Guidelines docs

Templates:

1. Review Report
2. Test Plan

Roles:

1. Test Lead/Team Lead: Test Planning
2. Test Engineers: Contribution to Test plan
3. BA: Clarifications on Requirements

Tasks:

1. Understanding & Analyzing the Requirements
2. Test Strategy Implementation
3. Test Estimations (Time, Resources-Environmental, Human, Budget)
4. Risk Analysis
5. Team formation
6. Configuration management plan
7. Test Plan Documentation
8. Test Environment set-up defining

Output:
          Test Plan Document

II) Test Design

Input:/Reference:

1. Requirements specification
2. Test Plan
3. Use cases/design docs/Prototype screen
4. Process Guidelines docs

Templates:

1. Test scenarios
2. Test case
3. Test data

Roles:

1. Test Engineers: Test case documentation
2. Test Lead/Team Lead: Guidance, monitoring & Control
3. BA: Clarifications on Requirements

Tasks:

1. Creating Test scenarios
2. Test case documentation
3. Test data collection

Output:

1. Test case Documents
2. Test Data

III) Test Execution

Input:/Reference:

1. Requirements specification
2. Test Plan
3. Test Case docs
4. Test data
5. Test Environment

Templates:

1. Defect Report
2. Test Report

Roles:

1. Test engineers: Test execution
2. Test Lead: Guidance, monitoring & Control
3. BA: Clarifications on Requirements
4. System Administrator/Network Administration: Test Environment set-up

Tasks:

1. Forming Test Batches
2. Verifying Test Environment set-up
3. Test Execution
4. Test reporting
5. Defect Reporting
6. Regression Testing

Output:

1. Test Reports
2. Opened/Closed Defect Reports

IV) Test Closure

Input:/Reference:

1. Requirements
2. Test Plan
3. Test Reports
4. Opened/Closed Defect Reports

Templates:
          Test Summary Report

Roles:

1. Test Lead: decide when to stop testing & Creating Test summary Report
2. Testers: Contribution

Tasks:

1. Evaluating Exit criteria
2. Collecting all facts from Testing activities
3. Sending Test deliverables to the Customer
4. Improvement suggestions for future projects

Output:

1. Test Summary Report
2. Test Deliverables (Test Plan, Test scenarios, Test cases, Test Data, Test Reports, Opened/Closed defect reports, Test Summary Report)

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