Basics for test process in everyday bases. Ideal to give you a higher level ideal of what a software tester do.
Ideal for a Junior Software Tester or who is intend to take the ISTQB-ISEB exam.
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Fundamental Test Process
1. Planning & Control Planning
Determine the scope, risks & objectives
Implement Test Policy / Strategy
Determine Test Approach
Determine resources required
Schedule the test activities
Determine the Exit Criteria
Control
Monitor activities
Compare progress vs plan
Take control when required
2. Analysis & Design
Review the Test Basis
Eval Test Basis for test-ability
Identify & priorities Test Conditions
Design & priorities high level Test Cases
Identify Test Data
Trace-ability between Test Bases & Test Condition
Test environment & Infrastructure tools
3. Implementation & Execution Test Implementation
Finalise, Implement & prioritise Test Cases
Create Test Data
Check environment ready
Create Test Suites
Develop & priorities Test Procedures
Test harness / automated scripts (optional)
Test Execution
Execute Test Procedure as planned
Log the outcome
Compare actual vs expected
Report discrepancies as Incidents
Analyse Incidents for cause
Retest / Regression
4. Evaluating Exit Criteria & Reporting
Check logs against Exit Criteria
Assess if more test are needed or Exit Criteria need to be changed
Write Test Summary Report for stakeholders
5. Test Closure
Check planned deliverables
Close Incident Reports
Handover to maintenance
Finalise & archive test-ware / environment
Document acceptance of system
Analyse lessons learned for future projects & improve test maturity
Tools I’ve used to help with the video and mind mapping:
Mind Mapping – Mindmeister – Plan and brainstorm online with friends with the free mind mapping tool MindMeister http://www.mindmeister.com/?r=177956
Resources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_test_documentation
Click to access ieee829mtp.pdf
http://standards.ieee.org/findstds/standard/829-2008.html
Click to access SQETestIncidentReportTemplate.pdf
http://www.geekinterview.com/question_details/46503
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