Testing Documents

Test Plan: Test plan is a document that describes the objectives, scope, approach, and focus of a software testing effort. The following are some of the items that might be included in a test plan, depending on the particular project:

• Title
• Identification of software version
• Revision history of document including authors, dates, approvals
• Table of Contents
• Purpose of document
• Objective of testing effort
• Software product overview
• Relevant related document list, such as requirements, design documents, other test plans, etc.
• Traceability requirements
• Test organization and personnel/contact-info
• Assumptions and dependencies
• Project risk analysis
• Testing priorities and focus
• Scope and limitations of testing
• Outline of data input equivalence classes, boundary value analysis, error classes
• Test environment like hardware, operating systems, other required software
• Software migration processes
• Test data setup requirements
• Database setup requirements
• Discussion of any specialized software or hardware tools that will be used by testers to help track the cause or source of bugs
• Test automation - justification and overview
• Test tools to be used, including versions, patches, etc.
• Problem tracking and resolution - tools and processes
• Reporting requirements and testing deliverable
  
• Software entrance and exit criteria
• Initial sanity testing period and criteria
• Test suspension and restart criteria
• Test site/location
• Relevant proprietary, classified, security, and licensing issues.
• Open issues.

• Test Case id
• Test case Name
• Objective
• Steps to be taken
• Expected Result
• Actual Result
• Status
• Remark