This is a summary of the ANSI/IEEE Standard 829-1983. It describes a examination programme as:
"A document describing the scope, approach, resources, together with schedule of intended testing activities. It identifies examination items, the features to survive tested, the testing tasks, who volition create each task, together with whatever risks requiring contingency planning."
IEEE 829 Test Plan Template:
• Test Plan Identifier
• Introduction
• Test Items
• Features To Be Tested
• Features Not To Be Tested
• Approach
• Item Pass/Fail Criteria
• Suspension Criteria And Resumption Requirements
• Test Deliverables
• Testing Tasks
• Environmental Needs
• Responsibilities
• Staffing And Training Needs
• Schedule
• Risks And Contingencies
• Approvals
IEEE 829 Test Plan Template amongst Description:
• Test Plan Identifier:
A unique identifier
• Introduction
Summary of the items together with features to survive tested
Need for together with history of each especial (optional)
References to related documents such every minute projection authorization, projection plan, QA plan, configuration administration plan, relevant policies, relevant standards
References to lower aeroplane examination plans
• Test Items
Test items together with their version
Characteristics of their transmittal media
References to related documents such every minute requirements specification, blueprint specification, users guide, operations guide, installation guide
References to põrnikas reports related to examination items
Items which are specifically non going to survive tested (optional)
• Features to survive Tested
All software features together with combinations of features to survive tested
References to test-design specifications associated amongst each characteristic together with combination of features
• Features Not to Be Tested
All features together with pregnant combinations of features which volition non survive tested
The reasons these features won’t survive tested
• Approach
Overall approach to testing
For each major grouping of features of combinations of featres, specify the approach
Specify major activities, techniques, together with tools which are to survive used to examination the groups
Specify a minimum marking of comprehensiveness required
Identify which techniques volition survive used to gauge comprehensiveness
Specify whatever additional completion criteria
Specify techniques which are to survive used to line requirements
Identify pregnant constraints on testing, such every minute test-item availability, testing-resource availability, together with deadline
• Item Pass/Fail Criteria
Specify the criteria to survive used to decide whether each examination especial has passed or failed testing
• Suspension Criteria together with Resumption Requirements
Specify criteria to survive used to suspend the testing activity
Specify testing activities which must survive redone when testing is resumed
• Test Deliverables
Identify the deliverable documents: examination plan, examination blueprint specifications, examination example specifications, examination physical care for specifications, examination especial transmittal reports, examination logs, examination incident reports, examination summary reports
Identify examination input together with output data
Identify examination tools (optional)
• Testing Tasks
Identify tasks necessary to fix for together with perform testing
Identify all chore interdependencies
Identify whatever special skills required
• Environmental Needs
Specify necessary together with desired properties of the examination environment: physical characteristics of the facilities including hardware, communications together with arrangement software, the means of usage (i.e., stand-alone), together with whatever other software or supplies needed
Specify the aeroplane of safety required
Identify special examination tools needed
Identify whatever other testing needs
Identify the rootage for all needs which are non currently available
• Responsibilities
Identify groups responsible for managing, designing, preparing, executing, witnessing, checking together with resolving
Identify groups responsible for providing the examination items identified inwards the Test Items section
Identify groups responsible for providing the environmental needs identified inwards the Environmental Needs section
• Staffing together with Training Needs
Specify staffing needs yesteryear science level
Identify grooming options for providing necessary skills
• Schedule
Specify examination milestones
Specify all especial transmittal events
Estimate fourth dimension required to create each testing task
Schedule all testing tasks together with examination milestones
For each testing resource, specify its periods of use
• Risks together with Contingencies
Identify the high-risk assumptions of the examination plan
Specify contingency plans for each
• Approvals
Specify the names together with titles of all persons who must approve the plan
Provide infinite for signatures together with dates
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Software Test Documents:
1) Software Test Plan
2) Test Case Document
3) Defect Report Document
4) Software Test Metrics
5) Test Summary Report