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Test Planning

Test Planning. Manfred Huber Based on an earlier presentation by Mike O ’ Dell, UTA. Test Planning … when?. Occurs throughout the product life cycle Requirement completeness Architectural integrity Component design precision Implementation correctness

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Test Planning

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  1. Test Planning Manfred Huber Based on an earlier presentation by Mike O’Dell, UTA

  2. Test Planning … when? • Occurs throughout the product life cycle • Requirement completeness • Architectural integrity • Component design precision • Implementation correctness • But all too often we wait until the end to “validate” what we have already done. CSE 4317

  3. System Verification System Definition DDS: Detailed Design Specification SRD: System Requirements ADS: Architecture Specification Implementation MAP: All Module Interfaces & Interactions MAP: All Subsystem & Layer Interfaces & Interactions MAP: All Specified Requirements MAP: All Modules System Validation Test Integration Test Unit Test Component Test (a.k.a. Function Test) System Verification CSE 4317

  4. System Verification • Unit Test: verifies that EVERY module (Hardware & Software) specified in the DDS operates as specified. • Component/Function Test: verifies integrity of ALL inter-module interfaces and interactions. • Integration Test:verifies integrity of ALL inter-subsystem/layer interfaces and interactions. • System Verification Test: verifies ALL requirements are met. CSE 4317

  5. System Test Plan Contents • Introduction • Executive Summary (purpose, scope, etc.) • References • SRD (requirements drive the system-level tests you do) • ADS (architecture drives the subsystem and integration testing) • Etc. (detailed design, standards, sample plans, etc. that are test drivers) • Test Item(s) – What will be tested CSE 4317

  6. System Test Plan Contents • Design decomposition (relationship of specific modules to test plan, test cases) • Limitations of product under test (restrictions, assumptions, caveats, etc.) • Other product-level restraints on testing • Risks (in test phase) • Specific risks that may affect testing/test outcome • Impact assessment and management plan as it relates to these risks CSE 4317

  7. System Test Plan Contents • Features to be tested • List of specific features (from the USERS’ viewpoint) that you will test • Features NOT to be tested • List of those features (USERS’ perspective) that cannot/will not be tested • Describe rationale for not testing each item (not in current release, insufficient test capability, low risk feature that is hard to test, not a user-visible feature) CSE 4317

  8. System Test Plan Contents • Approach (Strategy) • Overall test strategy (what, why, and how of your test plan) • Number of hardware and software configurations tested/not tested • Plan to deal with defects identified (re-integration, regression) • Identify metrics for overall success (number of bugs found/corrected/open, number of critical features passed, etc.) • Identify any special requirements for testing CSE 4317

  9. System Test Plan Contents • Item Pass/Fail criteria • List specific criteria for each unit/module/feature to be tested (number and severity of defects, any specific tests that indicate system failure, etc.) • Test Deliverables • List what is to be delivered by this test plan (plan document, test cases, error logs, etc.) • Incident/Bug/Problem Reports (IRs) • Test Schedule (should be consistent with your published project plan) CSE 4317

  10. System Test Plan - Resources • IEEE Std 829-1998, IEEE Standard for Software Test Documentation • Test Plan Outline for IEEE Format (from Gerrard Consulting) CSE 4317

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