Outline Software Test Plan
To have a proper testing of software, the project manager, or test manager, should plan the test activities in advance. To assist with this task, I list on this page an outline for a software test plan.
Test organization
This section of the test plan describes the organization around the testing activities. Responsibilities and used resources should be named under this topic.
Communication & procedures
An overview of the communication during the testing activities should be provided in this section. Also the procedures during the software test for bugfixing, version control e.a. should be listed.
Test strategy
This section contains on overview of the test strategy used for the software testing, acceptance criteria and a statement to which level will be tested.
Test items
An overview of the functions to be tested and their priorities should be listed in this section of the software test plan.
Test deliverables
A description of the products used by testing.
- Test input
- Test reports
- Infrastructure to be used
- Progress reports
Test activities
An overview of the activities needed for testing, e.g.
- Installation infrastructure
- Writing of test scripts
- The actual performance of the test
- Monitoring progress
- Creation of reports
Schedule
The actual planning of the software test activities and resources used.
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