Documentation

IEEE Software Test Documentation, a summary

Test plan

  1. Test plan identifier
  2. Introduction
  3. Test items
  4. Features to be tested
  5. Features not to be tested
  6. Approach
  7. Item pass/fail criteria
  8. Suspension and resumption criteria
  9. Test deliverables
  10. Testing tasks
  11. Environment needs
  12. Responsibilities
  13. Staffing and training needs
  14. Schedule
  15. Risks and contingencies
  16. Approvals

Test summary report

  1. Test summary report ID
  2. Summary
  3. Summary of activities
  4. Evaluation
  5. Comprehensive assessment
  6. Variances
  7. Summary of results
  8. Approvals

Incident report

  1. Inputs
  2. Expected results
  3. Actual results
  4. Anomalies
  5. Date and Time
  6. Procedure step
  7. Attempts to repeat
  8. Testers
  9. Observers

According to "Foundations of Software Testing ISTQB Certification (1st Edition)"

IEEE 829 STANDARD TEST PLAN TEMPLATE

  • Test plan identifier
  • Test deliverables
  • Introduction
  • Test tasks
  • Test items
  • Environmental needs
  • Features to be tested
  • Responsibilities
  • Features not to be tested
  • Staffing and training needs
  • Approach Schedule
  • Item pass/fail criteria
  • Risks and contingencies
  • Suspension and resumption criteria
  • Approvals

IEEE 829 STANDARD: TEST DESIGN SPECIFICATION TEMPLATE

  • Test design specification identifier
  • Features to be tested
  • Approach
  • Refinements
  • Test identification
  • Feature
  • pass/fail criteria

IEEE 829 STANDARD: TEST PROCEDURE SPECIFICATION TEMPLATE

  • Test procedure specification identifier
  • Purpose
  • Special requirements
  • Procedure steps

IEEE 829 STANDARD: TEST CASE SPECIFICATION TEMPLATE

  • Test case specification identifier
  • Output specifications
  • Test items
  • Environmental needs
  • Input specifications
  • Special procedural requirements
  • Intercase dependencies

IEEE 829 STANDARD: TEST LOG TEMPLATE

  • Test log identifier
  • Description (items being tested, environment in which the testing is conducted identifiers)
  • Activity and event entries (execution description, procedure results, environmental information, anomalous events, incident report identifiers)

I E E E 829 STANDARD: TEST SUMMARY REPORT TEMPLATE

  • Test summary report identifier
  • Evaluation
  • Summary
  • Summary of activities
  • Variances
  • Approvals
  • Comprehensive assessment
  • Summary of results

I E E E 829 STANDARD: TEST INCIDENT REPORT TEMPLATE

  • Test incident report identifier
  • Summary
  • Incident description (inputs, expected results, actual results, anomalies, date and time, procedure step, environment, attempts to repeat, testers and observers)
  • Impact
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