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Mandeep Kaur, Lovely Professional University Unit 10: Test Planning Fundamentals

Unit 10: Test Planning Fundamentals

CONTENTS
Objectives
Introduction
10.1 Test Planning

10.2 Goals
10.3 Test Phases
10.4 Strategy
10.5 Resource Requirements
10.6 Testing Schedule
10.7 Test Cases
10.8 Bug Reporting
10.9 Metrics and Statistics

10.10 Summary
10.11 Keywords
10.12 Self Assessment
10.13 Review Questions
10.14 Further Readings

Objectives

After studying this unit, you will be able to:
• Describe the test planning process goals
• Explain test phases in the test planning

• Describe the aspects of strategy in test planning
• Explain the importance of resource requirements
• Explain the testing schedule in test planning
• Describe test cases and the importance of bug reporting
• Explain the importance of test metrics
Introduction

A test plan is the elementary document that you refer while testing any software. The responsibility of
creating the complete test plan for a project lies with the test manager. Test planning reveals the entire
project’s testing schedule and approach. Hence, it is important to know the amount of effort and the
kind of information that goes into a test plan.
A good test plan will help to efficiently communicate and document the test effort with well-
constructed test plans, test cases, and test reports. It will also help the testers in achieving the desired
quality for the product being tested.

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