Planning Effective Software Testing

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COURSE INFORMATION

Learn proven techniques for planning, estimating, and managing your software test plans to ensure your testing is done more effectively and within available time, budget, and resources.

Planning Effective Software Testing Course Overview:

In the Planning Effective Software Testing course, you will learn how to completely plan your test activities. You will walk through the test planning process, and you’ll identify all of the inputs you will need and the things you should produce. You will receive guidance on how to plan for test case creation, defect tracking, status monitoring, and progress reporting.

This course will equip you with all the tools you need to create a test plan that will serve all your needs. In-class exercises help you identify and examine firsthand problems you may be experiencing. Through group effort, you and your peers will examine ways your department or company should be handling problems up front and how you can improve on your current procedures.

Who Should Attend:

Quality analysts, engineers, and managers
Testers and testing leads
Project managers
Software engineers

Planning Effective Software Testing Course Objectives:

After successfully completing this course, you will be able to:

Produce better software products by truly understanding the entire test planning process and its critical effect on product success or failure
Different types of tests required to produce a market-worthy “Gold Release”
Test cases and planning for their timely development and execution
Quickly obtain organizational commitment to your test plan
Use a thorough and powerful traceability matrix to guarantee the comprehensiveness of your testing
Accomplish risk planning and management for fail-safe testing activities
Track and manage the testing effort and take corrective action to avoid costly human or technical errors
Capture relevant stakeholder buy-in for your testing effort to eliminate delays, surprises, and unintended consequences
Integrate your test plans with other project plans to guarantee their relevance and effectiveness

Planning Effective Software Testing Course Outline:

Module 1: The Test Planning Process

How testing fits within the software development lifecycle
Role and use of a test plan
How the test plan relates to other plans (e.g. Project plan & Quality plan)
Inputs to test planning
Outputs from test planning
Perform peer reviews of the test plan
Obtain organizational commitment to the test plan
Track progress against the test plan, report status, and re-plan

Module 2: Test Plan: Scope and Lifecycle

Requirements against which the testing will be done
Define the goals and objectives for testing
Boundaries : What will and will not be tested
Phases and steps in the testing lifecycle
How the testing lifecycle integrates with the project lifecycle
Specific entry criteria: How you know when testing can begin
Specific exit criteria: How you know when testing is complete
Testing services that will be purchased rather than done in-house

Module 3: Test Plan: Traceability Matrix

List every requirement and goal or objectives in one place
List every test and test case in one place
Map requirements to test cases
Assure that every requirement has at least one test case
Assure that every test case corresponds to at least one requirement
Avoid overkill (or under emphasis) in testing
Determine the impact of skipping test cases

Module 4: Test Plan: Required Tests

Tests for functional requirements
Tests for performance requirements
Tests for security and safety requirements
Tests for usability, maintainability, and other requirements
Define objectives and success criteria for each test
Document each test in the traceability matrix
Use the traceability matrix to assure complete coverage

Module 5: Test Plan: Test Cases

Test cases required to satisfy the objectives for each test
Identify positive, negative, boundary and special test cases
Define objectives and success criteria for each test case
Document each test case in the traceability matrix
Use the traceability matrix to assure complete coverage

Module 6: Test Plan: Test Case Size Estimates

Test case description and instructions
Input data and/or database records required by the test case
Output data and/or database records the test case will produce
Special resources required by the test case
Execution time for the test case

Module 7: Test Plan: Resources

Testing and test case development environment (e.g. hardware, operating systems, networks, software, databases)
Specify any special systems (e.g. test automation, defect tracking)
Enumerate knowledge and skills needed
Plan for hiring, contracting, and training

Module 8: Test Plan: Effort, Cost, Budget, and Schedule

Activities required to produce and execute all of the test cases, track defects, and retest and all of the other tasks associated with the testing lifecycle
Estimate the effort required based on the size estimates and identified activities
Identify all costs (e.g. labor, equipment, software contracted work)
Establish a schedule for all testing-related activities
Spread the costs across the schedule to produce a budget
Validate budget and schedule against project constraints
Resolve budget or schedule issues

Module 9: Test Plan: Risks

Brainstorm a testing-related risk list
Group and consolidate risks
Quantify risk probability and impact
Make risk tracking plans
Make risk mitigation plans
Make risk contingency plans

Module 10: Test Plan: Management, Tracking, and Reporting

Measurements that will be used in tracking and managing the testing activities
How the data and reports that are generated by the testing process will be stored, managed, and made available
How often testing status will be checked and who will participate in status checking activities
Triggers for corrective actions when the testing activities deviate from the plan
What must happen when the test plan must be updated
Identify all individuals and groups that have a stake in the testing activities
How the stakeholders will be involved and kept informed about testing-related activities