Fundamental Test Process

Sr. No.	Fundamental Test Process
1	Test Planning and Control	Test Planning – ·         Determine the scope and risks and identify the objectives of testing. ·         Determine the test approach (techniques, test items, coverage, identifying teams involved in testing, testware). ·         Implement the test policy and/or the test strategy. ·         Determine the required test resources (e.g. people, test environment, PC’s). ·         Schedule test analysis and design tasks, test implementation, execution and evaluation. ·         Determine the exit criteria. Test Control – ·         Measure and analyze the results of reviews and testing. ·         Monitor and document progress, test coverage and exit criteria. ·         Provide information on testing. ·         Initiate corrective actions. ·         Make decisions.
2	Test Analysis and Design	·         Review the test basis (product risk analysis, requirements, architecture, design specifications, and interfaces). ·         Identify test conditions. ·         Design the tests. ·         Evaluate testability of the requirements and system. ·         Design the test environment set-up and identify any required infrastructure and tools.
3	Test Implementation and Execution	Implementation – ·         Develop and prioritize test cases, create test data for those tests. ·         Create test suites. ·         Implement and verify the environment. Execution – ·         Execute the test suites and individual test cases (manually or by using test execution tools). ·         Log the outcome of test execution. ·         Compare actual results with expected results. ·         Reports discrepancies as incidents (if there are differences between actual & expected results). ·         Repeat test activities (Confirmation Testing & Regression Testing) as a result of action taken for each discrepancy.
4	Evaluating Exit Criteria and Reporting	·         Check test logs against the exit criteria specified in test planning. ·         Assess if more test are needed or if the exit criteria specified should be changed. ·         Write a test summary report for stakeholders.
5	Test Closure Activities	·         Check which planned deliverables we actually delivered and ensure all incident reports have been resolved through defect repair or deferral. ·         Finalize and archive testware (scripts, test environment). ·         Hand over the testware to the maintenance team. ·         Evaluate how the testing went and analyze lessons learned for future releases and projects.