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2 Presentation path Test Planning Test Preparation Test Closure Test Execution Test Process

3 Test planning Understand Project, Functional & Testing scope Define Functional & Testing scope Estimate efforts Prepare Test Plan Prove your understanding Obtain sign off

4 Test planning Understand Project, Functional & Testing scope Define Functional & Testing scope Estimate efforts Prepare Test Plan Prove your understanding Best Practices Have a formal query-tracker and raise all queries through this tracker (no question is a stupid question if not asked again & again) Treat the module owner as a Subject Matter Authority Write out-of-scope in enough detail so that every one understands clearly. Otherwise, potentially, you are dropping off your guards. Understand the existing Test processes & Tools If working application is all what you have to refer – prepare a document and use this for traceability. Risks Look for Requirement, Schedule, Effort, Test environment, Test Data related risks Metrics Turnaround time for the query-response Checkpoint: At module level, do number of queries correspond to the complexity, ambiguity and size of the functionality

5 Test planning Understand Project, Functional & Testing scope Define Functional & Testing scope Estimate efforts Prepare Test Plan Prove your understanding Best Practices Find out the defect density and factor it in effort estimate Assess and publish the productivity factors for key testing activities State the risks, issues and assumptions Invite all the stakeholders for reverse presentations Include functionality, testing scope, test process in the reverse presentation Risks Interfaces, Data feeds, Batch jobs, Test environment components

6 Test Preparation Prepare Test scenarios, Test cases & Traceability Detailed peer reviews Document Test Data requirements Obtain sign-off on the test artefacts Best Practices Traceability is not an after-thought Negative test cases to include functionally-negative conditions Peer reviews can bring out >95% of the defects in the artefacts Understand the process and efforts behind test data preparation Walkthrough the test cases for critical & new functionality Risks Gaps in test coverage Convoluted flow of test cases Metrics Productivity: Number of Test cases per person-day / Tester Quality of the deliverable: Number of defects / Unit volume Review efficiency: Defects leaked %

7 Test Execution Execute Test cases Log and Manage defects Publish Progress & Status Increase the rigor of testing as required Best Practices Encourage exploratory testing along with formal Test case based testing Log defects after a thorough re-test and ensure defect details are impersonal, detailed & persuasive Accurate progress & status reporting Keep track of the test cases (a) that are incorrect, (b) that cannot be executed Risks Test suspension, excessive re-testing, too many impeding defects, frequent builds, unstable test environment Metrics Productivity: Number of Test cases executed per person-day Actual defect density found Vs assumed

8 Test Closure Publish Test report & recommendation Conduct closure meeting Handover to the BAU team Best Practices Record the best practices & lessons learnt Risks Metrics Publish all the metrics: Schedule variance, Effort variance, Size variance, Test coverage, Defect density, Defect leakage, Process compliance Index

9 Points to ponder… Test Strategy Early detection of defects Defect prevention Limitations of manual testing

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