1. Testing Services

2. Testing and Deugging Goals and Polices
A Goal can be described as:
A statement of a accomplishment that an individual or an organization wants to achieve.
Goal statement – Individual/ group/ organization wants to make improvements.
At the top level are General organizational goals.
Ex: Goal of VCET

3. Individual projects have specific goals
Individual projects have specific goals. It usually reflects organizational goals.
Personal Goals as well – Each individual in an organization has a set of goals for self improvement. So that they can effectively
contribute to the project.

4. Goal statements can express expectations in quantitative terms or be more general in nature.
Example:
100% testing activities are planned. (Quantitative)
The degree of automation of regression testing is increased from 50% to 75% over the next 3 years. (Quantitative)

5. Testing activities are performed by a dedicated testing group.
Testing group members have at least a bachelor- level degree and have taken a formal course in software testing.
Note: Quantitative goals are measurable. It’s useful to evaluate progress towards achieving the goal.

6. In testing domain, goal statement should provide a high level vision of what testing is to accomplish in the organization with respect to quality of process and product.
In addition to general testing goal statements, lower level goal statement should be developed for all levels of testing.

7. Policy provides the vision and framework for decision making
Policy provides the vision and framework for decision making. It should be properly documented and it should be available for all interested parties.
Organization website – Disseminate
A policy statement should be formulated by a team consisting of upper management, executive personnel and technical staff.

8. Testing policy statements reflect, integrate and support achievements of testing goals. – Which will be useful for increasing the quality and customer satisfaction.
Test policies also provide high level guidance as to how testing is to be done in the organization, how its effectiveness will be evaluated , who will be responsible and what choices of resources are possible.
Example: How to test, what to test and who will test.

9. Policies are not written in stone- If organization grows in maturity its policies will change.
EXAMPLE :
Testing policy:
Our organization ( Company Name ) realizes that testing is an important component of the software development process and has a high impact on software quality and the degree of customer satisfaction.

10. Delivering software of the highest quality is our company goal
Delivering software of the highest quality is our company goal. The presence of defects has a negative impact on software quality.
Defect affects the correctness, reliability and usability of a software product, thus rendering unsatisfactory to the client.
Testing activities include traditional execution of the developing software, as well as reviews of the software deliverables produced at all stages of the life cycle.

11. The aggregation of all testing activities performed in a systematic manner supported by organization policies, procedures and standards constitutes the testing process.
A set of testing standards must be available to all interested parties on an intra organizational website.
Standards contain – test related documents, prescribed templates, methods, procedures and tools.