Bookshelf v7.5: Overview of Test Planning

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Overview of Test Planning

The objective of the test planning process is to create the strategy and tactics that provide the proper level of test coverage for your project. The Test Planning process is illustrated in Figure 4.

The inputs to this process are the business requirements and the project scope. The outputs, or deliverables, of this process include:

Test Objectives. The high-level objectives for a quality release. The test objectives are used to measure project progress and deployment readiness. Each test objective has a corresponding test plan that is designed to achieve the objectives.

Test Plans. Describes the tasks necessary to verify a particular test objective. For example, a performance test plan may have an objective of verifying that a given server configuration can support five hundred users. The test plan must document how this will be verified, covering what hardware and software are needed, how often to execute the test, who will develop the test case and execute it, and what data points or analysis output are required.

Test Cases. A test plan is made up of a set of test cases. Test cases are detailed step-by-step instructions about how to perform a test. The instructions should be specific and repeatable by anyone who would typically perform the tasks being tested. In the planning process, you identify the number and type of test cases to be performed.

Definition of test environments. The number, type, and configuration for test environments should also be defined. Clear entry and exit criteria for each environment should be defined.

Figure 4. Diagram of the Plan Testing Strategy Process

Testing Siebel eBusiness Applications
Published: 21 July 2003