Test Process Activities and Tasks

Study Notes

Test Process Overview

Testing consists of main activity groups, implemented iteratively or in parallel, tailored to specific systems and projects.

Test Planning

Defines test objectives and selects suitable approaches within project constraints.
Detailed explanation found in section 5.1.

Test Monitoring and Control

Ongoing assessment of test activities, comparing actual progress against plans.
Control actions are taken to align outcomes with testing objectives.
Further details are available in section 5.3.

Test Analysis

Involves analyzing the test basis to identify testable features and prioritizing test conditions.
Assesses risks and risk levels associated with testing.
Identifies defects in the test basis and test objects.
Uses test techniques to determine measurable coverage criteria, addressing the question "what to test?".
Related information is discussed in section 5.2.

Test Design

Converts test conditions into test cases and other testware, such as test charters.
Identifies coverage items and determines test data requirements.
Involves designing the test environment and necessary infrastructure.
Addresses the question "how to test?".

Test Implementation

Creation or acquisition of necessary testware for execution, like test data.
Organizes test cases into procedures or suites and prioritizes them in a test execution schedule.
Verification of the test environment setup.

Test Execution

Executes tests according to the established schedule, which may be performed manually or automated.
Incorporates various forms of testing, including continuous testing and pair testing.
Compares actual results against expected outcomes and logs results.
Analyzes anomalies to determine causes for failures, detailed further in section 5.5.

Test Completion

Occurs at project milestones, addressing unresolved defects, change requests, or product backlog.
Archives useful testware for future use and shuts down the test environment to an agreed state.
Analyzes test activities to capture lessons learned and improvements, elaborated in section 2.1.6.
Produces and communicates a test completion report to stakeholders.

Description

This quiz covers the main groups of activities involved in a test process, emphasizing the iterative and parallel nature of these tasks. It focuses on test planning, defining objectives, and selecting the best approach for testing within given constraints. Test your understanding of these critical testing components and their implementation.