1.4 Test activities and tasks Flashcards
What are the main groups of activities in a test process?
Test planning, test monitoring and control, test analysis, test design, test implementation, test execution, and test completion
What is the goal of test planning?
To define test objectives and select an approach to achieve these objectives within the project’s constraints.
What does test monitoring and control involve?
Test monitoring involves checking test activities and comparing progress against the plan, while test control involves actions necessary to meet testing objectives.
What does test analysis include?
Analyzing the test basis to identify testable features, define and prioritize test conditions, evaluate test basis and test objects for defects, and assess their testability.
What is the focus of test design?
Elaborating test conditions into test cases and other testware, identifying coverage items, defining test data requirements, and designing the test environment.
What activities are included in test implementation?
Creating or acquiring testware for test execution, organizing test cases into procedures and suites, creating test scripts, and setting up the test environment.
What does test execution entail?
Running tests according to the schedule, comparing actual and expected results, logging test results, and analyzing anomalies to report failures.
When do test completion activities usually occur?
At project milestones such as release, end of iteration, or test level completion, involving the analysis of test activities and archiving useful testware.
How do contextual factors impact the test process?
They influence test strategy, techniques used, degree of automation, coverage level, test documentation detail, and reporting.
What is testware?
Output work products from test activities, including test plans, schedules, risk registers, test cases, test scripts, test logs, and test completion reports.
Why is traceability important in testing?
It supports coverage evaluation, change impact analysis, test audits, IT governance compliance, and communication of test progress and results to stakeholders.
What are the two principal roles in testing?
The test management role and the testing role.
What does the test management role focus on?
Overall responsibility for the test process, team leadership, and activities like test planning, monitoring, control, and completion.
What is the main focus of the testing role?
The engineering aspect of testing, including test analysis, design, implementation, and execution.
