Test Results Reporting Flashcards
What is a Test Progress Report?
A test report produced at regular intervals about the progress of test activities against a baseline, risks, and alternatives requiring a decision.
What is a Test Summary Report?
A test report that provides an evaluation of the corresponding test items agains exit criteria.
What is a Test Result Report?
Documentation summarizing test activities and results
Why is Test Result Report so important?
Test Result Report is the basis for the planning of the next iteration. We have to know “where are we” in order to decide “where to go” and “how to get there”
What are the purposes of Test Result Report?
~ Basis for the planning of the next iteration
~ Reliable source of information for stakeholders
What are the four principles of Test Result Report?
~ The test result report is published on known schedule
~ Test lead is responsible for the test result report creation
~ If needed, the test result report is discussed on a meeting
~ The test result report is created based on some template
Provide a general Test Result Report sections overview
~ Summary ~ Test team ~ Testing process description ~ Timetable ~ New defects statistics ~ New defects list ~ Overall defects statistics ~ Recommendations ~ Attachments/appendixes
Elaborate. General TRR section: Summary
A very brief and meaningful description of the main results, achievements, problems, etc. - all that really worth mentioning.
Elaborate. General TRR section: Test team
A section containing the list of testers involved in the project during the reporting time.
Elaborate. General TRR section: Testing process description
A section containing (not the final facts and conclusions, but literally) the description of what and how the test team has been doing.
Elaborate. General TRR section: Timetable
A section containing the timetable, i.e. automatic data export from time reporting system. It helps to see the workload, time distribution, time consumption, so on.
Elaborate. General TRR section: New defects statistics
A section containing the numbers of defects found/fixed/etc. during the reporting time.
Elaborate. General TRR section: New defects list
A section containing the list of defects found during the reporting time.
Elaborate. General TRR section: Overall defects statistics
A section containing the number of all defects found/fixed/etc. from the beginning of the project.
Elaborate. General TRR section: Recommendations
A (tricky) section that usually post-factum contains previously discussed and accepted decisions on changes in team, schedule, test plan, technology scope, etc.
