Software Testing Life Cycle

Software Testing Life Cycle

1. Requirement Analysis

To  check if requirements are testable

Activities

• Identify types of tests that should be done
• Gather details about testing priorities and focus
• Prepare RTM -Requirement Traceability Matrix
• Identify testing environment details
• Automation feasibility analysis 

Deliverables

• RTM
• Automation Feasibility Report

2. Test Planning

Test manager determines cost and effort estimates and determine test strategy

Activities

• Preparation of test plan/strategy document for various types of testing
• Test tool selection
• Test effort estimation
• Resource planning and determining roles and responsibilities.
• Training requirement

 Deliverables

• Test plan
• Effort estimation Document

3. Test case development

Test team prepare test case, scripts, data and team-lead review

Activities

• Create test cases, automation scripts 
• Review and baseline test cases and scripts
• Create test data (If Test Environment is available)

Deliverables

• Test cases/scripts
• Test data

4) Test Environment Set up

Activities

• Understand and prepare hardware and software requirement list for the Test Environment.
• Setup test Environment and test data
• Perform smoke test on the build for the readiness check

 Deliverables

• Environment ready with test data set up
• Smoke Test Results.

5) Test Execution

Activities

• Testers carry out tests as per the plan
• Document test results and log defects for failed cases (Identified bugs will be reported back to development team)
• Map defects to test cases in RTM
• Retest the Defect fixes
• Track the defects to closure

Deliverables

• Completed RTM with the execution status
• Test cases updated with results
• Defect reports

 6) Test Cycle Closure

Activities

• Evaluate cycle completion criteria 
• Prepare test metrics based on the above parameters.
• Document the learning out of the project
• Prepare Test closure report
• Test result analysis to find out the defect distribution by type and severity.

Deliverables

• Test Closure report
• Test metrics