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Can you explain testing options, and defend a position on your strategy?


  
Total Answers and Comments: 1 Last Update: December 05, 2006     Asked by: Jay 
  
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December 05, 2006 01:47:47   #1  
vvvssvijayaditya Member Since: October 2006   Contribution: 30    

RE: Can you explain testing options, and defend a posi...

TEST STRATEGY

this will let u know the approach of testing and acts like a corner stone for test plan.

it consists

1. Business requirements

2. scope

3. Test responsibilitu matrix

4. requirements

5. environment

6. communication and status gap

7. measurements and matrix

8. need of automation

9. defect tracking

10. risks and mitigations.

11 change configuration management

12 need of training

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it helps to define the approach of testing


 
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