J Sankaranarayananan

• Sep 29th, 2005

 

'Tis a standard for test documentation, in particular, test planning

Kavitha Roberts

• Nov 29th, 2005

 

IEEE is the acronym for institute of Electronic and Electrical Engineers which provided 8 standard documentation required for software testing.

Test Plan - most important, focuses on schedule, resources and scope

Test Design Specification - Maps features and functions to test cases and test procedures

Test Case Specification - specifies test enviornment, test inputs, expected outputs

Test Procedure - sspecifies sequence of actions to execute tests

Test Incident Report - defect identification, defect summary, steps to reproduce

Test Item Transmittal - Transmits the software from development to testing

Test Log - Chronological record of test execution

Test Summary Report - Management report which summarizes testing