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The Test Summary Report

November 21st, 2008 chris

The Test Summary Report summarizes the results of the testing activities and provides an evaluation based on these results.

It is composed of the following 8 sections:

  1. Test summary report identifier
  2. Summary
  3. Variance
  4. Comprehensive assessment
  5. Summary of results
  6. Evaluation
  7. Summary of activities
  8. Approvals

The Test Incident Report

November 21st, 2008 chris

The Test Incident Report documents any event observed during testing that requires further investigation.

It is composed of the following 4 sections:

  1. Test incident report identifier
  2. Summary
  3. Incident description
  4. Impact

The Test Log

November 21st, 2008 chris

The Test Log provides a chronological record about relevant details observed during the test execution.

It is composed of the following 3 sections:

  1. Test log identifier
  2. Description
  3. Activity and event entries

The Test Item Transmittal Report

November 21st, 2008 chris

The Test Item Transmittal Report specifies the test items being provided for testing.

It is composed of the following 5 sections:

  1. Transmittal report identifier
  2. Transmitted items
  3. Location
  4. Status
  5. Approvals

The Test Procedure Specification

November 21st, 2008 chris

The Test Procedure Specification specifies the steps for executing a test case and the process for determining whether the software passed or failed the test.

It is composed of the following 4 sections:

  1. Test procedure specification identifier
  2. Purpose
  3. Special requirements
  4. Procedure steps

The Test Case Specification

November 21st, 2008 chris

The test case specification specifies in detail each test case listed in the test design specification.

It is composed of the following 7 sections:

  1. Test case specification identifier
  2. Test items
  3. Input specifications
  4. Output specifications
  5. Environmental needs
  6. Special procedural requirements
  7. Intercase dependencies

The Test Design Specification

November 21st, 2008 chris

The Test Design Specification identifies a set of features to be tested and describes a group of test cases that will adequately test those features.

It is composed of the following 5 sections:

  1. Test design specification identifier
  2. Features to be tested
  3. Approach refinements
  4. Test identification
  5. Feature pass/fail criteria