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Table of Contents
Revision History ........................................................................................................................................... 5
1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................................... 6
1.1 Purpose of Test Plan ..................................................................................................................... 6
1.2 Scope of Testing ........................................................................................................................... 6
1.3 Solution Description ..................................................................................................................... 6
2 Test Strategy ......................................................................................................................................... 6
2.1 System Testing (software / hardware) .......................................................................................... 7
2.1.1 Unit Testing .......................................................................................................................... 7
2.1.2 Integration Testing ................................................................................................................ 7
2.2 Stability Testing (software / hardware) ......................................................................................... 7
2.2.1 Performance Testing ............................................................................................................. 7
2.2.2 Load Testing ......................................................................................................................... 7
2.2.3 Stress Testing ........................................................................................................................ 7
2.2.4 Availability & Failover Testing ............................................................................................ 7
2.3 User Acceptance Testing (UAT)................................................................................................... 7
2.4 Regression Testing ........................................................................................................................ 8
3 Test Preparation & Planning ................................................................................................................. 8
3.1 Test Schedule ................................................................................................................................ 8
3.2 Test Resources Required............................................................................................................... 8
3.3 Test Case Preparation.................................................................................................................... 8
3.3.1 Test Case Development ........................................................................................................ 8
3.3.2 Test Automation.................................................................................................................... 8
3.3.3 Test Case Validation ............................................................................................................. 8
3.4 Test Environment .......................................................................................................................... 8
3.4.1 Facilities ................................................................................................................................ 8
3.4.2 Environment Diagram ........................................................................................................... 9
3.4.3 Hardware & Software ........................................................................................................... 9
3.4.4 Additional Resources ............................................................................................................ 9
3.4.5 Sensitive Data ....................................................................................................................... 9
4 Test Execution ...................................................................................................................................... 9
4.1 Test Entrance Criteria ................................................................................................................... 9
4.1.1 Stability Entrance Criteria ..................................................................................................... 9
4.1.2 UAT Entrance Criteria .......................................................................................................... 9
4.2 Test Readiness Review ................................................................................................................. 9
4.3 Test Case Sequencing ................................................................................................................. 10
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Revision History
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Purpose / Instructions: The purpose of this document is to detail the test plan to allow the project team to
adequately test the solution versus the business requirements. This document is merely a guide. Specific
projects may warrant a different approach to testing. However, it is important that the test plan be
detailed enough to validate that each business requirement has been adequately tested. The instructions
in this document are the italicized paragraphs and are meant to be deleted once they are no longer
needed.
1 Introduction
1.1 Purpose of Test Plan
The purpose of this document is to summarize the test strategy as it relates to the implementation of
<Project Name>. This test plan provides managers and test personnel with the necessary approach to
validate that each process performs correctly and that the requirements of the system have been satisfied.
This test plan will provide the following:
Testing for this solution will include System, Stability, User Acceptance and Regression testing. These
phases are described in Section 2 of this document. Test cases will be developed for Stability and User
Acceptance testing, which will also be used for regression testing.
Development related to fixes identified during testing will be considered part of the testing phase of this
project and will be tracked on the schedule as such.
A Requirements Traceability Matrix will be used to track the development, status and execution of the
test cases as they relate back to the Business Requirements Document.
2 Test Strategy
<The following subsections detail the specific phases which will occur during testing. This can be highly
customized based on the size and scope of the solution. It is important to include what types/phases of
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testing will occur, the objective of each type of testing, the techniques to be utilized and the owner of each
type of testing. The following is provided for sample purposes.>
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4 Test Execution
4.1 Testing Cycles / Workflow
<Describe any iterations, phases or segmentation of the testing, including the activities and participants
for each.>
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testing. A sample checklist for utilization in the TRR is included in the Appendix section of this
document.”>
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5.3 Metrics
<The following list of metrics to be tracked and updated throughout testing is provided for example
purposes only. Use supporting project documentation for guidance to determine the appropriate metrics
to be tracked for the specific project.>
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Conditionally
Approved, or
Rejected:
Failure Type
(Critical, High,
Medium, Low)
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7 Approval
By signing, the individuals listed below have approved this test plan.
Name: Name:
Title: Title:
Role: Project Owner Role: Testing Project Lead
Date: Date:
Name: Name:
Title: Title:
Role: Functional Project Lead Role: Technical Project Lead
Date: Date:
<For an approval received via electronic means, such as email, please indicate by placing “Electronic
Approval” on the approval line. Please then place a copy of the electronic approval in the same project
file folder where the approved version of this document is stored.>
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Appendix C – Glossary
<List any acronyms or terms which were used in the document and their meaning / definition.>
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