Structure of test case:
Formal, written test cases consist of three main parts with subsections:
* Information contains general information about Test case.
o Identifier is unique identifier of test case for further references, for example, while describing found defect.
o Test case owner/creator is name of tester or test designer, who created test or is responsible for its development
o Version of current Test case definition
o Name of test case should be human-oriented title which allows to quickly understand test case purpose and scope.
o Identifier of requirement which is covered by test case. Also here could be identifier of use case or functional specification item.
o Purpose contains short description of test purpose, what functionality it checks.
o Dependencies
* Test case activity
o Testing environment/configuration contains information about configuration of hardware or software which must be met while executing test case
o Initialization describes actions, which must be performed before test case execution is started. For example, we should open some file.
o Finalization describes actions to be done after test case is performed. For example if test case crashes database, tester should restore it before other test cases will be performed.
o Actions step by step to be done to complete test.
o Input data description
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o Expected results contains description of what tester should see after all test steps has been completed
o Actual results contains a brief description of what the tester saw after the test steps has been completed. This is often replaced with a Pass/Fail. Quite often if a test case fails, reference to the defect involved should be listed in this columns
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