Types of Test Reports
The
documents outlined in the IEEE Standard of Software Test Documentation
covers test planning, test specification, and test reporting.
Test reporting covers four document types:
1. A Test Item Transmittal Report identifies
the test items being transmitted for testing from the development to
the testing group in the event that a formal beginning of test
execution is desired Details
to be included in the report - Purpose, Outline, Transmittal-Report
Identifier, Transmitted Items, Location, Status, and Approvals.
2. A Test Log is used by the test team to record what occurred during test execution
Details to be included in the report - Purpose, Outline, Test-Log
Identifier, Description, Activity and Event Entries, Execution
Description, Procedure Results, Environmental Information, Anomalous
Events, Incident-Report Identifiers
3. A Test Incident report describes any event that occurs during the test execution that requires further investigation
Details to be included in the report - Purpose, Outline, Test-Incident-Report Identifier, Summary, Impact
4. A test summary report summarizes the testing activities associated with one or more test-design specifications
Details to be included in the report - Purpose, Outline,
Test-Summary-Report Identifier, Summary, Variances, Comprehensiveness
Assessment, Summary of Results, Summary of Activities, and Approvals
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