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Types of Test Reports

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Topic: Types of Test Reports
Posted By: tanushree
Subject: Types of Test Reports
Date Posted: 26Oct2007 at 4:28am
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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