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Test Plan Overview

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Forum Name: Test Plans @ OneStopTesting
Forum Discription: Discuss, Learn and Prepare better and better Test Plans for yourself.
URL: http://forum.onestoptesting.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=428
Printed Date: 31Jan2025 at 7:13am


Topic: Test Plan Overview
Posted By: sunita
Subject: Test Plan Overview
Date Posted: 02Apr2007 at 2:10am

Creating test plans is no different from creating plans for any other part of a computing project. A plan enables you to decide in advance:

  • How a project's objectives will be met,
  • With the resources available,
  • To the time scales required,
  • To the quality desired,
  • While controlling the risk.

A test plan is a specific version of a project plan with clauses that meet these requirements. The main characteristics of a project plan are described in the article http://www.coleyconsulting.co.uk/projplan.htm - Basics of Project Management . The international standard IEEE Std 829-1998 gives advice on the various types of test documentation required for testing including test plans, and details of these are in the http://www.coleyconsulting.co.uk/IEEE829.htm - IEEE 829 article. The test plan section of the standard defines 16 clauses. This article gives guidance on how the IEEE 829 standard maps against the requirements of a project test plan.


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