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Test Strategy

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Category: Types Of Software Testing @ OneStopTesting
Forum Name: Manual Testing @ OneStopTesting
Forum Discription: Discuss All that is need to be known about Manual Software Testing and its Tools.
URL: http://forum.onestoptesting.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3345
Printed Date: 30Jan2025 at 8:58pm


Topic: Test Strategy
Posted By: tanushree
Subject: Test Strategy
Date Posted: 27Oct2007 at 5:09am
It is also a company level document and developed by QA people. It defines testing approach followed by testing team.
Components in Test Strategy:
  • Scope and Objective:
  • About testing need and their purpose
  • Business Issues:
  • Budget control for testing in terms of time and cost
    100%----Project Cost
    64% Development & Maintenance and 36% for Testing
  • Test Approach:
  • It defines mapping between development stages and testing issues
  • Test Matrix (TM)/ Test Responsibilities Matrix (TRM)


  • manual-testing
  • Test Deliverables:
  • Required documents to prepare during testing of a project
    Ex: Test Methodology, Test Plan, Test case etc.,
  • Roles & Responsibilies:
  • Names of jobs in testing team and their responsibility
  • Communication and Status Reporting:
  • Require negotiations between two consecutive job in testing team
  • Automation Testing Tools:
  • Need of automation in our organization level project testing
  • Testing Measurements and Metrics:
  • QAM, TMM, & PCM
  • Defect Reporting and Tracking:
  • Required negotiations between testing team and development team
  • Risks & Mitigations:
  • Possible risks and mitigations to solve( risks indicates a future failure)
  • Change and Configurations Management:
  • How to handle change requests coming from customers during testing and maintenance
  • Training Plan :
  • Need of training to tester before starts of every project testing



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