Table of Contents

1      Introduction.............................................................................................................. 6

1.1        Overview of System................................................................................................ 6

1.2        Scope of Testing..................................................................................................... 6

1.3        Purpose Of This Document....................................................................................... 6

1.4        Objectives.............................................................................................................. 6

1.4.1      Unit Testing............................................................................................................................................. 7

1.4.2      Integration Testing................................................................................................................................. 7

1.4.3      System Testing...................................................................................................................................... 7

1.4.4      User Acceptance Testing..................................................................................................................... 7

1.4.5      Enterprise Integration Testing............................................................................................................. 7

1.5        Test Deliverables................................................................................................... 7

1.5.1      Unit Testing............................................................................................................................................. 7

1.5.2      Integration Testing................................................................................................................................. 7

1.5.3      System Testing...................................................................................................................................... 8

1.5.4      User Acceptance Testing..................................................................................................................... 8

1.5.5      Enterprise Integration Testing............................................................................................................. 8

1.6        References And Source Documentation..................................................................... 8

1.7        Abbreviations, Acronyms and Definitions.................................................................. 8

2      Testing Schedule..................................................................................................... 10

3      Team Development................................................................................................... 11

3.1        Testing Team Formation.......................................................................................... 11

3.2        Training................................................................................................................ 11

3.3        Roles & Responsibilities......................................................................................... 11

4      Test Environment.................................................................................................... 12

4.1        Hardware components required............................................................................. 12

4.1.1      Servers.................................................................................................................................................. 12

4.1.2      Workstations........................................................................................................................................ 12

4.2        Software Requirements......................................................................................... 12

4.2.1      Server Requirements......................................................................................................................... 12

4.2.2      Client / Workstation Requirements.................................................................................................. 12

4.3        Tools to be used................................................................................................... 12

4.4        Test Databases..................................................................................................... 12

5      Testing Approach.................................................................................................... 13

6      Standards and Procedures.................................................................................. 14

6.1        Test Case............................................................................................................. 14

6.1.1      Unit Test cases.................................................................................................................................... 14

6.1.2      Integration Test cases........................................................................................................................ 14

6.1.3      System Test cases............................................................................................................................. 14

6.1.4      User Acceptance Test cases............................................................................................................ 14

6.1.5      Enterprise Integration Test cases.................................................................................................... 14

6.2        Activities.............................................................................................................. 14

7      Test Items.................................................................................................................. 15

7.1        Inclusions- Features to be tested........................................................................... 15

7.2        Exclusions- Features not to be tested.................................................................... 15

7.3        Specific Exclusions............................................................................................... 15

7.4        Prioritization........................................................................................................ 15

8      Test Entrance / Exit Criteria................................................................................ 16

8.1        Entrance Criteria................................................................................................. 16

8.1.1      Unit Testing.......................................................................................................................................... 16

8.1.2      Integration Testing.............................................................................................................................. 16

8.1.3      System Testing.................................................................................................................................... 16

8.1.4      User Acceptance Testing................................................................................................................... 17

8.1.5      Enterprise Integration Testing.......................................................................................................... 17

8.2        Exit Criteria.......................................................................................................... 17

8.2.1      Unit Testing.......................................................................................................................................... 17

8.2.2      Integration Testing.............................................................................................................................. 17

8.2.3      System Testing.................................................................................................................................... 18

8.2.4      User Acceptance Testing................................................................................................................... 18

8.2.5      Enterprise Integration Testing.......................................................................................................... 18

9      Qualification Provisions...................................................................................... 19

9.1        Criteria for test completion................................................................................... 19

9.2        Application Release Criteria.................................................................................. 19

10         Test Suspension/Resumption Requirements................................................. 20

10.1      Suspension Criteria............................................................................................... 20

10.2      Resumption Criteria............................................................................................... 20

11         Test Analysis....................................................................................................... 21

11.1      Analyzing And Reporting....................................................................................... 21

11.2      Problem Determination And Correction................................................................... 21

11.3      Defect Measurement.............................................................................................. 21

12         Defect Management............................................................................................ 22

13         Test Metric........................................................................................................... 23

14         Status Reporting................................................................................................ 24

15         Appendix: Types of Testing............................................................................... 25

15.1      Data and Database Integrity Testing....................................................................... 25

15.2      Business Cycle Testing.......................................................................................... 26

15.3      User Interface Testing........................................................................................... 27

15.4      Performance Profiling.......................................................................................... 28

15.5      Load Testing......................................................................................................... 29

15.6      Stress Testing...................................................................................................... 30

15.7      Volume Testing...................................................................................................... 31

15.8      Security and Access Control Testing..................................................................... 32

15.9      Failure / Recovery Testing..................................................................................... 33

15.10        Configuration Testing........................................................................................ 35

15.11     Installation Testing............................................................................................... 36