Test Plan

Test Plan:- A Test Plan is What To Test ? and How To Test? The Test Plan describes the overall approach to development, integration, qualification, and acceptance testing. It describes plans for testing software systems; test environment to be used for the testing; identifies tests to be performed, and provides schedules for test activities. The software Test Plan is used by IT Manager, Test Manager, Documentation Manager, System Administrator, Technical Architect, Development Manager, Project Manager.

The Test Plan is used to perform system testing, subsystem testing, assembly testing, subassembly testing, module testing, user acceptance testing. The Test Plan includes step by step instructions for the various types of testing that will occur during the project life cycle; it also defines the required test equipment, calibration requirements, test facility requirements, and other key factors.

This is a sample of an outline for a test plan. It has been designed for medium to small test projects, and thus is fairly lightweight. It is by necessity general, because each enterprise, each development group, each testing group, and each development project is different. This outline should be used as a set of guidelines for creating your own standard template; add to it or subtract from it as you find appropriate.