Test Team deliverables

[Me]: - Guruji, I am very worried.

[Guruji]:- Stop worrying about the potholes in the road and celebrate the journey!

[Me]: - Well, sure I will try. But can you please tell me what are the deliverables that a Test team need to provide

[Guruji]:-  Hmnn…. This would be difficult. There are many deliverable a test team should provide and also at specific phases.  Again these phases  are very specific to organizations and the types of projects they indulge in.

[Me]: - I understand that. But surely there would be some guidelines for novice like me J

[Guruji]:- Yes, well a small guideline is made for you. Let me know if you need info

Phase

What is Done

Deliverable

Requirements Phase

Nail down product and project requirements(Functional specifications)

High Level QA  Plan (testing practices, tools, approach, standards, tools)

High Level Resource estimations based on Feature lists

Review Test Plan template and propose any changes

Design

Design the architecture and testing of the product (Design Documents and Test Plans)

Test Specs complete, reviewed and signed off

Bottoms up test schedules created and reviewed

BVTs and Automation designed

Security Testing Planned

Globalization/Localization Test Planned

Performance / Scale Testing planned

Implementation

Code the product/application (Code complete)

BVTs created and automated

All BVTs pass 100% on 100% of features

Basic end-to-end scenarios pass

Test cases defined

Release Criteria Created and Signed off

Verification

Stabilize the product (Stabilization/Technical Preview)

Test automation complete

Security test pass

Globalization / Localization Validation

First Performance and Soak Validation

Evaluate Code Coverage and add Cases where needed

Customer Support / help and Evaluation of problems found in field

Evaluate the product (Beta)

Review Test Coverage and enhance test sets where needed

Expansion of platform on which automation is run

Large Scale Deployment Validation

Design change Requests

·         Speclette Reviews

·         Test Planlette creation

·         Cost Estimation

·         Approval

·         Test Execution

Customer / Support and Evaluation of problems found in field

Documentation Reviews

Release Candidate

Produce Release candidate and drop to end users

Customer Support / Support and Evaluation of problems found in field

Continued automation

Ship the product (RTM, RTW, RTS)

 

Release Validation

Prepare for Sustained Engineering Handoffs

End of Life Process

Post-RTM – Clean up and distribution

Automation handoff to Sustained Engineering

Support Sustained Engineer

·         Regression support for enhanced feature request

·         Problem identification for problems found in field

author

Vinay Jagtap

A hard core Technocrat with over a decade of extensive experience in heading complex test projects coupled with real time experience of project management and thought leadership. Extensive experience in Performance, Security and Automation Testing and development of automation frameworks and ability to setup and execute Global service centers and Center of Excellences for testing.

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