[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 |
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.
