Test Planning Workshop (CSTP Elective) or (CTM Elective) or (CSTAS Elective)

This course covers area 3 of the Test Professional Body of Knowledge requirements. This course also covers the Elective area for the Certified Test Manager (CTM) and the CSTAS certification.

For costs and cities where this course might be offered, please see the right border of this page or to bring this course to your test team at your location, contact our Education and Professionals Services Group.

Concepts

Failure to plan usually means planning for failure. Test planning is the core task of managing the testing process. Quality test planning encompasses strategy and schedule, resources and tools, environments outline and risk analysis. The workshop will focus on the practical aspects of creating a sound test plan through a combination of theory, lots of exercises and discussions. At the end of the course, you will have written the key components of a sample Test Plan.

Participants will learn:

• What is the place of the Test Planning in the software life cycle
• What are the key components of a Test Plan and what is their relative importance in different situations
• How to write a test plan, including creating / determining:
  • Functional breakdown
  • Test Classes
  • Test Levels
  • Defect Tracking methodology
  • Coverage
  • Schedule & Resources
  • Risk Analysis

Outline

• What the course is about
  • Scope: what do we cover in depth, what do we glance over, what we do not cover
  • Goals: what will we learn
  • Administrative items
• The What, When, Who of Test Planning
  • Why test planning
  • The stakeholders of test planning
  • The sources of information
  • The deliverables of test planning
• The How of Test Planning: Writing your own Test Plan
  • Setting the stage: Introduction
  • Outlining the Methodology
  • Test Strategy
  • Roles and Responsibilities
  • Test Environments
  • Test Aids
  • Schedule
  • Risk Management
  • Turnover Checklists