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# 5 Test Management

225 minutes

### Keywords 

configuration management, defect management, defect report, entry criteria, exit criteria, product risk, project risk, risk, risk level, risk-based testing, test approach, test control, test estimation, test manager, test monitoring, test plan, test planning, test progress report, test strategy, test summary report, tester 

### Learning Objectives for Test Management 

#### 5.1 Test Organization 

* FL-5.1.1 (K2) Explain the benefits and drawbacks of independent testing 
* FL-5.1.2 (K1) Identify the tasks of a test manager and tester 

#### 5.2 Test Planning and Estimation 

* FL-5.2.1 (K2) Summarize the purpose and content of a test plan 
* FL-5.2.2 (K2) Differentiate between various test strategies 
* FL-5.2.3 (K2) Give examples of potential entry and exit criteria 
* FL-5.2.4 (K3) Apply knowledge of prioritization, and technical and logical dependencies, to schedule test execution for a given set of test cases 
* FL-5.2.5 (K1) Identify factors that influence the effort related to testing 
* FL-5.2.6 (K2) Explain the difference between two estimation techniques: the metrics-based technique and the expert-based technique 

#### 5.3 Test Monitoring and Control 

* FL-5.3.1 (K1) Recall metrics used for testing 
* FL-5.3.2 (K2) Summarize the purposes, contents, and audiences for test reports 

#### 5.4 Configuration Management 

* FL-5.4.1 (K2) Summarize how configuration management supports testing 

#### 5.5 Risks and Testing 

* FL-5.5.1 (K1) Define risk level by using likelihood and impact 
* FL-5.5.2 (K2) Distinguish between project and product risks 
* FL-5.5.3 (K2) Describe, by using examples, how product risk analysis may influence the thoroughness and scope of testing 

#### 5.6 Defect Management 

* FL-5.6.1 (K3) Write a defect report, covering a defect found during testing