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