What is Test Documentation?
Test documentation is documentation of artifacts created before or during the testing of software.
- The degree of test formality depends on
- the type of application under test
- Standards followed by your organization
- the maturity of the development process
Examples of Test Documentation
| Types of Testing Documents | Description |
|---|---|
| Test policy | It is a high-level document which describes principles, methods and all the important testing goals of the organization. |
| Test strategy | A high-level document which identifies the Test Levels (types) to be executed for the project. |
| Test plan | A test plan is a complete planning document which contains the scope, approach, resources, schedule, etc. of testing activities. |
| Requirements Traceability Matrix | This is a document which connects the requirements to the test cases. |
| Test Scenario | Test Scenario is an item or event of a software system which could be verified by one or more Test cases. |
| Test Case | It is a group of input values, execution preconditions, expected execution postconditions and results. It is developed for a Test Scenario. |
| Test Data | Test Data is a data which exists before a test is executed. It used to execute the test case. |
| Defect Report | Defect report is a documented report of any flaw in a Software System which fails to perform its expected function. |
| Test summary report | Test summary report is a high-level document which summarizes testing activities conducted as well as the test result. |