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How to Create an Effective Test Strategy Document?

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1. Test Strategy

A Test Strategy is a framework for outlining a Software Testing Life Cycle method (STLC). It helps QA teams define Test Coverage and the scope of the testing. It allows testers to have a complete overview of the project at any time. When a competent test plan is in place, the chances of missing any test activity are quite minimal.

2. Test Strategy Document

The Test Strategy document, also known as the Test Approach document, is a dynamic document that outlines how the company’s quality assurance process is carried out. It identifies the most important objectives to be met as well as the methods to attain them. A well-written testing strategy specifies the project’s scope and assists the team in considering all aspects of the testing process. However, not all software development and testing firms require Project Managers and testers to create such papers. Even if they do, QA professionals are prone to overlooking strategic documentation when working on a project.

Today, we’ll look at the concept of a Test Approach document, so you can see why it’s so crucial for testing engineers to use it on regular basis guidance.

The following are the main elements of the Test Strategy document:

  • Goals and Coverage
  • Standards to follow in the business world
  • Important business issues to consider
  • Duties and roles
  • Reporting on the status
  • Tools for testing
  • Risks to consider and how to mitigate them
  • Management of configurations or changes
  • Tracking and reporting on issues
  • Test Deliverables

We’ve looked at what a test strategy document is and what it includes. Let’s take a look at each section of the STLC’s Test Strategy.

2.1. Coverage and Overview

This step is crucial since it shapes the concept of the testing organization. It contains the following items:

  • Deciding who should approve, evaluate, and use this document; dividing roles and responsibilities;
  • Establishing the phases of each project in accordance with the test plan’s dates.

2.2. Test Approach

This procedure should be well-considered in order to minimize more disruption if something turns out badly. The following are the most important considerations at this stage:

  • Process of testing and life cycle
  • Responsibilities are distributed across the QA engineers’ team;
  • Describing all forms of testing that the organization can deliver to the client.
  • Creating techniques for testing

2.3. Test Environment

The following aspects of test data must be covered in this stage of the Test Strategy document:

  • Requirements – a step-by-step guide to creating test data;
  • Environments, as well as all of the necessary preparations for each of them;
  • You should have a data recovery process in place to ensure that you don’t lose any data due to unanticipated coding difficulties.

2.4. Testing Tools

  • Test execution requires automation and test management technologies.
  • Determine the amount of open-source and commercial tools required, as well as the number of users who will be supported, and plan accordingly.

2.5. Release Control

Test execution for all modifications in that release will be ensured by a release management plan with suitable version history. As a result, establish a build management process to determine where the new build should be available when it will be delivered, who will deploy it, how to stop the release in the event of errors, and so on.

2.6. Risk Assessment

Make an effort to anticipate all potential hazards associated with your project. Make a clear plan to avoid such risks, as well as a contingency plan in case they occur. 

2.7. Approvals and Evaluations

Managers, technical team leaders, business development, and software development teams must all examine and finalize strategy. An overview of review modifications, as well as an authorized date, name, and comment, should be put at the top of the document. In addition, if significant changes occur throughout the testing process, the Test Strategy document can be revised.

3. Conclusion

The creation of a Testing Strategy document is an important step on the path to a more efficient and effective testing process, which will provide a firm foundation for a robust and bug-free application. Testing should be thoroughly documented in order to provide effective resource control, monitoring, and allocation. The test strategy document lays out exactly what the test team will undertake throughout the project. It’s a static document, which means it won’t change during the project’s lifespan. Because this is the document that will guide the entire team and will not change during the project life cycle, the person who prepares it should have prior knowledge in the product domain. Before any testing operations begin, the complete testing team should receive a copy of the test strategy document. A good test strategy improves the entire testing process and leads to the creation of a high-quality system.

At TestDel, we ensure that each test case and its results are documented in QA documentation and that all problems are classified for simple management and resolution. Contact us, our team is available to test your apps at all phases of development, ensuring that they run smoothly once they are released.

Sanjeev Joshi