Friday, January 4, 2008

Components of Testing Procedure

Test: An activity in which a component is executed under specified conditions, the results are observed or recorded and evaluated with the expected outcome or target.

Test Bed: An environment containing the simulators, tools and other support elements needed to conduct a test.

Test Plan: Test Plan refers to the document that plans for testing of a system or component under various criterions of the testing strategy and procedures.

Test Case: A document that specifies the test inputs, execution conditions, and predicted results for an item to be tested with respect to the testing criteria.

Test Criteria: Refers to the major focus areas of testing for a given test strategy. The test Criteria relies heavily on the appropriate testing technique adopted.

Test Log: Refers to a chronological record of all relevant statistics about the execution of a test.

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