Testing Process Spheres

Let's look at each component of the testing process individually.

Test Planning

We'll begin our discussion of the testing process with test planning, the most important activity in the testing process. It involves assessing risk, identifying and prioritizing test requirements, estimating testing resource requirements, developing a testing project plan, and assigning testing responsibilities to test team members. These ingredients can be structured as a formal test plan or they can be developed individually and used at the appropriate times.

The traditional idea of a test plan is the who, what, when, where, how, and how long of the testing process. Since using Rational RequisitePro's capabilities, we have adjusted our thoughts ...

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