This tutorial covers area 3 of the Certified Software Test Professional requirements. This tutorial also counts as an elective towards the requirements of the Certified Test Manager (CTM) certification.

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In this course, you will learn the importance of planning before beginning any test effort.We will discuss ways to gauge how much testing is needed and ways to determine the quality goals of the organization. Any successful test effort requires contribution and support from other departments. We’ll discuss ways to get this buy in and collect on it.Planning the test effort also includes prioritizing the testing and then creating the test plan to document what will be done. We’ll go through a sample test plan discussing what needs to be in a plan for each project and what parts are optional. Finally, we’ll discuss how to keep the plan from becoming another dust-gathering item on your shelf. You will leave this class with an understanding of how to effectively create and apply a plan for your testing process.

• Why we want to plan
• How to create a plan for your testing project
• What to include in the test plan document
• How to effectively apply the plan

• Why should we plan?
• How does ad hoc testing fit in?
• SEI CMMI
  • What is it?
  • What are the levels and what do they mean?
  • What can we learn from this model?
• Test Planning
  • How process implementation affects planning
  • Selling the plan
  • Planning the automation effort
  • What are the steps to effective planning?
    • Quality assurance activities
      • Requirements analysis
      • Use Cases
      • Inspections
  • Gathering data
  • Determining the scope of the project
  • Understanding the intersections
  • Creating the quality risk analysis
  • Planning the testing itself
• The Test Plan
  • Introduction
  • Strategy
  • Requirements for test
  • Testing methods
  • Resources
  • Milestones
  • Deliverables
  • Risks
  • Project Tasks
• Organizing the actual testing
  • Planning test cases
  • Tracking the test cases
  • Using emergency resources
  • Planning for surprises