Let’s review what you have learned in this chapter.
From Section 5.1, you should now be able to explain the basic ideas of test organization. You should know why independent testing is important, but also be able to analyze the potential benefits and problems associated with independent test teams. You should recognize the types of people and skills needed in a test team and recall the tasks that a tester and a test leader will carry out. You should know the glossary terms tester, test leader and test manager.
From Section 5.2, you should now understand the fundamentals of test planning and estimation. You should know the reasons for writing test plans and be able to explain how test plans relate to projects, test levels or phases, test targets and test execution. You should know which parts of the test process require special attention in test planning. You should be able to explain the justification behind various entry and exit criteria that might relate to projects, test levels or phases and test targets. You should be able to distinguish the purpose and content of test plans from that of test design specifications, test cases and test procedures, and know the IEEE 829 outline for a test plan. You should know the factors that affect the effort involved in testing, including especially test strategies (approaches) and how they affect testing. You should be able to explain how metrics, expertise and negotiation are used for estimating.
You should know the glossary terms entry criteria, exit criteria, exploratory testing, test approach, test level, test plan, test procedure and test strategy.
From Section 5.3, you should be able to explain the essentials of test progress monitoring and control. You should know the common metrics that are captured, logged and used for monitoring, as well as ways to present these metrics. You should be able to analyze, interpret and explain test metrics that can be useful for reporting test status and for making decisions about how to control test progress.
You should be able to explain a typical test status report and know the IEEE 829 test summary report and test log. You should know the glossary terms defect density, failure rate, test control, test coverage, test monitoring and test report.
From Section 5.4, you should now understand the basics of configuration management that relate to testing. You should be able to summarize how good configuration management helps us do our testing work better. You should know the glossary terms configuration management and version control.
From Section 5.5, you should now be able to explain how risk and testing relate. You should know that a risk is a potential undesirable or negative outcome and that most of the risks we are interested in relating to the achievement of project objectives. You should know about likelihood and impact as factors that determine the importance of a risk. You should be able to compare and contrast risks to the product (and its quality) and risks to the project itself and know typical risks to the product and project. You should be able to describe how to use risk analysis and risk management for testing and test planning. You should know the glossary terms product risk, project risk, risk and risk-based testing.
From Section 5.6, you should now understand incident logging and be able to use incident management on your projects. You should know the content of an incident report according to the IEEE 829 standard. You should be able to write a high-quality report based on test results and manage that report through its life cycle. You should know the glossary term incident logging.
