Part 3 - The Appendices

Summary

This section contains a set of standard testing document templates, proformas, and checklists, and a number of appendices that expand on topics described in passing in the main body of the book.

The standard testing document templates, proformas, and checklists are also available from the following URL: <us.cambridge.org/titles/052179546X> so that they can be used immediately without modification, or customized to reflect the particular requirements of any organization (such as a corporate style, branding, or documentation standard).

Specifically, the appendices contain:

• Appendix A—Terms of Reference for Testing Staff (one-page summary sheets documenting the terms of reference for staff involved in the testing process)

• Appendix B – Testing Guides (one-page summary sheets documenting the key aspects of each testing phase)

• Appendix C – Test Plan Document Template

• Appendix D – Test Specification Document Template

• Appendix E – Test Script Template

• Appendix F – Test Result Record Form Template

• Appendix G – Test Log Template

• Appendix H – Test Certificate Template (for those testing activities that require formal demonstrable proof of the acceptance of the tested software)

• Appendix I – Re-use Pack Checklist (to assist in setting up and managing testing re-use packs)

• Appendix J – Test Summary Report Template

• Appendix K – Equivalence Partition Example (providing a worked example of equivalence partition analysis)

• Appendix L – Boundary Analysis Example (providing a worked example of boundary analysis)

• Appendix M – State Transition Example (providing a worked example of state transition analysis)

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