Workflow Detail: Plan and Design System Test

Purpose

The purpose of this workflow detail is to identify and describe the system testing that will be implemented and executed.  This is accomplished by generating a test plan which contains the requirements for test and test strategies, and developing the test model, which contains the test procedures and test cases.

Planning and designing the testing is done so the test efforts can be measured and managed.

How to Staff

The test designer is the principle worker involved in this workflow detail, with input from the end-user representative(s).

Work Guidelines

The following are sample techniques that can be applied to ensure that the appropriate information is derived:

• Interviews
• Questionnaires
• Function monitoring

System tests focus on the system as a whole, at the completion of an iteration, however, there is the possibility of the need for stubs (or drivers) to represent the interaction with other systems that are not the focus of test.