Software Test Plan – <Sample Project Name>

Revision History

Version Number	Release Date	Prepared By	Reviewed By	Approved By	Summary of Changes

Introduction

Purpose

The purpose of this section is to give a brief description about the project in terms of the domain, technology used and the target audience, etc

Scope of Testing

The purpose of this section is to give a brief description about the various features that will be tested and the features that will not be tested.

• Include the critical features in the features to be tested

Testing Types

Following are the types of testing applicable/not applicable for the project:

In Scope	Out of Scope

Features

Following are the features to be tested/not applicable for the project:

In Scope	Out of Scope

Test Approach

The purpose of this section is to describe the approach that will be followed to perform the testing activities

• Include the process followed to author the test cases
• Include the process that will be followed to prioritize the test cases

 Types of Tests to be conducted

The purpose of this section is to give a brief description about the various types of tests that will be performed on the application.

Requirements Traceability Matrix

The purpose of this section is to validate the test case preparation for all requirements as per the requirement document.

Test Case Preparation Approach

The purpose of this section is to describe the process followed for authoring the test cases

 Test Execution Process

The purpose of this section is to describe the process followed for executing the test cases

Pass / Fail Criteria

The purpose of this section is to describe the pass/fail criteria.

Suspension and Resumption Criteria

The purpose of this section is to describe the process followed for suspend/resume testing.

Defect Management

The purpose of this section is to describe the process followed to log/track defects.

Following is the SLA for defect management:

S. No.	Severity	Time (Hrs.)
1	CRITICAL
2	HIGH
3	MEDIUM

Test Effort and Schedule

 Test Effort

The purpose of this section is to give a brief estimation of effort required and the number of resources required and an estimated duration for completing the testing activity.

Test Schedule

The purpose of this section is to enlist the start date and end date for each phase and the deliverables for the respective phases.

S. No.	Phase	Tasks	Start Date	End Date	Deliverables

Test Environment

The purpose of this section is to give a brief description about the hardware/software requirements needed for performing the testing activities.

Hardware Environment

Software Environment

Test Tools

Tool Name	Purpose

Staffing and Training Needs

The purpose of this section is to describe the training required for Training on the application/system and any test tools to be used.

Roles and Responsibilities (RACI)

The purpose of this section is to give a brief description about the roles and responsibilities.

Risks, Issues and Dependencies

The purpose of this section is to list out logical assumptions, identify the prioritized risk and mitigation, contingency plans and identify dependencies (if any).

Risks

Outline Major Risks in the project.

Skill Gap Analysis

The purpose of this section is to continuously track the competency levels of team’s present knowledge, identify gaps, bridge the gaps and enrich knowledge and skills to become master in the skills required for the project.

Escalation Approach

For any escalations, following are the points of contact during the test process for all test activities.

Role	E-mail	Mobile

Acceptance and Sign-off Criteria

The purpose of this section is to identify the criteria accepted by the business and ensure quality is met.

Automation Testing

The purpose of this section is to give a brief description about the effort, schedule and deliverables for automation testing.

S. No.	Phase	Tasks	Start Date	End Date	Deliverables

Performance Testing

The purpose of this section is to give a brief description about the effort, schedule and deliverables for performance testing.

S. No.	Phase	Tasks	Start Date	End Date	Deliverables

 Test Status Reporting

The purpose of this section is to enlist modes to be used to update the status to the client.

 Test Metrics

Include information about metrics that will be used to showcase