Introduction

Software Test life cycle(STLC) is defined as the phases of testing activities performed in order to perform Software testing activities in an organization.

Requirement Analysis

In this phase, the QA team understands the Software requirements. Requirements could be either

• Functional Requirments
• Non Functional Requirments

 

Test planning

This phase involves the test planning effort. Creation of test plan, test strategy, test effort estimation, and test tools selection.

Test Design

This phase involves the creation of Test cases and Test scripts. Test data is identified and is reviewed by the team.

Test Environment Setup

In this phase, the QA Environment is setup that is used for Test execution.

Test Execution

During this phase, the QA Team will execute the test cases based on the test plan. Bugs will be logged for the failed test cases.

Test Reporting and Closure

This phase involves Test reporting, understanding various test metrics. QA team also discusses the bottlenecks and the preventive and corrective actions that need to be taken for the next test cycles.