Once the testing process begins Test metrics will be calculated. Test Metrics calculation enables us to measure the quality of the test artifacts and to make the right decisions.

Defect Metrics

Defect metrics are included for the purpose of defect triage. Alternatively, links to bug tracking reports can be provided here with filter parameters.

Active Defects:

Defects	Number	Description
Active defects by severity and priority
Active defects by the assignee

 

All Defects:

 

Defects	Number	Description
Active resolved and closed defects
Defects by severity and priority

 

 Test Case Coverage Metrics

Test case coverage metrics are included for the purpose of identifying the next priority testing tasks.

Test Cases	Number	Description
Number of test cases Passed vs. Failed vs. remaining to run
Number of test cases run vs. left to run
% of test cases Passed vs. Failed vs. remaining to run
% of test cases run vs. left to run

Automation Test Case Coverage Metrics

Automation Test case coverage metrics are included for the purpose of identifying the next priority automation testing tasks. (Code reviews, skipped test cases root cause, valid automation failures or false negatives, etc.)

Automated Test Cases	Number	Description
Number of Automated test cases Passed vs. Failed vs. Skipped remaining to run
Number of Automated test cases Run vs. Skipped left to run
% of Automated test cases Passed vs. Failed vs. Skipped remaining to run