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How to Build the Plan - Share the plan
The Test Plan Samples
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How to Build the Plan - Share the plan
5. Share the plan.
- Ways to Share
- Engage designers and stakeholders in the test planning process.
- Actively solicit opinions about the test plan.
- Do everything possible to help the developers succeed.
- Help the developers understand how what they do impacts testing.
- Talk to technical writers and technical support people about sharing quality information.
- Get designers and developers to review and approve all reference materials.
- Record and reinforce agreements.
- Get people to review the plan in pieces.
- Improve reviewability by minimizing unnecessary text in test plan documents.
- Goals
- Common understanding of the test process.
- Common commitment to the test process.
- Reasonable participation in the test process.
- Management has reasonable expectations about the test process.
- Status Check
- Is the project team paying attention to the test plan?
- Does the project team, especially first line management, understand the role of the test team?
- Does the project team feel that the test team has the best interests of the project at heart?
- Is there an adversarial or constructive relationship between the test team and the rest of the project?
- Does any member of the project team feel that the testers are “off on a tangent” rather than focused on important testing tasks?
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