Test Planning and Design

Testing has three distinct activities: Planning, execution, and evaluation. Each activity requires about one-third of the time and effort. However, how well you do the one-third of the time in test planning determines how well the other two-thirds of the testing effort will be performed.

This course teaches how to write test plans that make the best use of your resources. We discuss many aspects of testware and how to create, maintain, and manage it across all phases of testing for a project.  "Testware" is the term for all materials used to perform a test. Testware includes test plans, test cases, test scripts, and any other items needed to design and execute tests.

Designing tests effectively, maintaining the test documentation, and keeping track of all the test documentation (testware) are all major challenges in the testing effort. This course is designed to teach the process of dealing with all aspects of testware before, during, and after the test.