ISTQB Foundation - Chapter 5 - Test Management Questions And Answers Latest Updates
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Project risks - ️️Supplier issues, skill or staff shortage, personal issues, requirement
issues, test environments not ready, low quality of design, code, and tests
Test leader tasks - ️️1) Coordinating the development of the test strategy and plan
with project managers
2) Writing or re...
Project risks - ✔️✔️Supplier issues, skill or staff shortage, personal issues, requirement
issues, test environments not ready, low quality of design, code, and tests
Test leader tasks - ✔️✔️1) Coordinating the development of the test strategy and plan
with project managers
2) Writing or reviewing test strategies
3) Contributing testing perspective to other project activities
4) Planning the development of the required tests
5) Taking required action on issues
6) Scheduling testing activities
Risk - ✔️✔️a factor that could result in future negative consequences
Level of risk - ✔️✔️Probability of risk occurring x impact if it did happen
Product risks - ✔️✔️Failure prone software delivered, potential for a defect to cause
harm, poor software characteristics, software that doesn't do what it is supposed to
Risk-based testing - ✔️✔️Proactively reduces the risk by identifying them and
mitigating them as soon as possible
Risk-based approach - ✔️✔️1) Determines test techniqes and the extent of testing
needed
2) Prioritize testing in an attempt to find critical defects as early as possible
3) Determines non-testing techniques that could reduce risk
Test approach - ✔️✔️All of the decisions made on how testing should be implemented,
based upon project goals and risk assessment
Factors for selecting a test approach - ✔️✔️1) Risk of failure of the project
2) Skills and experience of the people in the proposed techniques, tools, and methods
3) Object and mission of the testing team
4) Regulatory aspects
5) Nature of the product and business
, Master test plan - ✔️✔️Main document produced in testing which details each of the
other test plans
IEEE 829 - ✔️✔️Standard for Software Test Documentation
16 sections of IEEE 829 - ✔️✔️S - scope
P - people
A - approach
C - criteria
E - environment needs
D - deliverables (test)
I - identifier and introduction
R - risks and contingencies
T - testing tasks and schedule
Test planning activites - ✔️✔️1) Working with the project manager and SMEs to
determine the scope and risks
2) Putting together the test strategy
3) Liaising with the project
4) Working with the project to decide what needs to be tested
5) Building a plan that identifies when and who will do the test analysis and design
6) Finding and assigning resources
7) Deciding what docs will be needed
8) Ensuring test documentation generates repeatable test assets
Entry criteria - ✔️✔️Determines when a test activity can start
Exit criteria - ✔️✔️Determines when a given test activity has been completed or when it
should stop
Two approaches of test estimation - ✔️✔️Metrics-based approach and expert-based
approach
Metrics-based approach test estimation - ✔️✔️Estimates the cost and time of a project
based on metrics from previous or similar projects
Expert-based approach test estimation - ✔️✔️Estimates the cost and time of a project
based on the experiences of the task owners
Test control - ✔️✔️The activity of using information from test reporting to decide on a
course of action to ensure control of the test activities is maintained and exit criteria are
met
Risk - ✔️✔️a factor that could result in future negative consequences
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