How should the test plan be written? A thought teaches you

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1、 Do you want to write a test plan ？

2、 What does the test plan contain ？

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1、 Do you want to write a test plan ？

Some companies require that 《 test plan 》, Some companies never write . Should it be written or not ？

It is said that , If you are prepared, you will be established. If you are not prepared, you will be abandoned , Most of us agree that planning is very helpful to promote things . Some companies will require the test manager to issue a test plan . But it's hard to write a test plan , The maintenance cost is also high , If you don't write well , And easy to become a mere formality .

My opinion ： Write a plan , To ensure the smooth progress of the project testing . If this can be achieved , In fact, there is no need to stick to the form . We don't have to use standard plan templates to manage our plans , It can also be spoken 、 Write an email 、 Write a list . What do you think ？

                     

 

2、 What does the test plan contain ？

A test plan is a set of ideas that guide our testing process , That is to say clearly some less detailed things related to the test .

Testing has essentially only one purpose ： Some parts of our products are abnormal , We implement tests , Is to find these abnormal places .

There are many test plan templates online , But after summarizing and comparing, we will find , No matter how the format changes , Can't escape 5W1H principle （what,why,who,when,where,how). take 6w Explain clearly , It is a good test plan .

why：

What are the test priorities ？ Why test ？ The test cycle is usually very tight , We need to arrange our resources according to this thinking .

who：

This system （ Or a function ） Who cares ？ We need to think from their perspective .

Who will test ？

Which functional modules are everyone responsible for testing ？

                      

 

when：

When to test ？

When does it end ？

The starting and ending time of each stage ？

The start and exit time everyone invests .

what：

Test range , For example, we stipulated in the plan that only IE8 Do compatibility tests on , And the review passed , In the future, you don't have to worry about getting into trouble when other browsers have problems .

How many tests ？ Some tests are easier said than done . For example, we have to test “APP Whether the upgrade is normal ”, There may be hundreds of use cases related to upgrading , How to choose at this time ？

What work outputs are there and how they are delivered to customers ？

where:

Test environment . For example, it takes several servers to build a test environment ？ Who is responsible for maintaining ？ The publisher or server is down , You don't have to ask questions , Just find the corresponding person according to the test plan .

how：

The test strategy . How to test products to quickly find important problems ？ Where special tests are required ？ What means should be used to test ？

That's important . We often see 《 test plan 》 The schedule is included in 、 A lot of information such as resource arrangement , But there was no talk about how to test the product ？ This may make the test executor confused when carrying out the work .

These things are with , That's the test plan . When writing , Try to start from the reader's point of view , Tell them what they want to know 、 Things that may cause confusion have been written 、 The rules are set , Is a good test plan .

  Thank everyone who reads my article carefully ！！！
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