Prepare Release Test Process

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The Prepare Release Test process contains Description, Purpose, Responsible, Method, Time, Input and Output.

Description

• the overall preparation is continuously defined and implemented
• setting the exact successcriteria together with the developers for each implementation task
• preparing the release test description, data and platform for the releasetest

Purpose

• a reliable releasetest for all changes made in the actual iteration
• a releasetest ready for execution just after the last iteration task is finished

Responsible

• Test Coordinator

Method

During the implementation of the iteration following task need to be done or verified by a proactive Testcoordinator:

• The creation of the Wiki test release page happens soon after the start of the iteration.
• The Test Coordinator will work together with the developer to decide who is responsible for implementing the releasetest
• Before the implementation of a task the deleloper defines how the release test can be implemented. Unit tests may be sufficient testing so that a proper release test is not necessary.
  • Accepted by the test coordinator
• The tests covers the need for each iteration. By development iterations - not production releases - the test focus is only on the code areas, that may be affected by the changes.
• That documentation will be verified.
• That each release test is checked as far as possible before the start of the release test
• That there is clean up of the releasetest page for old test cases and and bug test items.
• That the time for preparation and execution of the releasetest is fair.
• That the platform has sufficient capacity (disk space platforms ..)
• That each test ready for execution is spread out to different testpeople

Time

• After the iteration has been started and tasks distributed by project leader

• Before code freeze within the iteration

Input

• Component owners are responsible for testdata and sanity checks and for providing the test coordinator with a list of bugs fixes and a sanity check descriptions

Output

• a reliable releasetest - just in time