Introduction,scope,test team and their 
responsibilities,test environment,S/W&H/W reqiurements,test 
data preparation,levels of 
testing,seviroty&priority,shedule,risk,automation 
plan,features to test,bug life cycle all these are 
documents of test plan.

reqired 
brs and srs doc
development plan
test strategy plan from pm

SRS document and requirement documents are required to 
prepare test plan.

Definition :Test plan is road map for entire testing 
activity.

It includes

Test objective ie goal of Testing

Test Strategy: What type of testing required

Risk analysis

Communication

Test Environment

Test Tools

SRS,BRS,USE CASE DOCUMENT,KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER DOCUMENT

Entry and Exit Criteria

first 
matrials
mock-up
type of work
new form

Test Plan:
Test plan is the freezed document developed from SRS, FS, 
UC. After completion of testing team formation and risk 
analysis, Test Lead is preparing test plan document in term 
of what to test, how to test, who to test, and when to test.

There is one Master Test Plan consists of reviewed Project 
Test Plan and Phase Test Plan. So there is general talk 
about Project Test Plan.
Components are as follows:

1. Test Plan id
2. Introduction
3. Test items
4. Features to be tested
5. Features not to be tested
6. Approach
7. Testing tasks
8. Suspension criteria
9. Features pass or fail criteria 
10. Test environment (Entry criteria, Exit criteria)
11. Test deliverables
12. Staff and training needs
13. Responsibilities
14. Schedule
15. Risk and mitigation
16. Approach