The testing life cycle begins when it is first conceived 
and ends when its not in use...

1) Identifying the Bug
2) Reporting it to the developer
3) Fixing the bug
4) Retesting it
    a) If fixed the testing will be closed
    b) else follow from the step1.

Software testing life cycle includes all the phases that are
responsible to completely test the software or
application.It consists of the following phases
1.Plannning
2.Analysis
3.Design
4.Construction
5.Testing cycles
6.final Testing & Implementation
7.Post Implementation

Selvi's answer is wrong. Please refer Rupha's Ananswer

Software Testing Life Cycle

1.Test Planning.
2.Test Development
3.Test Execution.
4.Result Analysis.
5.Bug Tracking.
6.Reporting

Thare are five process of testing life cycle are as 
fellows :-
1.Test plan prepration
2.Test case design
3.Test execution and Test Log prepration
4.Defect Tracking
5.Test Report prepration

Kannadiga's answer is wrong , refer to PSwapnasri and 
Swapnil

Thanks for all who are helping me and Wish u all happy new 
Year........

Now I have a one more question plz...help me


what is the I DIFFERENCE BETWEEN Performance Testing,LOAD 
TESTING AND STESS TESTING JUST IN ONE LINE ANSWER give me 
with an EXAMPLE PLZ.... 

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1)	Requirment capture
2)	Test strategy preparation
3)	Test Plan prepaprtion
4)	Test case design specification and Test data    specification
5)	Test Execution
6)	Bug reporting
7)	Bug Tracking
8)	Test closure
9)	Test summary Report
by krish Sr Software Tester

Hi,swapna
        
         ur answer is 100% correcect regarding 2 MINDQ
material.but in real time so many companies r not satisfying
with such answer.i also suffered xactly from this question.
now also u got the rank4.so hw 2 answer 4 this question?plz
send me 2 my mail plz.
       ADVANCED THANX 2 U 


satishpreetam@gmail.com

Hi pratikshyaji,
        i didnt get ur answer.could u plz giv in detail.









satishpreetam@gmail.com

Test Requirments and Analysis
Test Planning
Test Environment Setup (Test Bed)
Test Design (Test Cases, RTM, Test Data ...etc)
Test Execution & Defect Tracking
Test Reports & Acceptance Test.

Requirements Gathering (BRS Document)
Test Analysis (SRS/FRS Document)
Test Design (HLD & LLD Documents)
Test Data Gathering
Test Environments Setup
Test Execution
Defect Tracking and Reporting
UAT
Implementation & Maintenance

STLC is defined in this way............

1)Requirements gathering
2)Test Design
3)Design Reviews
4)Code Reviews
5)Test cases Preparation
6)Test Execution
7)Bug reporting
8)Test Reports
9)Test closure
10)Reworking on patches
11)release to production

Following are the different kind of processes we need to
follow in the Software test life cycle..

1)Preparing Test strategy from the given BRS and SRS doucment
2)Preparing Test plan from the prepared Test Strategy
3)Preparing Test scenarios from the functional specification
mentioned from the SRS Document
4)Preparing Test Cases from the prepared Test Scenarios
5)Executing Test Cases on the given Software build to
identify the test cases status pass or fail
6)Reporting Test log/defects to the corresponding Developer
7)Conducting regression/retesting after fixing the defect
from the developer
8)Preparing Test Traceability matrix


Regards
SM