What is a Test Strategy? What is d difference between a Test
Strategy and a Test Plan?

Answer Posted / venkateswara reddy

TEST STRATEGY:
Before starting a testing activities the team lead will
have to think a lot and arrive at a strategy.This will
describe the approch,which is to be adopted for carring out
test activities including the test planing activities.This
is a formal document and the very first document regarding
the testing area and is prepared at a very early stage in
SDLC.This document should give the overall scope of project
at a high leavel.

TEST PLANS:
these are prepared by experienced people only.In all test
plans the ENTRY -TASK -VALIDATION -EXIT criteria are t0 be
mentioned.ENTRY means the entry point to that phase. TASK
means activities that is performed.VALIDATION is the way in
which the progress and correctness and compliance are
verified that phase.EXIT tells the completion criteria of
that phase ofter the validation is done.

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