WHAT IS A TEST STRATEGY & WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
TEST STRATEGY & TEST PLAN?
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Answer / manju
Test Strategy : It overall approach of testing and it is basically common in project for all phase,Created by Project manager.
Test Plan: Strategy is part of Plan,Plan include Scope ,Overview of testing,Risks , Environment,Technique,Number of tester,Schedule,entry Point(When to start(test case writing after after requirement complete and Run test case after build given by development).
Plan is different for each phase and Create by test lead.
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Answer / k s chandrashekar
Test strategy is the part of test plan and which drives the testing technique end to end of the application.
1.Understand the design and work flow of the application with specifications. 2.Analyse the technology which is used for development. 3. Analyse the production environment.
The above points should be noted and design the test technique such that it should meet the client specification.
Test technique means design test cases with respect to requirement specification and what type of testing is required to achieve the best quality.
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Answer / v.m.rajesh
Test strategy is a statement which covers overall approach
to testing and it indicates levels of testing to be
applied,techniques, method and tools to be used.It should
be prepared at the first stage of testing life cycle.It can
be a part of testpaln.
Test plan is a document which covers activities to be done
for the testing process.It should say "why" and "how"
product is validated.
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Answer / badhu
This answer is partially correct Test strategy is not a part of test plan rather test plan is the part of TS.
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Answer / shubhashini k l
Test Plan: Test plan is a Document, developed by the Test
Lead, which contains "What to Test","How to Test", "When to
Test", "Who to Test".
Test Strategy: Test Strategy is a Document, developed by
the Project manager, which contains what type of technique
to follow and which module to test
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Answer / nandu
Test strategy is a document which consists the whole
information about the Project or the build having overall
requirements of the functional and non functional. Test plan
is the thing which consists of the information for testing
that how to test, who to test and when to test.
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Answer / venkatesh
Test strategy is part of test planning doc.
Test stategy explains what are all the kind of testings
that should be done.
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Answer / nandini patil
Test Stratergy : it is organisation level term which is
common for all project with small customisations
Test Plan: it is a project level term which is used for
testing a specific project.
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Answer / pradeep.y
Is test strategy part of test plan? when does test strategy
comes into picture during SDLC?
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Answer / qtp learner
Test Plan : what to test
Test strategy : How to test
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