What is test plan and explain its contents?

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What is test plan and explain its contents? ..

Answer / selvagnapathi

It is a document that describes the way the testing could
be approached. The key components of the document is

Objective - A brief description about the change or the
idea implemented with critical benefits

Scope - What are all the requirements that will be tested
as part of the current release

Out scope- Areas that will not be tested by the team who
prepares this document, but still the change exist

Risk - potential factor that could harm the project in
future of later part of testing life cycle

Mitigation Plan: Solution or suggestion to alleviate the
risks hilited

Deliverables - Items supplied by the test team to the
clients

Entry criterial for each phase of testing

Exit criteria for each phase of testing

Environment and tools used for testing

Test data dependecy if any

Roles and responsibilites

Testing techiques(Black or white box) and levels of testing
(unit,smoke,system,integration,regression etc..)

RACI matrix (who are all responsible for what kind of
approvals)

Links to the all base lined documents supplied by the
clients

Please add if i have missed any