6. What is difference between a Test Plan, a Test
Strategy, A Test Scenario, and A Test Case
? What’s is their order of succession in the STLC?

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6. What is difference between a Test Plan, a Test Strategy, A Test Scenario, and A Test Case ? Wh..

Answer / sunitha.chenna

The order in the STLC
1. Test Plan
2. Test Strategy
3. Test Scenario
4. Test Case

Test Plan: This document describes the different types of testing that we follow in our testing cycle, along with the exit and entry criteria, the deliverables at a high level and
defect management etc...

Test Strategy: This document gives the approch for testing.

Test Scenarios: It may contain high level flow of the functionality later which this can be break down into n number of test cases.

Test Cases: Test cases contain a detail level of functionality check

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6. What is difference between a Test Plan, a Test Strategy, A Test Scenario, and A Test Case ? Wh..

Answer / charan

Test plan contains schedules of testing
Test strategy contains approches for testing
Test scenario is serious of testcases for functionality
Test case is a condition to test

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6. What is difference between a Test Plan, a Test Strategy, A Test Scenario, and A Test Case ? Wh..

Answer / pooja kaushal

Test Plan : A document describing the scope, approach,
resources and Schedule of intended test activities. It
identifies amongst other test items, the features to be
tested , the testing tasks, who will do each task, degree
of tester independence, the test enviornment, the test
design techniques and entry and exit criteria to be used,
and the rationale for their choice, and any risks requiring
contingency planning. Its a record of test planning
process. [After IEEE 829]

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