Describe Software Testing life cycle? What are the steps in
volved in STLC (Software Testing Life Cycle)?

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Describe Software Testing life cycle? What are the steps in volved in STLC (Software Testing Life ..

Answer / abhijit

Following are different phases of STLC

1. Requirement understanding
2. Test Plan creation
3. Test Case creation
4. Bug Reporting

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Describe Software Testing life cycle? What are the steps in volved in STLC (Software Testing Life ..

Answer / umasubbu4u

STLC descripbes the steps involved in the testing process.
Following are steps involved:

1. Review of requirements.
2. Review of Design.
3. Black Box testing.

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Describe Software Testing life cycle? What are the steps in volved in STLC (Software Testing Life ..

Answer / pjstalin

In STLC the steps involed are

1. Test Plan Prepration
2. Reveiw and approval of Test Plan
3. Test Case Prepration
4. Review and Approval of Test Case
5. Execution of Test Case
6. Logging and Verification of issues

These are the phase in STLC in broad phase

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Describe Software Testing life cycle? What are the steps in volved in STLC (Software Testing Life ..

Answer / sarmasudhir

This life cycle is used for standard applications that are
built from various custom technologies and follow the normal
or standard testing approach. The Application or
custom-build Lifecycle and its phases is depicted below:

Test Requirements
• Requirement Specification documents
• Functional Specification documents
• Design Specification documents (use cases, etc)
• Use case Documents
• Test Trace-ability Matrix for identifying Test Coverage

Test Planning
• Test Scope, Test Environment
• Different Test phase and Test Methodologies
• Manual and Automation Testing
• Defect Mgmt, Configuration Mgmt, Risk Mgmt. Etc
• Evaluation & identification – Test, Defect tracking tools

Test Environment Setup
• Test Bed installation and configuration
• Network connectivity’s
• All the Software/ tools Installation and configuration
• Coordination with Vendors and others

Test Design
• Test Traceability Matrix and Test coverage
• Test Scenarios Identification & Test Case preparation
• Test data and Test scripts preparation
• Test case reviews and Approval
• Base lining under Configuration Management

Test Automation
• Automation requirement identification
• Tool Evaluation and Identification.
• Designing or identifying Framework and scripting
• Script Integration, Review and Approval
• Base lining under Configuration Management

Test Execution and Defect Tracking
• Executing Test cases
• Testing Test Scripts
• Capture, review and analyze Test Results
• Raised the defects and tracking for its closure

Test Reports and Acceptance
• Test summary reports
• Test Metrics and process Improvements made
• Build release
• Receiving acceptance

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Describe Software Testing life cycle? What are the steps in volved in STLC (Software Testing Life ..

Answer / dawntilldusk

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Describe Software Testing life cycle? What are the steps in volved in STLC (Software Testing Life ..

Answer / kochu

1. Identify test candidates
2. Test plan
3. Design test cases
4. Execute tests
5. Evaluate results
6. Document results
7. Analysis/preparation of validation reports
8. Regression testing/retesting according to the followup
bugs.

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Describe Software Testing life cycle? What are the steps in volved in STLC (Software Testing Life ..

Answer / tanay k nayak

1.Study of requirements.
2.Test Planning / Approval of TEst Planning.
3.Test Case design / approval of test case.
4.Executing test case.
5.Reporting bugs.
6.Retesting if immediate solution came.
7.Regression testing .
8.Release

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Describe Software Testing life cycle? What are the steps in volved in STLC (Software Testing Life ..

Answer / hiren

STLC mainly consist of 2 phases
1)Verification &
2)Validation
Verification is the Reviewing part,in which
tester has to review all documents related to URS(User
requirement specification),SRS(System requirement
specification),FRS(Function Requirement specification) etc.

Validation is the actual testing
phase,where tester has to perform testing as per the test
planning by using Black-Box & White box testing.there are
different validation method like,
1)Unit testing
2)Integration testing
3)function testing
4)System testing
5)Acceptance testing.

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Describe Software Testing life cycle? What are the steps in volved in STLC (Software Testing Life ..

Answer / neeta

The STLC Lifecycle has several phases:
1.Effort Estimation
2.Project Initiation
3.System Study
4.Test Plan
5.Designing of Test Cases
6.Test Automation(if you are thinking of going in for
Automation)
7.Execute Test Cases
8.Report Defects
9.Regression Testing
10.Analysis
11.Summary

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Describe Software Testing life cycle? What are the steps in volved in STLC (Software Testing Life ..

Answer / dawntilldusk

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