entry criteria and exit criteria for unit testing, integration
testing, system testing and uat



entry criteria and exit criteria for unit testing, integration testing, system testing and uat..

Answer / amulyaranjan behera

Entry Criteria

• Build notes is provided to APT team.

• All defect logged during earlier phases (Requirements, Design or Development) and planned to be fixed during APT phase are logged in Test Management software with a target resolution date.

• Business Analysts, Technical Architects, Developers, DBAs (Database Administrators), build deployment and support resources are identified and are made available as required during APT (Application Product Phase) testing.

• RTM (Requirements Traceability Matrix) is signed off by required stakeholders.

• Test Closure Report for AT (Assembly Testing) is signed off by required stake holders.

Exit Criteria
• All planned Test Scripts of Pass3 are executed and 95% of the Pass3 Test Cases have passed.

• Any Application Product Test Cases that are marked as NA (Not Applicable) should be reviewed and approved prior exiting APT (Application Product Test).

• There are no open/pending Severity 1 and Severity 2 defects, any pending Severity 3 and Severity 4 defects can be deferred only if they have been reviewed and approved by UAT users, Business users and other project stake holders.

• All the defects found pre-APT phases are closed or deferred by taking approval from all the required stake holders.

• Application Product Test resources, Business Analysts, Technical Architects, Developers, DBAs (Database Administrators), build deployment and support resources are identified and are made available for next phase of testing IPT (Integration Product Test).

• Test Closure Report for APT (Application Product Test) is signed off by required stake holders and handed off to IPT (Integration Product Test) team lead.

• Following deliverables are completed and signed off (Test approach, Test conditions and Expected results, Test scenarios, Test scripts, and common Test data sheet) before APT (Application Product Test) can start.

• APT (Application product test) environment is ready in terms of Hardware, Software and Build and is made available for APT team.

• Build deployed in Application Product Test environment has met the Exit Criteria defined for Assembly Testing.

• There are no pending Severity 1 Defects logged during Unit Testing or AT (Assembly Testing) phases.

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