Testing process   

• Analysis Requirements: gathering and analyzing customer requirements.

• Software Test Plan (STP): definition of scope and goals; elaboration of appropriate testing methodologies; preparation of software testing strategy; assigning roles and responsibilities; definition of resource requirements, start and completion criteria.

• Test Environment: setting up the test infrastructure, identification of testing environment and test tools, installation and configuration of the product.

• Test Metrics: description of areas to be measured, development and collection of metrics.

• Test Design and Implementation: development of test scenarios, test cases, test check-list, test procedures, test scripts; development of test applications, etc.

• Test Execution: performance of testing, both static or dynamic, which is provided for usage of manual and automatic test cases as required by STP and STS.

• Defect Management (Bug Tracking): recording testing results, defect description (Problem Reports, Change Requests); defect review and testing results analysis; errors correction; defect resolution verification.

• Reporting: status reports, weekly reports, milestone reports, closure report.