Test Management Process: A Complete Guide for Testing Project

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Test Management

Test Management is a process of managing the testing activities in order to ensure high quality and high-end testing of the software application. The method consists of organizing, controlling, ensuring traceability and visibility of the testing process in order to deliver the high quality software application. It ensures that the software testing process runs as expected.

You become a Test Manager of the most important project in your company. The project task is to test the net banking facility of the esteemed “gtupapers Bank” Everything seems to be great. Your boss trusts you. He counts on you. You have a good chance to prove yourself in your task. But the truth is:

There are two main Parts of Test Management Process: -

Planning

Risk Analysis and Solution

Risk is the potential loss (an undesirable outcome, however not necessarily so) resulting from a given action or an activity.

Risk Analysis is the first step which Test Manager should consider before starting any project. Because all projects may contain risks, early risk detection and identification of its solution will help Test Manager to avoid  potential loss in the future & save on project cost.

You will learn more detail about the Risk Analysis and Solution in here.

Test Estimation

An estimate is a forecast or prediction. Test Estimation is approximately determining how long a task would take to complete. Estimating effort for the test is one of the major and important tasks in Test Management.

Benefits of correct estimation:

  1. Accurate test estimates lead to better planning, execution and monitoring of tasks under a test manager's attention.
  2. Allow for more accurate scheduling and help realize results more confidently.

You will learn more details about the Test Estimation and metrics in here.

Test Planning

Now you have a Plan, but how will you stick to the plan and execute it? To answer that question, you have Test Organization phase.

Generally speaking, you need to organize an effective Testing Team. You have to assemble a skilled team to run the ever-growing testing engine effectively.

Do you need to know more about the Test Organization? Why are self-organized teams so important? Click here  for detail.

Execution

Test Monitoring and Control

What will you do when your project runs out of resource or exceeds the time schedule? You need to Monitor and Control Test activities to bring it back on schedule.

Test Monitoring and Control is the process of overseeing all the metrics necessary to ensure that the project is running well, on schedule, and not out of budget.

Monitoring

Monitoring is a process of collecting, recording, and reporting information about the project activity that the project manager and stakeholder needs to know

To Monitor, Test Manager does following activities

Controlling

Project Controlling is a process of using data from monitoring activity to bring actual performance to planned performance.

In this step, the Test Manager takes action to correct the deviations from the plan. In some cases, the plan has to be adjusted according to project situation.

Issue Management

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