Test Policy

Test Policy

Hi Like I said, we will be moving ahead with our next step of learning. So, today i will try to give you a brief Idea about Test Policy and its related area.

So, what is test Policy?

Test Policy is a high level company document and will be developed by management. This document defines “Testing Objective” specific to that organization. Relatively static document (Changes when organization’s focus changes).Test policy is the base that is used by an organization at the time of signing the contract with the clients or Vendor.

The following is an example of how a test policy document exists in a small scale IT company:

Small-scale company test policy would look similar to the following:

1. Testing Definition: Verification + Validation --> The V&V Model
2. Design Testing Process: Proper planning before starting of testing phase
3. Testing Standard: Defect per 280 LOC (Lines of Code) / Defect per 10 functional points.
4. Testing Measurements: QAM(Quality Assurance Management), TTM (Test Team management), PCM (Process Capability Measurement).