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Appendix E - Test Script Template

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 May 2011

John Watkins
Affiliation:
IBM Software Group, UK
Simon Mills
Affiliation:
Ingenuity System Testing Services Ltd., UK
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Introduction

This appendix contains a test script template that may be copied and used to record the information necessary for conducting each test comprising a particular testing phase. An electronic version of the template can be obtained using the following link: http://www.cambridge.org/9780521148016/.

A completed example of a test script (Figure E1) is also included at the end of this appendix for guidance.

For each test, a separate test script will need to be completed by the test analyst. Each test script contains the following sections:

  • Project ID – the unique project identifier

  • AUT title – the definitive title of the application under test (front sheet only)

  • AUT version – the definitive version information for the AUT (front sheet only)

  • Testing phase – the title of the phase of testing being conducted (e.g., unit test, integration test, system test, etc.) (front sheet only)

  • Date of test – the planned start date of testing (front sheet only)

  • Test ID – the unique identifier for the test

  • Purpose of test – a brief description of the purpose of the test including a reference where appropriate to the requirement that is to be tested (consider providing references to the requirements specification, design specification, user guide, operations guide, and/or installation guide), as well as any dependencies from or to other test scripts/test cases

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Testing IT
An Off-the-Shelf Software Testing Process
, pp. 243 - 247
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2010

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