Project Management

: Test Planning & Management

1. Project Management – The Basics

a. Project Defined

b. Software Project Management Process

c. Goals of Software Project Planning

d. Goals of Software Project Management

e. Cost/Schedule/Product Trilogy

f. Successful Projects

g. Test Planning & Management

h. Test Manager

2. Test Planning

a. Test Planning Documents – V&V Plan

b. Test Planning Documents – Test Plans

c. Test Planning Documents – Test Design Specification

d. Work Breakdown Structure

· Product Type Work Breakdown Structure

· Process Type Work Breakdown Structure

· Hybrid Type Work Breakdown Structure

·  Long-term & Near-term Planning

·  Exercise – Testing WBS

e.  Test Deliverables

f.  Test Estimation

·  Estimating Size

· Estimating Effort & Cost

·  Test Productivity Metrics

· Include Everything

·  Test Schedule & Resources

·  Activity Network

·  Schedule Duration

g.  Test Staffing & Training

·  Approaches to Organizing the Test Function

· Staff & Resource Allocation

· Qualities Beneficial to a Tester

·  Skill Gap Analysis

h.  Test Environment

3. Risk Management

a.  Risk Defined

b.  Risk/Reward Balance

c. Types of Risk

d. Risk Management Process

e. Risk Identification Techniques

f. Techniques for Handling Risks

g. Exercise – Risk Management

h. Risk Based Testing

4. Test Management

a. Test Implementation

b. Freezing Baselines

c. Test Tracking

· Evaluating the Testing Effort

· Technical Peer Reviews

· Managerial Reviews

· Managerial Reviews - Test Team Status Reviews

· Managerial Reviews - Senior Management Reviews

· Managerial Reviews - Phase Transition/Milestone Reviews

· Post Project Reviews

· Audits

·  Test Management Metrics

· Test Management Metrics – Schedule Tracking

· Test Management Metrics – Staff & Resource Tracking

· Test Management Metrics – Requirements Churn Metric

· Test Completeness Metrics

· Defect Tracking Metrics

· Defect Tracking Metrics – Defect Arrival Rate

· Defect Tracking Metrics – Cumulative Defects by Status

· Defect Tracking Metrics – Defect Closure Rate

· Defect Tracking Metrics – Defect Backlog by Severity

· Defect Tracking Metrics – Reliability Predictions

· Cost of Quality Metrics

d. Test Control

· Corrective Action

· Minimizing Testing Costs

· Test Sufficiency

5. Test Processes

a. Test Process Definition

· Process Architecture

· Test Process Definition

· Example – System Test Process

b. Test Process Metrics

· Test Optimization Metrics – Test Effectiveness

· Test Optimization Metrics - Escapes

· Test Optimization Metrics – Phase Containment

· Test Optimization Metrics – Defect Detection Efficiency

· Test Process Effectiveness Metrics

· Test Process Effectiveness Metrics – Defect Arrival Rate

· Test Process Effectiveness Metrics – Defect Density

· Test Process Effectiveness Metrics – Reliability Actuals