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