Stages of Test Closure
The test closure process is executed in the following six stages, which helps the team to ensure that the software system being deployed is error free and well effective for the end users. The stages involved in the test closure process are as follows:
- Analyze and Check Planned Deliverables: The testing team checks and analyzes the required documents including the test data, test plan, test strategy, traceability matrix, and test completion report that have to be delivered to the stakeholder of the project.
- Closure of Incident Reports: During the testing process, the testing team observes certain variations and deviations that are mentioned in the incident report. This incident report is prepared in the earlier stages of testing. In this stage, the team checks and ensures that all the incidents mentioned in the incident report are closed.
- Handover to Maintenance Team: After the incident reports are closed, the testing team hands over the testwares to the maintenance team.
- Finalizing Testwares: In this stage, the testwares like test cases, test scripts, etc are finalized for future release and use by clients.
- Document System Acceptance: In this stage, the client accepts the developed software with the entire details and agrees to use it. This also includes the validation and verification of the software system as defined in the validation section, before the actual implementation of the system software.
- Analyze Best Practices: This is the last stage of test closure. In this stage, the required data and information is collected to enhance the maturity of testwares and lessons to be remembered for future releases. This aids the team to determine modifications that are required for similar future releases.
Test Closure in Software Testing
Software testing is the process of evaluating and analyzing whether the software product is working as expected and doing what it is supposed to do. There are many benefits of performing the testing activity like improved software quality, reduced bugs, reduced development costs, etc. The end result of the testing process is Test Closure. The article focuses on discussing the test closure.
The following topics will be discussed here:
- What is Test Closure?
- Need for Test Closure
- Stages of Test Closure
- Test Closure activities
- When are Test Closure Activities Performed?
- Test Closure Report
- Benefits of Performing Test Closure Activities
Let’s start discussing each of these topics in detail.