Activity: Develop Test Guidelines

Roles and Activities > Tester Role Set > Test Designer > Develop Test Guidelines

Purpose To develop test guidelines.
Steps Tailor the test guidelines Capture decisions
Input Artifacts: Development Case Tools Test Guidelines	Resulting Artifacts: Test Guidelines
Frequency: Before test starts.
Role: Test Designer

Workflow Details:

Environment

Prepare Guidelines for an Iteration

Tailor the Test Guidelines

you may have to tailor the test guidelines to cover areas that are relevant for your project. See section "Tailoring" in Test Guidelines. The development case will serve as one input since it describes how the project will do testing.

Capture Decisions

Before you start Test you must make general decisions regarding guidelines and strategies for testing. Document these decisions in the Test Guidelines.

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