

In an agile cycle this is during the period of time in which the business analyst or product owner fills in the details for items on the Product Backlog but before introducing the item into an Iteration Backlog. In a waterfall cycle this is during the Analysis phase. By the end of this chapter, you will know how to use the Plan tab of MTM, create new plans, and create a framework for testers to work in for a given period of time.Īs mentioned in Chapter 1, "State of Testing," testers should be involved, ideally, during the requirements gathering process. Can you reuse your Test Cases, and does it make sense to do that? Many items come into play when planning the testing for an entire release versus a single iteration. In addition, Microsoft provides a little-used Test Plan Word template that can help answer some questions about the testing process up front.Īnother key item covered here is how to plan and test for multiple iterations.

More important, this chapter covers what to test and how to get involved as a tester early in the development process. This chapter covers how to create a Test Plan with Microsoft Test Manager (MTM) and the various options that the Test Plan provides to you. The plan does not need to be 500 pages of documentation or a massive Gantt chart.
