STLC (Software Test Life Cycle)

Software Testing Life Cycle or STLC is a comprehensive group of testing related steps followed to deliver quality product. Testing has become an important phenomenon during and after development of any software development project. The various steps in testing process are:

• Test planning

This is the initial and key step in software testing. This step determines the overall flow of testing process starting from:

• Requirement gathering, its analysis and specifications
• Framing the test plan and test scenario
• Preparing test cases and its approval
• Tools selection and confirmation

We carry out our test planning on the basis of IEEE Standard for Software Test Documentation and other industry specifications.

• Testing environment and harness preparation

This stage is defined by test automation framework design and development and test scripts creation. SCMS a software development company has state-of-the-art testing equipment, system software, and web middleware. This ensures creation of proper testing environment. It also helps in essentially decreasing the time for testing configurations deployment.

• Test execution

The manual and automated software testing, as specified in the test plan, is applied in a dynamic state of code. The approaches and methods are utilized to validate the executable code developed meeting the specifications stated at start of software project.

For each of these types of testing we have established approaches, proven testing tools, and adjusted reporting documents templates. Testing techniques applied:

• Black Box / White Box testing
• Ad Hoc / Exploratory testing
• Scripted testing
• Test Reporting

We use the industry-recognized bug tracking tools like Jira, BugZilla. The test reports are well-documented and the spotted bugs are reported to the developer after the testing is completed.

• Final reporting and analysis

This is final step of test cycle. It involves the final report preparation and project metrics generation. The defects spotted are analyzed and recommendations are made for improvements.