Testing strategy

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Introduction

Purpose

The purpose of this document is to define a high level QA strategy at Moodle and communicate that process to the relevant stakeholders. This document is loosely based upon the IEEE829 standard for software testing documentation; adaptations have been made to this standard to make the document more lightweight, suitable for use in an agile process and relevant to the organization.

This document is test centric, only explaining the development process from a testing point of view. The scope of this document does not cover the details of the entire development process at Moodle but how testing is applied to it. This document also discusses potential benefits to the organization of the processes discussed. Currently the processes that are documented here are under development. Progress can be viewed via the Testing Roadmap

Scope

This document encompasses all testing activities at Moodle and how they will be performed. This includes:

• Testing Methodology at Moodle
• The Moodle Testing Process
• Hardware requirements
• Testing Tools and Their Use
• Test Automation Process
• Test Environments
• Implementation Plan
• Training
• Useful Resources