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1. Software
Testing
Life Cycle ( STLC)
(Professional Business Analyst Training organisation)

2. 1. Requirement Gathering:
Activities: Prepare the list of question or queries
and get resolved from Business Analyst, System
Architecture, Client, Technical Manager/Lead etc.
Deliverables: List of questions with all answers to
be resolved from business i.e. testable necessities

3. 2. Test Planning:
•Activities: Define object & scope of the project
•List down the testing type drawn in in the STLC.
•Test effort evaluation and resource planning.
•Selection of testing tool if required.
•Define the testing process overview.
•Define the test environment necessary for entire
project.

4. 3. Test case Development
Activities: Preparation of test cases.
Preparation of test automation scripts
Deliverables: Test cases.
Test data.
Test Automation ScriptS
Traditional BA (Waterfall) Agile BA
Requirements are documented in Use
Cases,Business Requirements, Functional
requirements, UI Specifications, Business Rules.
Requirements are documented in Epics, User
Stories and optionally Business (or Essential) Use
cases.
Focuses on completeness of requirement and
spends time in ensuring the requirement is
unambiguous and has all the details.
Focuses on understanding the problem and being
the domain expert so that s/he can answer
questions from the development team swiftly and
decisively.
Focuses on getting a ‘sign off’ on the requirements.
Focuses on ensuring the requirements meet the
currentbusiness needs, even if it requires
updating them.
Often there is a wall between the BA/Business and
the Development team.
Agile BA (Often called as Product Owner) is part of
the team.
Tends to dictate solutions.
Has to remain in the problem domain, leaving the
development team ‘space’ to explore different
solutions.
Long turnaround. Quick turnaround.
Focus on what the requirements document said. In
other words, output (Artifact) is a well written
thorough requirements document.
Focus on the functionality of the developed
software. In other words, output (Artifact) is the
software that meets thebusiness needs.

5. 4. Test environment setup:
Traditional BA (Waterfall) Agile BA
Activities: Requirements Analyze are documented the in Use
requirements Requirements are documented and in Epics, prepare User
the
Cases,Business Requirements, Functional
Stories and optionally Business (or Essential) Use
requirements, UI Specifications, Business Rules.
cases.
list of Software & hardware required to set up test
Focuses on understanding the problem and being
Focuses on completeness of requirement and
the domain expert so that s/he can answer
spends time in ensuring the requirement is
environment. group the test questions from the development team swiftly and
unambiguous and has all the details.
decisively.
setting.
Focuses on getting a ‘sign off’ on the requirements.
Focuses on ensuring the requirements meet the
currentbusiness needs, even if it requires
updating them.
Often there is a wall between the BA/Business and
the Development team.
Agile BA (Often called as Product Owner) is part of
the team.
Deliverable's: Tends to dictate solutions.
Test Environment will be ready with test.
Has to remain in the problem domain, leaving the
development team ‘space’ to explore different
solutions.
Long turnaround. Quick turnaround.
Focus on what the requirements document said. In
other words, output (Artifact) is a well written
thorough requirements document.
Focus on the functionality of the developed
software. In other words, output (Artifact) is the
software that meets thebusiness needs.

6. 5. Test execution:
Activities: Based on test planning execute the test
cases.
Mark condition of test cases like Passed, Failed,
Blocked, Not Run etc.
Deliverables:Test case execution report.
Defect report.

8. 6. Test cycle closure:
Activities: Evaluate cycle completion criteria based on
Test coverage, value, price, Time, important Business
Objectives, and Software set up test metrics based on
the above parameters.
Prepare Test closure report.
Deliverables: Test Closure report
Test metrics