Critical data dimensions checklist

1. Critical data
dimensions to
provide volumes
of predictable data
on an ongoing basis for
your automated tests.

2. Input or output:
Is the data input
by the test, or is it
existing data that
is used in some
way by the test?
TYPE

3. This is the specific
value (or class
of values) required
by the test. A test
might require
a specific account
number, or any
account number
of a specific
account type.
VALUE

4. How does the data
element change over time?
The source can be any data
that has an expiration date,
such as user credentials
or insurance policies.
TIME

5. This is the ability for data to be reused over
multiple test executions. You could probably
reuse the same account to test creating
orders in an e-commerce system, but not
the same order for testing shipping orders.
REUSE

6. How much data is required?
Volume typically is important
for load and performance testing.
Data that represents volume,
such as product inventory level
or available credit on an account,
is also important.
VOLUME

7. Where does the data live
or come from? For example,
a data element might exist in
a database in a specific
environment or be part of
an incoming data feed from
an external source.
SOURCE

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