Test Preparation Instructions:

  1. Review each test catalog and mark the test cases required to be executed for Support Pack testing.
  2. Add new cases that are not in the catalog.
  3. Update existing test cases if needed with current up to date steps.  This should include adding steps to the catalog.
  4. Update/Create a list of Unit tests to be executed (1 week) (Note: This should be only core functionality testing, ie..open programs, run core transactions to ensure there are no catastrophic failures).
  5. Identify what test cases from the catalog will be tested in System Integration Testing (2 weeks). 
  6. Work with the business units to identify the UAT test cases from the catalog.
  7. Encourage teams to move test steps from separate test script documents into test catalog spreadsheet. Benefits: One document used during testing to record results; Facilitate future migration to Quality Center.

Test Phases

Unit Test

System Integration Test

User Acceptance Test

  1. Core team: Technical & Functional responsibility
  2. Covers discrete critical transactions and programs, not end-to-end scenarios
  3. Goal is to identify glaring catastrophic failures through simple execution of transactions and programs.
  4. Scripts optional
  5. List of what was tested is required
  1. Core team: Functional leads responsibility, but may optionally involve business
  2. Scripts required using current and updated script catalogue
  3. Include discrete transactions and programs and/or end-to-end scenarios. End-to-end scenarios must cover discrete tests of critical functions
  4. Validation consists of validating test results rather than just identifying catastrophic failures
  5. Cover all critical scenarios or transactions. Also targets functionality and processes that are more likely to be affected by the system updates such as highly customized functions or those which have been affected by prior updates.
  1. Business owner responsibility
  2. Scripts required
  3. End-to-end scenarios
  4. Don't duplicate tests performed in System Integration Test phase