SYSTEM TEST DOCUMENT INSTRUCTIONS
The Test Condition / Test Item Cross Reference and the Test Item Control Sheet are to be used as follows:
1. Start with the Test Condition / Test Item Cross Reference document. Complete the columns labelled "Cond. No." and "Test Condition". Here you are listing the conditions and variations you want to test. For example: Order with one Direct Ship item, Order with more than one Direct Ship Item, Taxable Order, Order changed after Work Order created, etc.
2. Now use the Test Item Control Sheet to create individual testing steps. Test exercises would likely be grouped into test cycles, and numbered. Each exercise should address at least one test condition, and may include several. For example, one script may call for an order to be entered with two Direct Ship items, and both items treated as taxable. Two conditions are thus tested in one test exercise.
3. As testing steps are documented on the Control Sheets, complete the "Test Cycle" and "Test Item" columns on the Cross Reference. Now you have a list of what conditions and variations were tested, and when and how they were tested.
4. Use the Project Issue Report document to identify system or procedural issues and track them to various dispositions.