Importance of Testing Documentation in Software Software Testing is a vital part of the standard development life cycle and nowadays, many large-scale businesses and big software giants like Microsoft, TCS, Oracle, Google, and more follow the concept of Testing Documentation to authenticate and document all their efforts and technology stack used before and during the testing process. Although this concept is a bit debatable for small-scale developments as crafting the testing documentation for these could be a costlier affair and big-time consumption with less technical knowledge and resources. Even some businesses do not consider documenting their testing processes as they hold an opinion that it is just a waste of time and efforts or these are not aware of its benefits at all. To clear out different doubts that arise in minds of the business people regarding the need for Testing Documentation and its benefits, we are going to have a thorough discussion over it in this blog. What is Testing Documentation? Why is it important in Software or App testing? Testing Documentation is the documental representation or resulting artifacts of different processes used for the product testing phase. It is a set of multiple documents containing vital testing related information like test strategy, test cycle, test metrics, test progress, test results, test summary, etc. All these set of documents helps the future testing team to measure the testing efforts, testing technologies, new requirements, and more other factors to conclude efficiently tested products. The team involved in the Testing Documentation process can refer to the IEEE829-98, the Standard for Software Test Documentation which holds all necessary information and details for creating standard documentation. The important terms or key concepts associated with Testing Documentation are defined below.
Test Plans – it is the structured document distributed between the team and shared with partners that contain complete information about test strategy, schedule, resources, environment, plan, and limitations.