Once the test case authoring is done and reviewed thoroughly, testing
team concentrates on build release from development side/client and test
execution on that build.
Test Execution levels:
Once the testing team receives a new build different levels of executions are done.
Level 1 (Smoke Test/Build Verification test/Tester acceptance test/sanity test:
After receiving the initial build, test engineers verify if the basic functionality of the build to estimate the stability for complete testing. In smoke testing only a few test cases from the actual test case suite are selected for execution. If the test engineers find that the build is unstable they reject the build for testing.
Level 2(comprehensive testing)
Once the smoke testing is done and the build is stable, comprehensive testing is done on the build. In this one cycle of execution covering all the test cases is performed. Defects log report is prepared after the execution and sent to development team for fix.
Level 3(Regression Test)
After comprehensive testing is done the initial build and defects are reported. The development team fixes the defects and sends a new build (with defects fixed) to the testing team. The testing team performs regression testing on the new build to verify if the defects are fixes and if any new defects are found because of the previous fixed defects.
Test Execution levels:
Once the testing team receives a new build different levels of executions are done.
Level 1 (Smoke Test/Build Verification test/Tester acceptance test/sanity test:
After receiving the initial build, test engineers verify if the basic functionality of the build to estimate the stability for complete testing. In smoke testing only a few test cases from the actual test case suite are selected for execution. If the test engineers find that the build is unstable they reject the build for testing.
Level 2(comprehensive testing)
Once the smoke testing is done and the build is stable, comprehensive testing is done on the build. In this one cycle of execution covering all the test cases is performed. Defects log report is prepared after the execution and sent to development team for fix.
Level 3(Regression Test)
After comprehensive testing is done the initial build and defects are reported. The development team fixes the defects and sends a new build (with defects fixed) to the testing team. The testing team performs regression testing on the new build to verify if the defects are fixes and if any new defects are found because of the previous fixed defects.