Creating a Test Report for Embanet Interface

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Produce a test plan for the following Interface according to the IEEE testing plan format
http://www.ruleworks.co.uk/testguide/IEEE-std-829-1998.htm.

The Interface
The following is a simplified reference function inventory for the interface.
Primary and Secondary Functions
[First Class Login]
• User ID field
• Password Field
• Offline button
• Set Up button
• Login button
• Cancel button
Desktop
• File Menu
 New
 New document
 New document special
 New memo
 New presentation
 New address
 Open
 Close
 Save As
 Upload
 Download
 View File
 Import
 Export
 Delete
 Properties
 Print
 Exit
• Edit Menu
 Undo
 Redo
 Cut
 Copy
 Paste
 Clear
 Find
 Insert
 Preferences
• Format Menu
 Font
 Size
 Style
 Color
 Align
• Message Menu
 New Message
 New Message Special
 Reply
 Reply Special
 Forward
 Send
 Send and Close
 Unsend
• Collaborate Menu
 Connect
 Disconnect
 List Connections
 Change Password
 Embanet.fc Setup
 Directory
 Who is online
 Navigation
 Add to address book
 Add to Desktop
 Add to Bookmarks
 Permissions
 Rules
 Approve
 About conference
 Work offline
 Private chat
• View Menu
 View by icon
 View by small icon
 View by list
 Explore
 View by month
 View by week
 View by day
 View today list
 Split
 Show deleted items
 Change view properties
 Line up icons by grid
 Connect
 Image
 Smart zoon
 Toolbars
• Help Menu
 Contents
 About this window
 About FirstClass Client

You may use the annotated sample testing plan discussed below:

The following is an annotated sample testing plan outline following the "IEEE Standard for Software Test Documentation—IEEE Std 829-1998" (http://www.ruleworks.co.uk/testguide/IEEE-std-829-1998.htm).
1. Introduction. This section could have the following subsections:
a. Objectives: High level description of the scope, approach, resources, and schedule of the testing activities. It should also include a concise summary of the test plan objectives, the products to be delivered, major work activities, major work products, major milestones, required resources, and master high-level schedules, budget, and effort requirements.
b. Background
c. Scope: This section specifies the plans for producing updates to this software testing plan document itself and the methods for distribution of updates along with version control and configuration management requirements.
d. Reference
e. Definitions and Notations
2. Test items. The following documents need to be referred in this section: requirements specification, design specification, users guide, operations guide, installation guide, features, defect removal procedures, and verification and validation plans. The following subsections could be included in this section then.
a. Program Modules
b. Job Control Procedures
c. User Procedures
d. Operator Procedures
3. Features to be tested
4. Features not to be tested
5. Approach. Testing approaches should be described in sufficient detail to permit accurate test effort estimation. This section should identify the types of testing to be performed and the methods and criteria to be used in performing test activities. The specific methods and procedures for each type of testing should be described in details. The criteria for evaluating the test results and the techniques that will be used to judge the comprehensiveness of the testing effort should also be discussed. This section could include the following subsections:
a. Unit Testing
b. Integration Testing
c. Conversion Testing: Test whether all data elements and historical data is converted from an old system format to the new system format.
d. Job Stream Testing: Test whether the system operates in the production environment.
e. Interface Testing
f. Security Testing
g. Recovery Testing: Test whether the system restart/backup/recovery operations work as specified.
h. Performance Testing
i. Regression Testing
j. Acceptance Testing
k. Beta Testing
6. Pass/Fail criteria. One of the most difficult and political problems is deciding when to stop testing. The example criteria for exiting testing include (but are not limited to): scheduled testing time has expired (very weak criteria), some predefined number of defects discovered, all the formal tests have been executed without detecting any defects (tester may lose motivation under this criteria), or a combination of the above. This section may include the following subsections:
a. Suspension Criteria: when to suspend all or a portion of the testing activity on test items associated with the plan?
b. Resumption Criteria: the conditions that need to be met to resume testing activities after suspension.
c. Approval Criteria: The conditions for the approval of test results and the formal testing approval process. This section should also define who needs to approve a test deliverable, when it will be approved, and what is ...