How to Create an Effective Test Plan | Step-by-Step Tutorial
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Ten practical steps to build a test plan illustrated with a real lead assignment engine example: research use cases and ACs, exploratory testing finds the UI is admin-only and only available via one menu, inputs require valid US states and dropdown insurance types, percentage must be <100. Tests include happy paths and AC negatives (New York leads route to manager), invalid inputs like state "XX" and percent >100, parameter isolation (engine off) and combinations such as 75%/25% split and multi-parameter scenarios.
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chapters (13)
- 0:00Introduction and speaker background
- 0:41Ten steps to create test plan
- 1:02Step 1 Investigate the use case
- 1:44Step 2 Read acceptance criteria
- 2:25Step 3 Conduct exploratory testing
- 3:06Step 4 Identify input points
- 3:48Step 5 Identify user configurations
- 5:12Step 6 Create happy path tests
- 6:18Step 7 Add tests for acceptance criteria
- 7:23Step 8 Create negative tests
- 8:24Step 9 Isolate parameters for testing
- 9:29Step 10 Combine parameters in tests
- 11:36Summary and resources
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