Session 8 Module 7 Achieve Acceptable Mission

Introduction

Module 7 is in Test Workflow detail diagram to breakdown and analysis the Achieve Acceptable Mission workflow detail.  To review here are six underlining test workflow detail:

  1. Define Evaluation Mission;  Module 4
    1. Verify Test Approach;
    2. Validate Build Stability;
      1. Test and Evaluate;  Module 5 Test and Module 6 Evaluate
        • Improve Test Assets.
      2. Achieve Acceptable Mission Module 7
        • Improve Test Assets.

In Modules 5 and 6 we covered the Test Workflow detail   Test and Evaluate. In Module 5 we looked at techniques for Implementing Tests and in Module 6 , we looked at Analyzing Failures and writing Change Requests.

In Module 7 we'll look at monitoring that the Mission or Project is being achieved and reporting the status of the test effort.

Achieve Acceptable Mission focuses on the following three activities and one artifacts:

  1.  Activity: Assess and Improve Test Effort
  2. Activity: Assess and Advocate Quality
  3. Activity: Determine Test Results
  4. Artifact: Test Evaluation Summary

Objectives

The Objective of Module 7 Workflow Detail  is to deliver a useful evaluation result to the stakeholders of the test effort. This means that useful evaluation result is assessed in terms of the Evaluation Mission. In most cases that will mean focusing the Tester efforts on helping the project team achieve the Iteration Plan objectives that apply to the current test cycle. For each test cycle, this work is focused mainly on:

  1. Actively prioritizing the minimal set of necessary tests that must be conducted to achieve the Evaluation Mission
  2. Advocating the resolution of important issues that have a significant negative impact on the Evaluation Mission
  3. Advocating appropriate quality
  4. Identifying regressions in quality introduced between test cycles
  5. Where appropriate, revising the Evaluation Mission in light of the evaluation findings so as to provide useful information to the project team

Instructional Notes

The Module 7 give a set of pdf slides with Presenter notes tabs at the top of each page. You must click on this tab to read the Presenter notes.

Module 7 - Achieve Acceptable Mission

The Module 7 Student Manual is a pdf of the slides with the Presenter notes on the same page. These pages might be easier to follow, but are not as colorful.

Student Manual - Achieve Acceptable Mission

Additional Reverences

In this module, we’ll look at monitoring that the Mission is being achieved and reporting the status of the test effort.

Define Evaluation Mission

Achieve Acceptable Mission

  1.  Activity: Assess and Improve Test Effort
  2. Activity: Assess and Advocate Quality
  3. Activity: Determine Test Results
  4. Artifact: Test Evaluation Summary