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Topic: Test Plan for Load Testing
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QAGirl
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Posts: 2424
Registered: Aug 2001
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posted 03-06-2002 12:34 PM
    
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Originally posted by allogene:
We seem to have created two test plans, one for functional testing and one for load/stress testing. I am looking to see if anyone else does it this way, and if you do, how do you do it in your company?
It depends on the size of the project, but I almost always cover these separately. For one thing, generally speaking, the person(s) responsible for functional testing don't know as much about stress testing, and vice versa, so each person(s) who will be executing the testing is responsible for their own plan. As a side note, I also do an Automation Plan or Strategy document separate from the main test plan that details what will be automated and how for functional scripts. I have, however, seen them consolidated in the case of smaller projects or applications, and it can be effective. ------------------
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peternairn
Guru
Posts: 307
Registered: Jun 2001
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posted 03-07-2002 12:46 AM
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Originally posted by allogene:
I am curious to find out how often you write test plans for your porducts. Do you write them for every test requested? If so, do you write a full blown test plan, or a smaller condensed one? Or is your test plan included in the test plan for all testing?
If I am doing testing on something that I know will have multiple releases and this has been pre-planned (the last point is key), each one adding to functionality, I will create one test plan at the start of the project. Inevitably, things change during the project, so I will write a "mini" test plan at each stage to identify differences. For web testing, I have found that a generic test plan is worth doing as things change so rapidly that your test plan is out of date as sooon as you have issued it. quote:
We seem to have created two test plans, one for functional testing and one for load/stress testing. I am looking to see if anyone else does it this way, and if you do, how do you do it in your company?
As QAGirl said, I prefer two. It does depend on your audience, but particularly if the perfomance/load/stress results are going to be used by the Capacity Planners, for example, then they are not at all interested in functional tests and prefer to see just your performance info. ------------------
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ssingh
New Member
Posts: 0
Registered: Jan 2003
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posted 03-07-2002 06:56 AM
I am novice to this field. And I find in G or AG under each user. I find this whole topic very informative and also it gives the chance to have expert knowledge of each of you. I am in process of writing scripts for a web app. Once that is done may be I may have to come up with some test plan. Since this thread gives the idea that most you guys already might be using your own standard test plan templates for documenting actual load test plans. I have no idea what the template content is. Is it possible by any chance for any of you to share some sort of generic load test plan doc template or a sample of it I could find somewhere.
Thanks guys.------------------
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learning
New Member
Posts: 2
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 03-12-2002 07:25 AM
Here is a question that may return more answers that you are looking for.Does anyone have a good example for a test plan?
I understand that the plan is dependent on your design but what are fundamentals that are often shared independently between projects? ------------------
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LRWRnovice
Guru
Posts: 242
Registered: Jan 2002
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posted 03-13-2002 11:12 AM
Okay. I have attached a document. I have tried work on the guidelines of the Doug's generic test plan template. i needed to know about your ideas & suggestion. does it look good. I am going to propose this doc as template in my company as our future standards in Load testing. Please take a look at it. I am going to propose it tomorrow.------------------
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LRWRnovice
Guru
Posts: 242
Registered: Jan 2002
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posted 03-14-2002 05:01 AM
Guys I waited and now I have given it to management but still I seek your expert knowledge. Whatever the feedback is I will keep you posted. May be this helps beginners like me. Thanks again.------------------
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allogene
Advanced Guru
Posts: 921
Registered: Jun 2001
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posted 03-14-2002 06:49 AM
Hey LRWRnovice. Just looked over your test plan and I liked what you have done with it. It is a nice adaptation. I am also curious to hear from others who have created test plans for load and stress testing.------------------
Simple minds, Simple thoughts! Doug
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LRWRnovice
Guru
Posts: 242
Registered: Jan 2002
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posted 03-14-2002 08:21 AM
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Originally posted by allogene:
Hey LRWRnovice. Just looked over your test plan and I liked what you have done with it. It is a nice adaptation. I am also curious to hear from others who have created test plans for load and stress testing.
Thanks Doug. So you liked it then I assume it might get liked by the management. Well still could you be a little microscopic and guide me if I could make it more good.------------------
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allogene
Advanced Guru
Posts: 921
Registered: Jun 2001
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posted 03-14-2002 10:29 AM
Just a few things I can think of.1) in the author field - this should be the person writing the document not the person writing the script because these may be different people. 2) Load Test scenario id - not sure how this is relevant to the QA Analysts or the Porduct Manager. Also this is usually produced after a script(s) have been created. 3) Load Test script name - basically the same questions as number 2. The test plan is generally written before a script or scenario is writen. It is what the scripts and scenarios are going to be based on. One last thing. Based on the wording in the Dat field I would probably rename the field to something like "Last Revised." ------------------
Simple minds, Simple thoughts! Doug
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LRWRnovice
Guru
Posts: 242
Registered: Jan 2002
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posted 03-15-2002 03:14 PM
Hey Doug thanks for your suggestions.
Well I think that its just you who seems to have looked at in detail. Hey all others gurus up there share some of your thoughts please. As far as my company they liked it and it seems your initiation helped me a lot.Sanjeev 
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allogene
Advanced Guru
Posts: 921
Registered: Jun 2001
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posted 03-18-2002 06:40 AM
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Originally posted by LRWRnovice:
Hey Doug thanks for your suggestions.
Well I think that its just you who seems to have looked at in detail. Hey all others gurus up there share some of your thoughts please. As far as my company they liked it and it seems your initiation helped me a lot.Sanjeev
Glad I could help. I made those changes, the ones I suggested, on my Test plan and ran the test plan by some people in my company they seemed to like it as well. There was just one other item I added to the plan and that was a section for "known issues."
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Simple minds, Simple thoughts! Doug
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Yury
Guru
Posts: 308
Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 03-18-2002 09:55 AM
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Originally posted by LRWRnovice:
Okay. I have attached a document ... Doug's generic test plan template.
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1 sec or 100 sec?
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bwilson
Member
Posts: 7
Registered: Dec 2000
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posted 04-01-2002 11:16 AM
I have a very good, comprehensive sample P&S test plan I can e-mail, if anyone is interested. It is geared for a n-tier, enterprise, transactional, web-based application. The plan was developed by my consulting company, TechSouth Consulting, LLC.It's 177kb zipped, so I'll have to e-mail it directly. If you're interested, just e-mail me (bwilson@techsouth.com) and I'll send it to you. ------------------
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