A test plan
A test plan is one of the key components of test planning and test management. While a test plan as a document is precisely described in official testing documentation, in ISTQB material, and by testing standards, in games, the test plan is often very different.
What is a test plan?
A test plan is a document that outlines all the aspects of the testing and it’s prepared before testing activities start. The test plan, at minimum, includes information about who is doing the testing, what is being tested, how is it going to be tested, when is going to be tested, and where it is going to be tested.
We can see that a test plan can be quite an intricate document with lots of detailed information. In more traditional development, it used to be like that – a long document with lots of details. But, when we work with agile game development and a short development cycle, having exceptionally detailed documents that extend far into the future is counterproductive...
