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215:(AR): To document any event that occurs during the testing process that requires investigation. This may be called a problem, test incident, defect, trouble, issue, anomaly, or error report. This document is deliberately named as an anomaly report, and not a fault report. The reason is that a discrepancy between expected and actual results can occur for a number of reasons other than a fault in the system. These include the expected results being wrong, the test being run incorrectly, or inconsistency in the requirements meaning that more than one interpretation could be made. The report consists of all details of the incident such as actual and expected results, when it failed, and any supporting evidence that will help in its resolution. The report will also include, if possible, an assessment of the impact of an incident upon testing. 233:(MTR): To summarise the results of the levels of the designated testing activities and to provide evaluations based on these results. This report may be used by any organisation using the MTP. A management report providing any important information uncovered by the tests accomplished, and including assessments of the quality of the testing effort, the quality of the software system under test, and statistics derived from Anomaly Reports. The report also records what testing was done and how long it took, in order to improve any future test planning. This final document is used to indicate whether the software system under test is fit for purpose according to whether or not it has met acceptance criteria defined by project stakeholders. 153:, each stage potentially producing its own separate type of document. The standard specified the format of these documents, but did not stipulate whether they must all be produced, nor did it include any criteria regarding adequate content for these documents. These were a matter of judgment outside the purview of the standard. 178:(LTP): For each LTP the scope, approach, resources, and schedule of the testing activities for its specified level of testing need to be described. The items being tested, the features to be tested, the testing tasks to be performed, the personnel responsible for each task, and the associated risk(s) need to be identified. 209:(LTL): To provide a chronological record of relevant details about the execution of tests, e.g. recording which tests cases were run, who ran them, in what order, and whether each test passed or failed. 227:(LTR): To summarise the results of the designated testing activities and to provide evaluations and recommendations based on the results after test execution has finished for the specific test level. 652: 221:(LITSR): To summarise the interim results of the designated testing activities and optionally to provide evaluations and recommendations based on the results for the specific test level. 100: 273:
developed the Systematic Test and Evaluation Process (STEP) methodology in order to implement the original IEEE-829 Standard for Software Test Documentation.
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syllabi, also adopted IEEE 829 as the reference standard for software and system test documentation.
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standard that specified the form of a set of documents for use in eight defined stages of
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Foundation and Practitioner Certificates in Software Testing promoted by the
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The standard formed part of the training syllabus of the
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and the expected results as well as test pass criteria.
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829 Standard for Software and System Test Documentation
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IEEE
Software project management
Software quality assurance
Software requirements specification
Software configuration management
Software design description
Software test documentation
Software verification and validation
Software user documentation
Software reviews and audit
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software testing
system testing
Test Plan
Test Design
test cases
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British Computer Society
ISTQB
ISEB
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David Gelperin
William C. Hetzel
"IEEE Products and Projects Status Report"
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the original

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