QA Project Plan

 QA Project Plan

#	Major/Minor Milestones	Tasks (Additional tasks to be added/modified as per project needs)
1	QA Resource Onboarding
1.1		QA Team Onboarding
1.2		System and Environment Access Provided
2	Test Planning
2.1	Requirement Analysis	Tasks/Dependency
		BRD Walkthrough
		SAD Walkthrough
		NFR Requirements & Gap Analysis
		Walkthrough Completed
2.2	Test Strategy	Draft
		Review with SM
		Review with IT Project team
		Review with Business
		Test Strategy Sign off
2.3	SIT Test Plan	Draft
		Review with QA/SM
		Review with IT Project team
		Review with Business
		Test Plan Sign off
2.4	Performance Test Planning	Draft Test Plan document preparation
		Performance Scop/Scenario preparation and review
		Workload Model
		Review with QA/SM
		Review with IT Project team
		Review with Business
		Engage Support(Customer Infra, Networking, Application) team for performance monitoring
		Engage support team for databack/restore required and duration
		Test Plan Sign off
2.5	QA-De-identification Strategy	Draft
		Review with QA/SM
		Review with IT Project team
		Review with Business
		DI-Strategy Sign off
2.6	Test Data Generation	Identify Test data from Data profiles
		Create Test Data
3	Test Case Design
3.1	Test Coverage Matrix	Dependency
		Draft
		Review with QA/SM
3.2	Functional Test Cases	Prepare Draft test cases
		Review with QA team
		Upload in HP-ALM
		Identify Test data from Data profiles
		Create Test Data
3.3	Integration  Test Cases	Prepare Draft test cases
		Review with QA team
		Upload in HP-ALM
		Identify Test data from Data profiles
		Create Test Data
3.4	End-End  Test Cases	Prepare Draft test cases
		Review with QA team
		Upload in HP-ALM
		Identify Test data from Data profiles
		Create Test Data
3.5	ETL/Reporting  Test Cases	Prepare Draft test cases
		Review with QA team
		Upload in HP-ALM
		Identify Test data from Data profiles
		Create Test Data
3.6	Regression Test Cases	Prepare Draft test cases
		Review with QA team
		Upload in HP-ALM
		Identify Test data from Data profiles
		Create Test Data
3.7	Performance Test Design & Scripting	Understanding the workflow
		Creation/development scripting for workflow
		Enhancing/Customizing script
		Validation in SIT/Perf env
		Update data parameter file for each script
		Validation of existing scripts
		Existing script maintenance
		Test Data Identification and Creation/Set up
4	Test Automation
4.1	Test Script Preparation	Identify automation test cases
		Enable/set framework and access
		Test script draft
		Existing script identification
		Existing script Maintenance
5	Environment Readiness – QA
5.1	Environment Readiness	Key dependency
		Submit Smartsheet – Environment Intake
		Access raised and completed
		Test Data required for Batch
		Smoke Testing
5.2	Performance Environment Readiness	Submit Smartsheet – Environment Intake and Data Back up’s
		Code Deployment into Perf env (as applicable)
		Configuration changes and Pre requisite required.
		Data Backup (Gold/Platinum/Titanium)
		Environment shakedown testing
6	Test Execution – SIT
6.1	Cycle_1	Dependency
		Application Test Cases
		Integration Test Cases
		ETL/Reporting Test Cases
		Defect Remediation
6.2	Cycle_2	Dependency
		Application Test Cases
		Integration Test Cases
		ETL/Reporting Test Cases
		Defect Remediation
6.3	Cycle_3(Regression)	Clean Regression
		Defect Remediation
6.4	BAT Support	Support Bat Test Plan
		Support BAT HPALM activities
		Defect Triage
		Test Data for BAT
6.5	PPD Testing	Dependency
		PPD Project Regression Testing
6.6	Performance Testing – Baseline Testing	Execute Baseline Scripts
		Performance Monitoring and Metric
		Results validation
		Defect Remediation
		Data Restore
6.7	Performance Testing – Cycle 1(multiple Runs)	Execute Cycle 1
		Performance Monitoring and Metric analysis
		Results validation
		Defect Remediation
		Data Backup/Restore
6.8	Performance Testing – Cycle 2(multiple Runs)	Execute Cycle 2
		Performance Monitoring and Metric
		Results validation
		Draft
		Data Backup/Restore
6.9	Roll back testing	Dependency
		Baseline testing
		Rollback testing
7	Test Closure
7.1	SIT Test Summary Closure Report & Sign off	Draft
		Review with QA/SM
		Review with IT Project team
		Review with Business
		SIT Closure report Sign off
7.2	Performance Test Closure	Consolidation of Perf monitoring metrics/Loadrunner results
		Draft
		Review with QA/SM
		Review with IT Project team
		Review with Business
		Performance Closure report Sign off
8	Production Readiness
8.1	QA Production Checklist	Draft
		Review with QA/SM and Sign off from SM
		Review with Production readiness team
		Closure
8.2	Knowledge Transfer	KT/Transition to Product QA Team
		All Project Related document in Teams path
9	Warranty Support
9.1	Warranty Support	Warranty release activities