Requirements Validation and Testing

1. Testing and the BA

• Good Testing and Checking
• Project Team Verification and Validation Process
• Types of Testing
• Ways to Verify and Validate

2. High-Level BA Validation

• Your Budget and Risk Management
• Estimating the Risks of Defects in the System
• Developing a High-Level Validation Strategy and Budget

3. Finding Defects in the BRD

• Characteristics of a Good BRD
• Techniques of Finding Defects in a BRD
• Choosing the Appropriate Technique

4. Planning Testing

• Structured Testing
• Mid-Level Test Strategy
• Test Cases

5. BA-Level Functional Testing in the Automated System

• Black Box Testing
• Black Box Testing Techniques
• Automated Low-Level Test Strategy

6. BA Validation of Processes

• Validating Processes
• Glass Box Testing Techniques
• Process Low-Level Test Strategy

7. Usability Validation

• The Importance of Usability
• Usability Validation by the BA
• Getting Users Involved in Validation
• Usability Testing

8. Documenting the Test Plan

• Capturing the BA Test Plan
• Formal BA Test Plan

9. Acceptance, Installation, and Validation to Business Needs

• Acceptance
• Installing the System
• Validating to the Business Needs
• Completing the Project