Test Plan and Test Strategy

Test strategy:
This document is normally prepared by project manager using business requirement documents and is normally not updated frequently.

Test Plan:
This document is prepared by test lead or Senior Test engineer using SRS, use case document, product description. This is usually derived from test strategy. This document is updated with each release or build

Components of the Test Strategy document	Components of the Test Plan document
Scope and Objectives	Test Plan id
Business issues	Introduction
Roles and responsibilities	Test items
Communication and status reporting	Features to be tested
Test deliverability	Features not to be tested
Industry standards to follow	Test techniques
Test automation and tools	Testing tasks
Testing measurements and metrices	Suspension criteria
Risks and mitigation	Features pass or fail criteria
Defect reporting and tracking	Test environment (Entry criteria, Exit criteria)
Change and configuration management	Test delivarables
Training plan	Staff and training needs
	Responsibilities
	Schedule