Guideline: Tips - Preserve The Testware (AST)

Starting the activity of preserving testware earlier

Although Preserving Testware is the last task in the TMap life cycle model, it is advisable to start this early on. By allowing for the possibilities of preserving testware as early as the Specification phase, certain standards can be developed or certain tools can be employed, so that the eventual preservation will proceed faster. By, for example, working from the start with consistent version-numbering and a central store for all the products, there is no need to search for the latest version of all the products during this activity. The use of a testware management tool can help with this. How the preserving takes place is defined in the Organise The Management (AST) in the Planning activity.

Adjust regression test set

The updating of a regression test set is often overlooked. For that reason, it is advisable to include this activity as standard within the activity of “Preserving the testware”. During the test execution, it may have been that the system reacted differently from what was assumed in the test script. If this is the case, the test script should be amended in accordance with the new situation. It should also be determined whether, and if so which, new test scripts need to be added to the existing regression test set.