ISTQB - CTFL 3.1 Chapter 5 Key Terms

Configuration management

A discipline applying technical and administrative direction and surveillance to identify and document the functional and physical characteristics of a configuration item, control changes to those characteristics, record and report change processing and implementation status, and verify that it complies with specified requirements.

Defect management

The process of recognizing, recording, classifying, investigating, resolving and disposing of defects.

Defect report

Documentation of the occurrence, nature, and status of a defect.

Entry criteria

The set of conditions for officially starting a defined task.

Product risk

A risk impacting the quality of a product.

Project risk

A risk that impacts project success.

Risk

A factor that could result in future negative consequences.

Risk level

The measure of a risk defined by impact and likelihood

Risk-based testing

Testing in which the management, selection, prioritization, and use of testing activities and resources are based on corresponding risk types and risk levels.

Test approach

The manner of implementing testing tasks.

Test control

The activity that develops and applies corrective actions to get a test project on track when it deviates from what was planned.

Test estimation

An approximation related to various aspects of testing.

Test manager

The person responsible for project management of testing activities, resources, and evaluation of a test object.

Test monitoring

The activity that checks the status of testing activities, identifies any variances from planned or expected, and reports status to stakeholders.

Test plan

Documentation describing the test objectives to be achieved and the means and the schedule for achieving them, organized to coordinate testing activities.

Test planning

The activity of establishing or updating a test plan.

Test progress report

A type of periodic test report that includes the progress of test activities against a baseline, risks, and alternatives requiring a decision.

Test strategy

A description of how to perform testing to reach test objectives under given circumstances.

Test summary report

A type of test report produced at completion milestones that provides an evaluation of the corresponding test items against exit criteria.

Tester

A person who performs testing.