Based on the SRS, ELICO's analysts draw up a design of the Technical
Architecture for the proposed application. A project specific work
plan, test plan and configuration management plan are prepared.
The outputs of Design Phase are
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Design
Document |
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Work
Plan |
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Test
Plan |
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Configuration
Management |
ELICO's
project teams generally follow the incremental model of development,
wherein the application is built in progressive phases or increments.
Incremental delivery permits the Client to monitor and provide
an improved focus to the project team, at each stage of the project.
This also allows the organization, management and project team
to focus on delivering results.
Testing
is carried out in 4 Phases
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Unit
or Module Level |
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Integration
Testing |
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System
Testing |
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Acceptance
Testing |
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One
or all of these methods are used depending on the size and complexity
of the project.
"Testing
Methodology"
The
quality process starts from the project initiation stage. The
project plan is prepared by the Project Manager and is reviewed
by the Project Deciding Committee.
The
test engineer designs a test plan for the project. This contains
the testing objectives for the project, the testing approach adopted,
success/failure criteria for tests, test deliverables, pre-requisites
for testing and the testing schedule, which is dependent on project
milestones.
The
developers prepare unit test cases before the start of application
development. On completion of coding, peer-to-peer code review
is done. After correction of faults observed in the peer-to-peer
code review, the application is tested against the unit test cases.
Subsequent to successful unit testing, the application is submitted
to the testing team for Integration and system level testing.
Testing
team is responsible for Bug Tracking, Design of test cases and
prepares test case documents for module level, integration and
acceptance testing. This occurs in parallel with the development
team's coding work.
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Implementation
& Maintenance |
Upon
successful completion of testing, the application is prepared
for deployment and implementation.
Upon successful implementation of the project and receipt of the
client's acceptance certificate, the project and related documentation
are handed over to the support team/client.
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