Artifact: Test Evaluation Report

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Test Evaluation Report	The Test Evaluation Report organizes and presents a summary analysis of the Test Results and key measures of test for review and assessment, typically by key quality stakeholders. In addition, the Test Evaluation Report may contain a general statement of relative quality and provide recommendations for future test effort.
Role:	Tester
Templates, Case-Study, Report.. Purpose Timing Responsibility Tailoring

Input to Activities:

Develop Iteration Plan

Output from Activities:

Evaluate Test

Templates, Case-Study, Report..

The Word template can be bought through a template package. Case studies and reports are freely available in the table below.

Word Template	Case Study	Report
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Purpose

The Test Evaluation Report collects, organizes, and presents the Test Results and key measures of test to enable objective quality evaluation and assessment. The Test Evaluation Report also presents an interim evaluation from the test team, indicating their assessment of the software against the Evaluation Mission and corresponding recommendations the next test efforts required.

Properties

There are no UML representations for this artifact or its properties.

Property Name	Brief Description
Evaluation Report ID	An unique ID used to identify this Test Evaluation Report report.
Description	A short description of the contents of the Test Evaluation Report, typically giving some high-level indication of complexity and scope.
Key Findings	An explanation of the key findings of this Test Evaluation Report.
Coverage Analysis	An analysis of the extent or amount of testing that has been performed.

Timing

One or more Test Evaluation Summaries are created during each test cycle. These activities may occur several times during an iteration.

Responsibility

The Tester role is primarily responsible for this artifact. Those responsibilities include:

Reviewing the Test Results, change request statistics, and coverage statistics.
Reviewing important Change Request and Issue details.
Presenting an accurate and fair assessment of the software based on the defined Evaluation Mission.

Tailoring

The level of formality and presentation format for this artifact varies. Some produce simple text document reports whereas others produce full-fledged presentations. Both formats may be useful to emphasize certain critical test cycles and de-emphasize others.