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Test Environment Checklist

Test environmen

• 1. Hardware Requirements

• The required hardware is available with the organization?

• If not, then procure them.

• Calculate the time & cost in their procurement.

• Hardware installation.

• Test the hardware.

• Assess the need for peripheral devices.

• 2. Software Requirements

• Required Software is available with the organization?

• If not, then purchase them.

• Calculate the time and in their procurement.

• Install them.

• Test them.

• If the already existing software is compatible with the testing environment.

• 3. Data Items

• If the standard test data is available or not?

• Does the data for the test needs to be imported from the production site or needs to be created.

• If the data is required in the initial phase or may be introduced at a later stage.

• 4. Tools

• A test management tool, its need, and its scope in the test environment.

• Defect Reporting Tools.

• Debugging Tools.

• Other necessary Testing Tools.

• 5. Process

• Defining Standards.

• If the developed plans and strategies are compatible with its execution in the test environment.

• Identifying and creating the required libraries.

• Scheduling the test process, so that all the testers can perform.

• 6. Miscellaneous

• Is it possible to carry out isolated testing by each tester in a similar test environment?

• Feasibility study of bringing the changes in the test environment.

• Creating backups and recovery system.

• Creating the list of all the members participating in the test environment, along with their contacts.