What is STLC

Test Requirements

Requirement Specification documents
Functional Specification documents
Design Specification documents (use cases, etc)
Use case Documents
Test Trace-ability Matrix for identifying Test Coverage

Test Planning

Test Scope, Test Environment
Different Test phase and Test Methodologies
Manual and Automation Testing
Defect Mgmt, Configuration Mgmt, Risk Mgmt. Etc
Evaluation & identification ? Test, Defect tracking tools

Test Environment Setup

Test Bed installation and configuration
Network connectivity?s
All the Software/ tools Installation and configuration
Coordination with Vendors and others

Test Design
Test Traceability Matrix and Test coverage
Test Scenarios Identification & Test Case preparation
Test data and Test scripts preparation
Test case reviews and Approval
Base lining under Configuration Management

Test Automation

Automation requirement identification
Tool Evaluation and Identification.
Designing or identifying Framework and scripting
Script Integration, Review and Approval
Base lining under Configuration Management

Test Execution and Defect Tracking

Executing Test cases
Testing Test Scripts
Capture, review and analyze Test Results
Raised the defects and tracking for its closure

Test Reports and Acceptance

Test summary reports
Test Metrics and process Improvements made
Build release
Receiving acceptance