What is Entry and Exit Criteria?

Question

Entry Criteria: Entry Criteria gives the prerequisite items that must be completed before testing can begin.

Exit Criteria: Exit Criteria defines the items that must be completed before testing can be concluded

You have Entry and Exit Criteria for all levels in the Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC)

Answer 1

Entry Criteria

1. All the defects (catastrophic, major and minor) identified in the developer integration testing (Unit testing) are fixed.
2. All defects are entered in JIRA.
3. Code review is completed and review comments are incorporated.
4. The following artifacts should be available before the start of the each test cycle

• Installation setup with proper unique build number for the release
• Unit Test Report
• Release notes with known issues, work around and areas affected
• Utility or SQL scripts must be given to create accounts, Master User and Device. This is essential because Account Management utility is not available during engineering testing loops.
• The smoke test will be performed at the start of the each cycle before continuing testing. The build will be rejected if any of the build rejection criteria is met during smoke testing i.e. if there is any show stopper or any Major defect which would hinder the smoke testing itself or in actual test execution. Refer build rejection criteria for more details.

 

Exit Criteria

• Execution of all test cases identified as per the scope
• All the defects identified are entered in Defect Tracking Tool
• Test report along with test case execution status sheet