Patent ID: 6601017
Filing Date: 2003-07-29
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A process of conducting quality assurance for acceptance testing of software, the process comprising the steps of:(a) developing a high level quality assurance resource estimate and a high level quality assurance time estimate; (b) producing a business analysis outline for providing an interpretation of a plurality of user requirements; (c) creating an acceptance test plan using an acceptance test plan template with the business analysis outline wherein the acceptance test plan provides a plurality of steps to be conducted during execution of the acceptance test; (d) refining the high level quality assurance resource estimate and the high level quality assurance time estimate based on at least the acceptance test plan; (e) creating a plurality of test cases to be carried out during a test execution phase of the quality assurance process using the acceptance test plan; (f) executing each of the test cases in an acceptance test to produce a set of test results for each of the test cases; (g) evaluating each of the sets of the test results against a set of the refined high level quality assurance resource estimate and the refined high level quality assurance time estimate; (h) reporting one or more defects tracked during the execution of each of the test cases; (i) correcting the one or more reported defects; (j) re-testing the corrected one or more defects; (k) negotiating a sign off of the acceptance test with a client; and (l) creating and storing an application audit package.