{"id":70071,"date":"2020-01-03T17:35:18","date_gmt":"2020-01-03T12:05:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/tutorial\/?p=70071"},"modified":"2024-04-12T14:21:58","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T08:51:58","slug":"stlc-software-testing-life-cycle","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/tutorial\/stlc-software-testing-life-cycle\/","title":{"rendered":"STLC &#8211; Software Testing Life Cycle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/tutorial\/certified-manual-tester\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Go back to Tutorial<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<h1><strong>STLC &#8211; Software Testing Life Cycle<\/strong><\/h1>\n<figure style=\"width: 539px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.guru99.com\/images\/stories\/software-test-life-cycle.jpg\" alt=\"STLC - Software Testing Life Cycle\" width=\"539\" height=\"240\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">STLC &#8211; Software Testing Life Cycle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Testing software is not a single activity wherein we just validate the built product, instead, it comprises a set of activities discharged throughout the application lifecycle. The software testing life cycle or STLC refers to all these activities discharged during the testing of a software product.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Phases of STLC<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Requirement Analysis &#8211; This phase involves analyzation and validation of the necessary documents.<\/li>\n<li>Test Planning and Control &#8211; Test planning is considered as one of the most important activities in the test process. It includes defining the test specifications with a view to achieving the project requirements. Whereas, test Control involves continuous monitoring of test progress with the set plan.<\/li>\n<li>Test Analysis and Design &#8211; This phase includes analyzing and reviewing requirement documents, risk analysis reports, and other design specifications. Besides this, it also includes setting up test infrastructure, creation of high-level test cases and creation of traceability matrix.<\/li>\n<li>Test Case Development &#8211; After that, this phase includes the actual test case creation.<\/li>\n<li>Test Execution &#8211; This phase involves manual and automated test case execution. During test case execution any deviation from the expected result leads to the creation of defects in a defect management tool or manual logging of bugs in an excel sheet.<\/li>\n<li>Exit Criteria Evaluation and Reporting &#8211; This phase involves analyzing the test execution result against the specified exit criteria and the creation of a test summary report.<\/li>\n<li>Test Environment Setup &#8211; This phase involves the creation of a test environment closely simulating the real-world environment.<\/li>\n<li>Test Closure &#8211; This phase marks the formal closure of testing. 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