Test Plan covers – What needs to be TESTED, how testing is going to be performed? Resources needed for testing, Timelines and Risk associated. 

For efficient and effective test planning we don’t REALLY need IEEE-829 template for test plan. Planning can be done without test plan document also. IDENTIFY your test Approach (strategy) and go with your testing. Many test plans are being CREATED just for the sake of PROCESSES.

Note – We are not against Test Plan documents. Use test plan documents if they really contains some useful information.

Test Plan covers – What needs to be tested, how testing is going to be performed? Resources needed for testing, Timelines and Risk associated. 

For efficient and effective test planning we don’t really need IEEE-829 template for test plan. Planning can be done without test plan document also. Identify your test Approach (strategy) and go with your testing. Many test plans are being created just for the sake of processes.

Note – We are not against Test Plan documents. Use test plan documents if they really contains some useful information.