Software Test Designers uses this brief checklist for a quick overview of any testing project:
| Application | What is the nature of the application under test? What does it do, and for whom?
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| Staff | How many developers, project managers, existing testers, etc?
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| Schedule | What is the deployment time frame?
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| Specification | Do architecture and specifications exist? to what degree of detail and completeness?
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| Acceptance Test | Who will conduct this, when, and under what circumstances, if there is to be one?
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| Personnel | What is the experience and skill level of the staff?
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| Standards | Do coding standards exist?
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| Objectives | What are the testing objectives for the project? What are the objectives for the application under test?
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| History | What has been the development of the project thus far and past examples of similar projects performed by the same group?
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