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Prima facie, a software application appears more validated by the presence of a test plan. Although plenty of IEEE standards are in use by the testing industry, still there is no hard & fast rule to stick to any one in particular. Many times company specific test plans customized to suit ones own requirement prove to be more useful & acceptable to the testing personnel.

A good Tester is the one who prepares a “Test Plan” for every level of testing, and clearly describes its objectives & most important aspect is that he/she operates on it.

IEEE 829 standard prescribes many specifications related documents. Three such documents are

1) Test Design Specifications
2) Test Case Specifications
3) Test Procedure Specifications

Let us go a bit deeper into the salient features of each of these documents being crucially important in any testing effort.

1) Test Design Specifications