W75pDq - Web Site Plan 13: Quality Test Findings

W75p - Web Site Plan and Specification Project

Details for Part 13: Quality Test Findings

Quality Assurance Plan - Report from the quality assurance testers.

Quality test findings are based on the Quality Assurance Plan for small Websites described in Part 7. This table summarizes the information that needs to be part of the report:

QA Plan Sections for Small Websites	Report Contents
a. Purpose	Repeat the purpose statement from the original Quality Assurance Plan, with any revisions that appeared helpful as the site was developed.
b. Tests	List and describe the tests that were carried out, tools, techniques, and methodologies used (from the "Tools, Techniques, and Methodologies" section of the QA Plan). For each test, detail the pages and/or features that were tested.
c. Problem reporting and corrective action	List each test again, detailing whether the test revealed any problems. If problems were revealed, explain them and suggest corrective action that needs to be taken. This is the section that is supposed to go to the Project Manager so that resources can be assigned for correcting the problems.
[d. Tools, techniques and methodologies]	(Include this in section b, "Tests".)
e. Training	If training was considered necessary, what training was adiminstered and how the staff assessed its success..

Example:

Quality Test Findings

Purpose: Quality Assurance (QA) testing is carried out to ensure that code is well-formed and valid, that all links are operational, and that both users and customers are satisfied with the appearance and functioning of the site on various computer system and with various browsers.

Tests: The following aspects were tested:

All links: tested for operability by manually following the links
All code: validated against W3C standards for XHTML 1.0 and CSS level 2, using W3C validators (http://validator.w3.org/)
Compatibility: site rendering will be checked on the following:
- Windows:
  - Internet Explorer 5.5 and 6.0
  - Netscape 4.7and 7.0. both on Windows and Macintosh systems
- Macintosh:
  - Internet Explorer 6.0
  - Netscape 7.0
Customer satisfaction has been an issue of ongoing importance throughout development. The Web developers have been in contact several times weekly with the staff of the Stony Creek Historical Museum.

Problem reporting and corrective action: The following issues were noted and are referred to the Project Manager for resolution:

Non-validating pages, which need to be corrected and re-validated:
1. Home page
2. Agricultural machinery page
3. Volunteer duties page
4. [etc.]
Inoperable links, which need to be researched, verified, and re-coded:
1. On Home page:
  1. Michigan Historical Society
  2. Lincoln School District
  3. Donors' page
  4. [etc.]
2. On Volunteers' page:
  1. [etc.]
Content corrections: see attached printouts.

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