Acceptance Test Plan

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What is an Acceptance Test Plan?

An The Acceptance Test Plan verifies that the final deliverable meets the client’s requirements.

This MS Word template outlines the steps required to prepare an Acceptance Test Plan. It also ensures that all components of the system are tested.

An Acceptance Test Plan describes the acceptance testing process, such as the features to be tested, pass/fail criteria, approach to testing, roles and responsibilities, resource requirements and schedules.

It also defines the functionality to be tested, the requirements verified by the test, test preconditions, test steps and test post-conditions.

Who uses it?
Test Manager, QA Manager, Project Manager, Development Manager, QA Engineer, Documentation Manager, IT Manager, System Administrator.

When is it used?
An Acceptance Test Plan is required during the software testing process to ensure that all features and functionality are correctly tested and that the system meets the technical requirements.

Table of Contents

1    Project Information
1.1  Objectives
1.2  Document Overview
1.3  System Description
1.4  Methodology 
1.5  Key Stakeholders 
1.6  Client Information 
1.7  Customer Information 
1.8   Relationship to Other Documents 
1.9   Applicable Documents 
1.10  Reference Documents 
1.11  Points of Contact
1.12  Reference Material
1.13  Methodology, Tools, and Techniques 
1.14  Policies, Directives and Procedures 

2    Issues From Previous Release

3    Acceptance Test Plan
3.1  Scope 
3.2  Business Processes Testing 
3.3  Testing Approach 
3.4  Test Schedule 
3.5  Problem Reporting 
3.6  Resource Requirements 
3.7  Test Environment
3.8  Post-Delivery Tests 
3.9  Test Equipment
3.10  Software Requirements 
3.11  Hardware Requirements 
3.12  Test Identification 
3.13  Acceptance Test Report
3.14  Corrective Action 
3.15  Summary of Results 
3.16  Conclusion

4   Project Management
4.1  Test Deliverables 
4.2  Testing Tasks 
4.3  Schedule 
4.4  Risk Assessment
4.5  Constraints 
4.6  Issues 
4.7  Assumptions 
4.8  Dependencies 
4.9  Sign-Off Criteria

5   Project Team  
5.1  Roles 
5.2  Resources 
5.3  Software Tools 
5.4  Training

6   Appendix A — Terminology 
6.1  Glossary of Terms 
6.2  Acronyms and Abbreviations 

7   Appendix B — Sample Test Case

8   Appendix C — ATP for System [x]

9   Appendix D — Test Specifications 

10  Client Sign-offs 
10.1  Unconditional Signoff
10.2  Conditional Signoff
10.3  Rejection 
 
Index of Tables

Table 1 — Requirements by Priority Level
Table 2 — Client Information 
Table 3 — Customer Information 
Table 4 — Applicable documents 
Table 5 — Reference Documents 
Table 6 — Summary of Results 
Table 7 — Schedule 
Table 8 — Risks 
Table 9 — Constraints 
Table 10 — Issues 
Table 11 — Assumptions 
Table 12 — Dependencies 
Table 13 — Sign-off Criteria 
Table 14 — Roles and Responsibilities 
Table 15 — Glossary of Terms 
Table 16 — Acronyms and Abbreviations 

Page Count: 27
File Format: Microsoft Word

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