Q: Give me a requirements test matrix template! (Cont'd...)
Step 3: Based on these numbers, create a basic table. Let's suppose you have a list of 90 requirements and 360 test cases. Based on these numbers, you want to create a table of 91 rows and 361 columns.
Step 4: Focus on the the first column of your table. One by one, copy all your 90 requirement numbers, and paste them into rows 2 through 91 of your table.
Step 5: Focus on the the first row of your table. One by one, copy all your 360 test case numbers, and paste them into columns 2 through 361 of your table.
Step 6: Examine each of your 360 test cases, and, one by one, determine which of the 90 requirements they satisfy. If, for the sake of this example, test case 64 satisfies requirement 12, then put a large "X" into cell 13-65 of your table... and then you have it; you have just created a requirements test matrix template that you can use for cross-referencing purposes.
Q: What is reliability testing?
A: Reliability testing is designing reliability test cases, using accelerated reliability techniques (e.g. step-stress, test/analyze/fix, and continuously increasing stress testing techniques), AND testing units or systems to failure, in order to obtain raw failure time data for product life analysis.
The purpose of reliability testing is to determine product reliability, and to determine whether the software meets the customer's reliability requirements.
In the system test phase, or after the software is fully developed, one reliability testing technique we use is a test/analyze/fix technique, where we couple reliability testing with the removal of faults.
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