Entry Criteria (Definition of ready)
Define the preconditions for undertaking a given test activity
- Availability of testable requirements, user stories and models.
- Availability of test items that have met the exit criteria for any prior test levels
- Availability of test environment and readiness.
- Availability of necessary test tools.
- Availability of test data and other necessary resources.
Exit Criteria (Definition of Done)
Exit criteria are used to determine when a given test activity has been completed or when it should stop.
- Planned tests have been executed
- A defined level of coverage (e.g of requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, risks, code) has been achieved.
- The number of unresolved defects in within an agreed limit.
- The number of estimated remaining defects is sufficiency low.
- The evaluated levels of quality characteristics