Technical Test Plan

Project / release: [Name and version] Author: [Name / role] Date: [Date] Reviewers: [Names] Status: [Draft / Approved]

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1. Scope and objectives

[In 2–3 sentences: what is being tested, why, and what "success" looks like for this round of testing.]

2. In scope / out of scope

In scope

• [Feature, module, or flow that will be tested]
• [Feature, module, or flow that will be tested]

Out of scope

• [Area that will NOT be tested, and why — e.g., unchanged legacy module, third-party service covered by its own SLA]

3. Test approach and levels

Level	Included?	Type(s)	Manual / Automated	Owner
Unit	[Yes/No]	Functional	Automated	[Dev]
Integration	[Yes/No]	Functional	[Manual/Auto]	[Dev/QA]
System	[Yes/No]	Functional, Performance	[Manual/Auto]	[QA]
End-to-end	[Yes/No]	Functional	[Manual/Auto]	[QA]
Security	[Yes/No]	Security	[Manual/Auto]	[Security]
UAT	[Yes/No]	Acceptance	Manual	[Business]

4. Test cases

ID	Scenario	Expected result	Priority
TC-01	[Action and inputs under test]	[Exact expected outcome]	[High/Med/Low]
TC-02	[Negative or edge case]	[Expected error / handling]	[High/Med/Low]
TC-03	[Boundary condition]	[Expected outcome]	[High/Med/Low]

[Add one row per check. Each scenario should be specific enough that any tester reproduces the same result.]

5. Test environments and data

• Environment(s): [e.g., staging mirroring production config; browsers/devices to cover]
• Test data: [How data is created or seeded; volume; how production-like it is]
• Sensitive data: [How real or anonymised data is handled, and any access restrictions]

6. Entry and exit criteria

Entry criteria (testing may start when):

• [e.g., Build deployed to the test environment]
• [e.g., Test data loaded; access granted]
• [e.g., Feature spec signed off]

Exit criteria (testing is complete when):

• [e.g., 100% of High-priority cases executed and passed]
• [e.g., No open Critical or High-severity defects]
• [e.g., UAT sign-off received from the business owner]

7. Risks and mitigations

Risk	Likelihood	Impact	Mitigation
[What could undermine testing]	[H/M/L]	[H/M/L]	[Planned response]

8. Roles and responsibilities

Role	Person	Responsibility
Test author	[Name]	Writes and maintains this plan
Tester(s)	[Name]	Executes cases, logs defects
Approver	[Name]	Signs off exit criteria and release

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Optional sections

• Test schedule: [When each phase runs.]
• Defect management: [How bugs are logged, triaged by severity, and tracked to closure.]
• Traceability: [Mapping of requirements to the test cases that cover them.]