Test Execution Document

Parent Document: TEST_PLAN.mdVersion: 1.2 | Date: January 5, 2026

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8. Defect Tracking & Reporting

8.1 Defect Classification

Severity Levels:

Level	Description	Example
S0 - Blocker	System unusable	Login broken, data loss
S1 - Critical	Major feature broken	PDF generation fails
S2 - Major	Feature impaired	Filter not working
S3 - Minor	Minor issue	UI misalignment
S4 - Trivial	Cosmetic	Typo

Priority Levels:

Level	Description	Resolution SLA
P0 - Critical	Must fix immediately	4 hours
P1 - High	Fix in current sprint	2 days
P2 - Medium	Fix in next sprint	1 week
P3 - Low	Fix when convenient	Backlog

8.2 Defect Lifecycle

New → Assigned → In Progress → Resolved → Verified → Closed
                      ↓                       ↓
                   Reopened ←─────────────────┘

8.3 Defect Tracking

Tool: GitHub Issues

Labels:

• bug - Identifies as defect
• severity:S0 to severity:S4
• priority:P0 to priority:P3
• module:upload, module:reports, etc.
• regression - Regression from previous release

8.4 Escalation Path

Situation	Escalate To	Timeframe
P0/S0 not acknowledged	Dev Lead	1 hour
P0/S0 not resolved	Project Manager	4 hours
P1 not acknowledged	Dev Lead	1 day
Repeated regressions	Dev Lead + QA Lead	Immediate

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10. Test Deliverables

10.1 Documents

Document	Description	Owner
Test Plan	This document suite	QA Lead
Test Cases	Detailed test specifications	QA Engineers
RTM	Requirements traceability	QA Lead
Test Summary Report	Execution results	QA Lead
Defect Report	Issue tracking	QA Engineers

10.2 Test Summary Report Contents

• Test execution summary
• Pass/fail metrics
• Coverage analysis
• Defect summary
• Recommendations
• Sign-off

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11. Test Schedule & Milestones

11.1 Phase Timeline

Phase	Duration	Key Activities
Development Testing	Continuous	Unit tests, integration tests
Validation Testing	2 weeks	System testing, performance
Implementation Testing	1 week	UAT, regression
Operational Testing	2 days	Production validation

11.2 Milestones

Milestone	Criteria
VRR Complete	Unit coverage ≥85%, no P0 defects
IRR Complete	Validation passed, security tested
UAT Complete	Stakeholder sign-off
ORR Complete	Production ready

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12. Test Roles & Responsibilities

12.1 Team Structure

         Project Manager
               │
    ┌──────────┼──────────┐
    │          │          │
 QA Lead    Dev Lead    DevOps
    │          │
 QA Eng    Developers

12.2 Role Definitions

QA Lead:

• Develop test plan
• Coordinate testing activities
• Report metrics
• Make go/no-go recommendations

QA Engineer:

• Execute test cases
• Develop automated tests
• Log defects
• Verify fixes

Developer:

• Write unit tests (≥85% coverage)
• Fix defects
• Participate in code reviews

DevOps:

• Maintain test environments
• Configure CI/CD pipelines
• Support deployment testing

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13. Test Metrics & Reporting

13.1 Key Metrics

Metric	Formula	Target
Test Coverage	(Executed / Total) × 100	≥95%
Pass Rate	(Passed / Executed) × 100	≥98%
Defect Density	Defects / KLOC	<5
Defect Removal Efficiency	(Pre-release / Total) × 100	≥95%

13.2 Reporting Frequency

Report	Audience	Frequency
Daily Status	Dev team	Daily
Sprint Report	Stakeholders	Sprint end
Release Report	Executives	Release

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14. Communication Plan

14.1 Meetings

Meeting	Participants	Frequency	Purpose
Daily Standup	Dev + QA	Daily	Status sync
Defect Triage	QA + Dev	Daily	Prioritize defects
Sprint Review	All	Bi-weekly	Demo + feedback
UAT Session	QA + Users	Weekly	Acceptance testing

14.2 Communication Channels

Channel	Purpose
Slack #testing	Real-time updates
GitHub Issues	Defect tracking
Email	Formal communications
Confluence	Documentation

14.3 Status Reporting

Daily: Test execution progress, blockers Weekly: Metrics dashboard, risk updates Sprint: Summary report, recommendations

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Related Documents:

• TEST_PLAN.md - Main test plan
• TEST_CASES.md - Test cases
• TEST_APPENDICES.md - Templates