====== Test Outcome ======

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===== Discussion =====

A Test Outcome expresses the determination produced by evaluating applicable [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:o:observation|Observations]] against the expected results, acceptance criteria, or other decision rules established by a [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:t:test_definition|Test Definition]].

A Test Outcome commonly identifies a determination such as pass, fail, inconclusive, blocked, or error. The Test Definition establishes the permitted outcome values and the criteria governing their assignment.

A Test Outcome differs from a [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:t:test_result|Test Result]]. The Test Outcome expresses the determination reached through evaluation. The Test Result records the outcome together with the supporting context, identifiers, relationships, and other information produced by the [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:t:test_execution|Test Execution]].

DIDO-TE preserves [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:t:traceability|Traceability]] from each Test Outcome to the Observations and criteria used to determine it.

===== Definition =====

//determination produced by evaluating test observations against specified expected results, acceptance criteria, or decision rules//

===== Source =====

Adapted from the test-result and expected-result concepts defined by:

  * [[https://www.iso.org/standard/79428.html|ISO/IEC/IEEE 29119-2:2021, Software and systems engineering — Software testing — Part 2: Test processes]]
  * [[https://glossary.istqb.org/en_US/term/test-result|ISTQB Glossary, “test result”]]
  * [[https://glossary.istqb.org/en_US/term/expected-result|ISTQB Glossary, “expected result”]]

===== Note =====

The DIDO glossary uses **Test Outcome** in a narrower sense than sources that treat **test outcome**, **test result**, and **result** as synonyms.

Within DIDO-TE:

  * An Observation records what occurred
  * A Test Outcome records the determination reached
  * A Test Result preserves the outcome and its supporting test context

A Test Outcome record identifies or references:

  * The applicable Test Execution
  * The evaluated Observations
  * The expected result or acceptance criterion
  * The applied decision rule
  * The resulting determination
  * Any reason for an inconclusive, blocked, or error outcome

===== Example =====

A Test Definition requires a Candidate Solution to reject a Transfer Bundle whose integrity validation fails. DIDO-TE observes that the Candidate Solution rejected the bundle and recorded the applicable integrity error. Evaluation of these Observations against the expected result produces a **pass** Test Outcome.

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