====== Test Asset ======

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===== Discussion =====

A Test Asset is an identifiable entity used to define, configure, execute, evaluate, or reproduce a [[public:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:t:test|Test]]. A Test Asset may be executable or non-executable and may be reused by more than one Test.

A Test Asset may include:

  * A [[public:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:t:test_definition|Test Definition]]
  * A [[public:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:t:test_plan|Test Plan]]
  * A [[public:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:t:test_sequence|Test Sequence]]
  * A [[public:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:t:test_executable|Test Executable]]
  * Test data
  * An [[public:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:e:expected_result|Expected Result]]
  * A Test Environment specification
  * A [[public:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:c:configuration|Configuration]]
  * A measurement or monitoring specification
  * A validation rule

A Test Asset may be stored in a repository, identified by a catalog entry, governed by a [[public:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:p:policy|Policy]], associated with a [[public:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:v:version|Version]], and related to other Test Assets through [[public:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:t:traceability|Traceability]].

===== Definition =====

//identifiable entity used to define, configure, execute, evaluate, or reproduce a test//

===== Source =====

Dido Solutions, Inc. and Jackrabbit Consulting, Inc., derived from the test work-product and testware concepts in ISO/IEC/IEEE 29119-1:2022

===== Note =====

A Test Asset is identified by its role in testing rather than by its representation, storage location, ownership, implementation technology, or execution model.

A Test Asset differs from a [[public:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:t:test_result|Test Result]]:

  * A Test Asset is used to define, configure, execute, evaluate, or reproduce a Test
  * A Test Result records information produced by a Test Execution

A Test Result may later be selected as an input to another Test. In that role, it also serves as a Test Asset for the later Test.

Reusable Test Assets should retain sufficient [[public:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:p:provenance|Provenance]], Version, applicable Requirements, dependencies, and Traceability to support governed reuse.

===== Example =====

A Test Definition, Test Sequence, Test Executable, input dataset, Expected Result, and Test Environment specification are Test Assets used together to perform and evaluate a repeatable Test.

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