Test Asset

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A Test Asset is an identifiable entity used to define, configure, execute, evaluate, or reproduce a 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 Test Definition
• A Test Plan
• A Test Sequence
• A Test Executable
• Test data
• An Expected Result
• A Test Environment specification
• A 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 Policy, associated with a Version, and related to other Test Assets through Traceability.

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

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

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 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 Provenance, Version, applicable Requirements, dependencies, and Traceability to support governed reuse.

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.