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Traceability is the key characteristic of both Evaluation and Test Enactment related artifacts. Repetability Repeatability for tests related to core requirements and functionality. No need to repeat and maintain repeatability of tests that were already done unless possible to fully automate or required for compliance or periodic audits.
Test Enactment
Test design including test specification and design requirements, includes specification of requirements with conditions for their fulfillment. The conditions may also be contextual and include repeatability or presentability. It is followed by specification of individual tests cases and procedure for their execution. The subsequent steps are test environment set-up, test execution and related reporting. The feedback from environment set-up and execution may lead to an update of the original design. For example, the constraints in capabilities of the test environment may lead to the update of test cases. Alternatively, actual preparation of test cases and environment may require additional elaboration and refinement of test cases. On the other hand, significance/priority of some requirements may lead to modification of the test environment in order to enable execution of corresponding test cases. Both will lead to modification of the test procedure.
In parallel: Monitor test progress on the base of test status and related measures/metrics/reports), report test status to stakeholders, issue control/correction directives and perform corrective/adaptive actions for/on the test design, environment, execution, and perhaps even evaluation level test plan. Can be done in a single flow or iteratively.
Possibly provide provide suggestions or inputs for the update of the general Testing and Validation Process and Strategy.
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