Common use of Test Planning Clause in Contracts

Test Planning. The Contractor shall ensure all test documentation and activities are traceable to requirements, issues or incidents, including test plans, test cases, test data staging, test scenarios, and test scripts in accordance with established PDSS processes. The Contractor shall properly set up the test environment and required data to support testing. All test documentation is subject to Government approval prior to use in support of system changes, no matter the Contractor’s perceived magnitude of the change. The Contractor shall perform RCA (CDRL A001) and may be required to provide a short and long term testing plan. The Contractor shall plan and execute required test and evaluation processes to include data quality and performance tests as required. The Contractor shall provide test strategy, planning and execution schedule with external partners. The Contractor shall follow a repeatable test strategy for system changes. The Contractor shall identify and communicate test risks, resource requirements, supporting service needs, and scheduling milestones. When required, the Contractor shall prepare and deliver for Government approval, test documentation, including detailed Test Plans (CDRL C001), test cases (CDRL C002), and test scripts (CDRL C003) that are traceable to requirements, issues or incidents. As a part of CDRL C001, the Contractor shall identify required Government support such as Government furnished property, equipment, information, external partners, or data required to conduct testing activities necessary to carry out any tasks in this section. The Contractor shall provide proposed test scripts and technical justification for level of testing, to include: function unit test, regression, and failover. The Contractor is encouraged to utilize prescanned scripts to resolve known issues. The Contractor shall provide a roll- back plan for each system change. All test documentation shall be uploaded by the Contractor into the Government’s data repository. CDRL A001 – Scientific and Technical Report - (RCA Report) CDRL C001 - Test Plan CDRL C002 - Software Test Description (STD) - (Test Case) CDRL C003 - Software Test Description (STD) - (Test Script)

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