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ERROR LOGGING DURING SYSTEM TEST
A SIMPLE PROCEDUREApplicable for development teams of one or two persons.
During each system test, a log is kept for errors found.
When an error is found, the following is noted in the log by the tester:
Identity of the log entry.
Date, name of reporter.
Identity and version of the software system where the error occured.
Identity and version of the test specification used.
Identity of the test case, where the error occured.
A description of the error.
If the error was in the program, the tester updates the incorrect source program and any specifications containing the error. Thereafter, the tester notes the following in the log:
Old and new versions of corrected source programs.
Old and new versions of any corrected specifications.
A description of the error correction (if not included in the version history of the programs and documents).
If the error was in the test specification the tester updates it. If other specifications have the error too, (s)he updates those. In the error log, (s)he notes:
description of the correction.
The new version of the corrected test specification, and old and new versions of any other corrected specifications.
After the error has been corrected, the tester runs the failed test case again, and, if successful, notes the following in the log:
Date.
Software version the test was run on.
Signature to record successful run of the test case.