Developing a test plan
Design review
A design review is a milestone within the product development process. The design is evaluated against its requirements to check that design plans and solutions meet user requirements. If necessary, the design plan can be changed before committing to further work.
A/B testing
You should create two prototypeThe first working model of a design used for testing, development and evaluation. of your homepage to allow for A/B testing. These two versions should allow users to see differing ideas for your proposed solution. Observations and records (user preferences, comments, how users react to colours, menus, images etc.) taken from the A/B testing should influence your design plans.
Typical contents of a design review
The results of A/B testing should provide you with:
- Physical tests of the product with the end users
- Examinations (walk-throughs) of the product
The design review will confirm how appropriate the technologies and techiques used are, such as validationChecking input data is sensible and in the right format., data captureThe process of gathering data,which can be automatic or manully inputted., user interfaceThe way that a human can interact with an application. In the context of a wireframe the user interface relates to the visual layout that the user can interact with., data structureThe way that data is stored in a database or program., multimedia elements and so on.
Finally the design review will consider the human computer interfaceHow a person interacts with a computer system. and any outputs to check if they are suitable for the user.
A test plan for the development team will be produced at this stage based on the finalised design plans.
A sample test plan can be seen below:
| Test# | Test | Test data | Expected result |
| 1 | Links on homepage (navigation bar): Products, About Us, Blog | N/A | Links will take the user to the correct page |
| 2 | Other layouts are available | N/A | Links will take the user to the correct page |
| 3 | Search bar | Null data | Return search page with text: "No results found" |
| 4 | Search bar | Normal data "Blog" | Return search page with results: "2 results found", Home Page, Blog |
| Test# | 1 |
|---|---|
| Test | Links on homepage (navigation bar): Products, About Us, Blog |
| Test data | N/A |
| Expected result | Links will take the user to the correct page |
| Test# | 2 |
|---|---|
| Test | Other layouts are available |
| Test data | N/A |
| Expected result | Links will take the user to the correct page |
| Test# | 3 |
|---|---|
| Test | Search bar |
| Test data | Null data |
| Expected result | Return search page with text: "No results found" |
| Test# | 4 |
|---|---|
| Test | Search bar |
| Test data | Normal data "Blog" |
| Expected result | Return search page with results: "2 results found", Home Page, Blog |
The final design review should, if successful, trigger the product launch or release.
