Test progress monitoring
Test planning establishes the environment and estimates in terms of schedule, budget and effort for testing activity. One needs to monitor the test progress as per plan and take actions on deviations in test process with respect to plan or estimation. The purpose of test monitoring is to give feedback and visibility about test activities which can be used for initiating corrective and preventive actions. Information to be monitored may be collected through manual or automatic data, and may be used to measure test completion criteria, exit criteria, ect. Metrics may also be used to assess progress against the planned and budget. Common test metrics used for monitoring may include the following.