Task: Conduct Smoke Testing
Smoke testing is performed to check the code quality at high level.
Disciplines: Quality Management Discipline
Purpose
The purpose of Smoke Testing is to ensure the code/build received from development is operable and stable enough to begin testing formally.
Relationships
RolesPrimary Performer: Additional Performers:
InputsMandatory:
    		Optional:
    • None
    Outputs
      Main Description
      Smoke Testing should be conducted in a Pre-QA/QA environment after development has successfully handed over to QA and the code/build is deployed to the QA environment. Smoke Testing should be successful in order for QA to begin any formal test cycles.
      Steps
      Conduct smoke testing
      A group of testers will perform high level end to end tests to check the overall functionality of the system.
      Smoke test results
      Communicate the smoke test results to the appropriate stakeholders.
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      Guidelines

      Version and Release

      Unified Life Cycle (ULC): 5.1, November 3, 2014
      Phase Gates: 1.1, May 27, 2014
      Process Engineering Process (PEP): 1.1, May 27, 2014