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Module 9 · Final project

Project part 1: plan and test checklist

Scope the work, rank risks and build a checklist before you start testing.

About 6 min reading and 45 min practice (estimates)

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Learning objectives

  • Define scope, out-of-scope items and a time box.
  • Rank areas by risk using the published rules.
  • Produce a test checklist that combines the techniques from earlier modules.

Explanation

Your product is the training shop in Bug Arena Practice. Its "Expected behaviour" panel is your specification. Practice runs entirely in your browser, so you can test freely; it is not a real shop and takes no real orders.

  1. Read the brief and expected behaviour. Note every rule and every question.
  2. Write the scope: catalogue and search, cart, promotion codes, delivery charges, checkout and confirmation, in English and Arabic. Out of scope: performance and security testing.
  3. Rank the areas by likelihood and impact (money and checkout usually come first).
  4. Build a checklist: partitions and boundaries for quantities and amounts, a decision table for discounts and delivery, required fields, and both languages.
  5. Set a time box — for example 90 minutes of testing.

Example: the start of a checklist

[ ] Catalogue: each category shows only its own products (EN, AR)
[ ] Search: English and Arabic names, case, surrounding spaces
[ ] Cart: quantity 1, 2, 9, 10; + disabled at 10, − disabled at 1
[ ] Cart: summary matches the lines after every change
[ ] Codes: SOUQ10 / WELCOME2, unknown code, lower case, spaces
[ ] Delivery: subtotal after discount just below, at, above the threshold
[ ] Checkout: each required field empty / spaces only / valid
[ ] Confirmation: order number, lines and totals match the cart
A starting point — extend it with your own ideas.

Common mistakes

  • Starting to click before reading the specification.
  • A checklist that only follows the happy path.
  • Forgetting the second language.

Try

Practise what you just read. Answers are checked here; nothing is graded publicly or counts toward Bug Arena.

Exercise

Write your test plan in a few lines (scope, out of scope, top three risks, time box), then your checklist of at least 12 items. Keep it — you'll use it in part 2.

Write your answer first, then compare it with the sample solution. It stays on this page only and isn't sent anywhere.

Review

Check yourself — you should now be able to:

  • Define scope, out-of-scope items and a time box.
  • Rank areas by risk using the published rules.
  • Produce a test checklist that combines the techniques from earlier modules.

Practise in QA Lab

Continue

When you’re ready, mark the lesson complete in the Try step and move on.

Marked as read when you reach the end of the lesson.