From the course: ISTQB Foundation Cert Prep
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Test levels
- [Instructor] Test levels are groups of test activities that are organized and managed together. Each test level is an instance of the test process. The test levels used in the ISTQB syllabus are, component testing, integration testing, system testing, and acceptance testing. You can categorize a test level using the following attributes. Specific objectives, test basis, reference to derive test cases, test objects, or what is being tested, typical defects and failures and specific approaches and responsibilities. For every test level, a suitable test environment is required. For acceptance testing, for example, a production-like test environment is ideal. While in component testing, the developers typically use their own development environment. Components testing focuses on components that are separately testable. Objectives of component testing include, reducing risk, verifying whether the functional and…
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