Test Plan and Test Specification

Test Plan :


A Test Plan is a detailed project plan for testing, layering the possibility of testing, the tactics to be used, the tasks to be performed, resources, schedules, risks, and dependencies. A Test Plan is developed earlier to the implementation of a project to provide a well defined and understood project road map.

Test Specification :


A Test Specification defines exactly what tests will be performed and what their scope and objectives will be. A Test Specification is produced as the first step in implementing a Test Plan, prior to the onset of manual testing and/or automated test suite development. It provides a repeatable, wide-ranging definition of a testing operation