Manual Testing Versus BuildMgmt_ LabMgmt , TP,TC Lifecycles

Hi,

The project which I am supporting is mainly into Manual Testing and during one of the Training session I conducted have avoided the Build Management and Lab Management Sections just giving an overview as it is mainly related to Automation Testing.

But I got to know from some experts that Build can be used in RQM and so on .. Can anyone comment on this.

Another Suggestion was -- Do we have a Test Plan Lifecycle, Test Case Lifecycle, Test Script and Defect Lifecycle ?

Test Plan Life Cycle : Create a TP, Manage the TP with required Sections, Add related requirements , Test Cases etc.

Similarly for Test Cases : Create Test Case, Add Test Scipt etc

For Defect we have Work-flow defined in the process which consists of states and actions. I Could explain the different State Transition Matrix for that.

Based on the above inputs let me know if you have any better suggestions to help my team understand in a simpler way.

The main purpose is to make it as simple as possible for the project teams. Because by looking at different sections they are confusing them selves.

Regards
Anoop