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Plan-Driven Testing — The V-Model
publish date: 2026/05/30 21:26:59.070954 UTC
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In a plan-driven software process, an independent team of testers works from pre-formulated test plans. The diagram below illustrates how specification stages on the top row each link to a corresponding test stage on the bottom row — this is sometimes called the V-model of development.
What do the test plans in this model represent?
Correct Answer
The link between testing activities and the development activities that produced the corresponding specification
Explanation
In a plan-driven process, test plans are the link between testing and development activities. An independent team of testers works from pre-formulated test plans developed from the system specification and design — each spec stage on the left of the V has a corresponding test stage on the right.
Reference
Software Engineering, Ian Sommerville, 9th edition