IEEE 829-1998 Historical

The standard covers the development and use of software test documentaiton. It defines the format, contents and use of such documentation. (1983) The standard describes a set of basic test documents which are associated with the dynamic aspects of testing (that is, the execution of procedures and code). The standard defines the purpose, outline and contest of each basic document. The standard does not call for specific testing methodologies, approaches, techniques, facilities, or tools, and does not specirfy the documentation of their use. (1997) In addition a correlation between the content of software test documentation as defined in 829 and the content of such documentation as defined in IEEE 12207.1, will be added as an annex which will correlate the assumptions relating to content of the two documents and trace content between subject.