IEEE 829

What Does IEEE 829 Mean?

IEEE 829 is a standard for software testing by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) that specifies all the stages of software testing and documentation at each stage. IEEE 829 defines the standards for software analysis and citations.

Techopedia Explains IEEE 829

IEEE 829 is responsible for defining rules and regulations for each step in the software testing process and how to write documentation for each step. The stages involved in software testing and reporting are:

Test plan
Test design specification
Test case specification
Test procedure specification
Test item transmittal report
Test log
Test incident report
Test summary report

IEEE has devised different rules of documentation for each stage, and failure to comply leads to failure to grant IEEE certifications to the software in question.

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