Test phases
Apart from being used for driving early test plans, IBM® DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) can be used to shift testing earlier in the software development lifecycle (SDLC) than is traditionally possible with standard test tools that test at the UI level. Soon after you have a local build, you can use Test Integrations and APIs to do service unit testing.
The related links do not provide the details of each test phase, but provide high-level considerations when you use the IBM DevOps Test Workbench (Test Workbench) product suite.
| Test phases | Summary | Guiding documents | Functional | Low-intensity performance | High-intensity performance | Backwards compatibility | Compliance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unit and integration testing | Testing individual components and interactions between them | Technical design, program specification, and standards | X | X | X | X | |
| System testing | Testing a complete business process for a system | Business requirements, technical design and governance standards, and policies | X | X | X | X | |
| System integration testing | Testing end-to-end scenarios, which includes integration of several systems | Business requirements, technical design and governance standards, and policies | X | X | X | X |