| Phase |
Test Type |
Responsibility |
Stakeholders |
| Planning |
Business Validation |
Business |
Business Stakeholders/ System Architect |
| Analysis/ Requirements |
Process Validation |
Business/ System/Application Architect |
All Application Stakeholders |
| Architecture & Design |
Architecture Analysis |
System/Application Architect |
Development Team |
| Construction |
Unit Testing |
Developer |
Development Team |
| Functional Testing |
Subject Matter Experts |
Development Team/Business Team |
| Testing/ Deployment |
System Testing/ Integration Testing |
Testers/Subject Matter Experts |
All Stakeholders |
Table 1 Testing in the 5 Phases of the App Lifecycle
The application lifecycle can loosely be grouped into five different phases, and various types of testing are performed in each phase.
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