Test Data Management Approach Test Data Insights   Testing determines the quality of any product,
Test data determines the quality of testing,
Testing accounts up to 60% of development lifecycle,
Data-related tasks occupy about 60% of Application
Development and Testing time.
!   Test Data Preparation accounts about 50% of total test
effort,
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Test Data Management -­‐ Challenges 1
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Generic
Challenges
Big Data
Time-to-Market
Project Costs
Maintaining & Logistics
Application Complexity
Database Complexity
Security
Regulations & Laws &
Compliance
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Test Specific
Challenges
1.  Quality of Testing
2.  Data Preparation
Efforts
3.  Control of Multiple
Test Environments
4.  Test Data Consistency
5.  End-to-end traceability
of test data
6.  Invalid Defects due to
test data anomalies
7.  TDM Tool Selection &
Utilization
8.  Skilled TDM Specialists
Test Data Management -­‐ Process Dev.
DB
Extract
Extract
Medium
Load
Production
DB
Test
DB
UAT
DB
De-sensitize Customer
Data à Masking
Reduce Quantity à Sub-
Software
Solutions
Test Data Management -­‐ Lifecycle TD Planning
Create/ Modify
Application
TD
Analysis
TD
Design
Create Test
Environment
Subset
TD
Execution
Test Data
Preparation
TD Prep.
Insert/Edit
TD Use
TD
Maintenance
Mask
Test
Execution
Refresh Test Data
Check Test
Results
Extract
Compare
Script
Update
Data
Update
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Test Data Management -­‐ Data Requirements !   What kind of data is needed?
!   How much data is needed?
!   When is the data needed?
!   Who will need the data?
!   Where will the data be loaded?
!   What are the dependencies?
!   What type of testing will the data be
used for?
!   How will the data be secured/desensitized?
Test Data Management -­‐ Objec?ves In order to be efficiently used for any test activity,
Test Data should possess the following
characteristics;
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Reliable
Accessible
Complete
Consistent
Integral
Error-Free
Secure
Relevant
Timely
Test Data Management -­‐ Test Types/Levels +
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