The typical objectives of testing are:
- Evaluation of work products such as requirements, user stories, design, and code
- Verification if all specified requirements are met
- Checking the completion of the test object and the validation of the compliance of its work with the expectations of users and other stakeholders
- Increasing of the confidence in the test object quality level
- Detection of defects and failures to reduce the risk of the software releasing of an inadequate quality
- Providing stakeholders with sufficient information to enable them to make informed decisions, especially regarding the test objects quality level
- Compliance with contractual, legal or regulatory requirements or standards and / or to verify that the test object meets such requirements or standards
Objectives of testing can be different depending on a variety of factors.
For example: the purpose of the component testing may be to find the maximum number of defects, and in the case of the acceptance testing, it is to confirm that the system functioning is proper.
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