Test plan is a document that discuss about objectives, scope, different criteria, approach, individual roles and responsibilities, schedule, risk & their mitigation, approval and item pass /fail criteria.

Test Plan Template:-

• Test plan Identifier
• Introduction
• Test Objectives
• Test Scope
• Assumptions
• Risk Analysis
• Test Environment
• Strategy
• Features to be teste4d/Not to be tested
• Communication Approach
• Test Tool
• Test Schedule & Resources
• Suspension & Resumption criteria
• Roles and Responsibilities

Test plan Identifier: It is a unique identifier for the test plan with version for which you are preparing the plan.

Introduction:  Overview of the system.
- Purpose of this document.
- Formal Reviewing.

Test Scope:
- What will be covered in this test
- What will not be covered in this test

Includes:
> Functional or structural requirements
> System interface
> Infrastructure components
> Application documentation

Test Objectives: Can be simply called as 'Testing goal'.

Assumptions: Document test prerequisites which  if not met could have negative impact on the test

Example: skill level of resources
- Test budget
- State of application at start of testing
- Tools available

Risk Analysis:  Document test risks and their possible impact on the test effort

- New Technology
- New Test

Strategy:  Overall approach of testing
- Black/White box
- Types/Level of testing

Test Schedule & Resources: Test schedule includes:

- Major test activities
- Sequence of test
- Dependence on other project activities
- Initial estimation for each activity

Test resource planning includes:

- People
- Tools
- Facilities