Spec to Test Plan

Untested requirements are wishes. This skill converts a feature specification into a complete test plan: extract the requirements, write test cases for each, build the traceability matrix that proves coverage, and generate edge cases from the requirement's shape (boundaries, empties, failures). The plan is the contract the implementation will be judged against.

• A feature spec is written (or half-written) and testing needs to be planned before/without the implementation.

• You need to prove coverage: "every requirement has at least one test."

• QA handoff: someone else will write or run the tests from your plan.

• For exploratory testing with no spec — there is nothing to trace against; test the product, not the document.

• As a substitute for running the tests. The plan organizes testing; it does not do it.

Read the spec and list every testable requirement. A requirement is testable if you can write a pass/fail observation for it: "the system does X when Y." Number them REQ-001, REQ-002, ... Split compound requirements ("fast AND correct") into separate REQs — one claim per requirement, or the matrix lies.