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'''IEEE 829-2008''', also known as the '''829 Standard for Software and System Test Documentation''', is an [[IEEE]] standard that specifies the form of a set of documents for use in eight defined stages of [[software testing]], each stage potentially producing its own separate type of document. The standard specifies the format of these documents but does not stipulate whether they all must be produced, nor does it include any criteria regarding adequate content for these documents. These are a matter of judgment outside the purview of the standard.

The documents are:

*'''Master Test Plan''' (MTP): The purpose of the Master [[Test Plan]] (MTP) is to provide an overall test planning and test management document for multiple levels of test (either within one project or across multiple projects).

*'''Level Test Plan''' (LTP): For each LTP the scope, approach, resources, and schedule of the testing activities for its specified level of testing need to be described. The items being tested, the features to be tested, the testing tasks to be performed, the personnel responsible for each task, and the associated risk(s) need to be identified.

*'''Level [[Test Design]]''' (LTD): Detailing [[test casescase]]s and the expected results as well as test pass criteria..

*'''Level Test Case''' (LTC): Specifying the test data for use in running the test cases identified in the Level Test Design.

*'''Level Test Procedure''' (LTPr): Detailing how to run each test, including any set-up preconditions and the steps that need to be followed.