Summary Test Report

Structure of the Document

Cover Page

Title: Summary Test Report

Fields for: Project Name, Release, Test Environment, Prepared By, and Date.

Acts as the front page for any formal report.

Executive Summary

High-level quality status shown as GREEN.

Key points:

95.5% pass rate on executed tests.

0 open critical defects.

Performance within agreed Service Level Objectives (SLOs).

No high security findings.

Scope

In-Scope Modules: User Management, Shopping Cart, Payment Gateway.

Out of Scope: Legacy Admin Console.

Test Approach

Explains the testing mix: Manual + Automation.

Includes functional, regression, performance, and security testing.

Test Execution Summary

A table showing: Planned, Executed, and Passed test cases.

Metrics include counts, percentages, notes, and automation coverage.

Defect Summary

Table of open defects categorized by severity (Critical, High, Medium, Low).

Example: Critical = 0, High = 2, Medium = 5, Low = 12.

Risks & Mitigations

Example: Risk of limited edge-case data, mitigated by synthetic data generation.

Performance Snapshot

Example: 95th percentile response time < 1.2s under 500 concurrent users.

Security Summary

Results of DAST/SAST scans: no Critical or High issues, 3 Medium issues pending fix.

GO / NO-GO Decision

Recommendation: GO for Production deployment.

Appendices

Placeholders for links to full test cases, defect dashboard, and performance results.

Purpose

This document is a formal summary report used at the end of testing cycles or before production releases.

It helps management and stakeholders quickly understand:

Quality status

Defect health

Performance and security results

Overall release readiness