Test Procedure Design

Responsibility of test measurement professional - to design a test procedure

why to design a procedure for testing? - can't make the test just like that - testing, often, costly  - to design, assemble, instrument and conduct. mostly, v'll get only one chance to take measurement. so before conducting test, it's necessary to design a procedure where the Professional's knowledge / input is essential.

To design a test procedure, the following teams need to be involved. 

               1. Design engineering

               2. management

               3.quality assurance

               4.test rig designers

               5.test measurement professionals

               6.test operators

Test Objective:

           is a written statement - describes the purpose of the test - background information why the test is being carried out, the range of test conditions, format of the expected test results.

            If we take a microwave oven as an example to be tested (temperature) - the statement should specify the purpose of test that 

       temp can't be raised or lowered to the required level in the prescribed time

       the temp developed in the system is wrong that the process variable is different from the set point

       the oven's temp may be in wide range; it's better to fix the range of temp in which the test is to be        conducted

       How the test result should be given for the further process.