Project Management Methodology and Regression Testing

Regression test is further testing of the product in an iterative cycle to ensure all issues are resolved. What you are doing during regression tesing is ensuring the application still works despite there being recent changes to the code or the application.
Regressive testing can for part of all types of testing, so for example a suite of regression tests may exist for unit testing, for system/functional testing, and for user acceptance testing.
Typically regression testing is performed by automated tools as the tests themselves should be repeatable and give the same result unless local functionality has changed.
Although the term is hardly used non-regressive testing is simply checking a recent fix is doing what it should do.

• Check carefully all previous issues reported to ensure they are resolved.
• Veer "off-piste" whilst regression testing to check other issues have not been introduced.

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