# Test plan template

> A test plan template with scope, risks, test cases, environments, exit criteria and sign-off. Copy it, or start it as a page in Kanso.

What to test, where the risk is and when testing is done.

Web page: https://kansohq.app/templates/test-plan

Updated: 5 October 2026

## The template

### Scope

What this plan covers, and what it deliberately leaves out.

### Risks

- The riskiest areas first: new code, changed code, anything that touches money or data

### Test cases

| Case | Steps | Expected | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|   |   |   |   |
|   |   |   |   |

### Environments

- Browser or device, version and test data

### Exit criteria

> The conditions that must be true before testing is called done.

- [ ] No must-fix bugs are open
- [ ] Every acceptance criterion has been checked
- [ ] The riskiest areas have been tested twice

### Sign-off

Who agrees it is ready, and when.

In Kanso, add a page and pick this template, or type / in any doc.

## How to fill it in

1. Say what is in scope, and what is not.
2. Test the riskiest areas first.
3. List the cases with their expected results.
4. Agree the exit criteria up front.

## Questions

### What is a test plan?

A document that says what will be tested, where the risks are, how, in which environments and what must be true before testing is complete.

### What are exit criteria?

The conditions that must be true before testing can be called done, for example no must-fix bugs open and every acceptance criterion checked.

### How is a test plan different from test cases?

The plan is the overall approach: scope, risk and criteria. Test cases are the individual checks, listed inside the plan.

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