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Engineering Stage

ES-109 — Testing and Verification

Verify that integrated implementation satisfies requirements, preserves guardrails, handles failure paths, and produces trustworthy evidence.

Verification and Release Preparation Testing Evidence Next: ES-110

ES-109 Navigation

Purpose

This page explains how to move through ES-109 and where testing and verification artifacts belong.

ES-109 connects integration evidence to release-readiness evaluation.

ES-109 path

README
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navigation.md
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engineering_context.md
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activities.md
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evidence.md
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outputs.md
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readiness_gate.md
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stage_manifest.md
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ES-110

Repository areas used in this stage

docs/engineering/ES-109/         guidance
template-library/testing/        reusable testing templates
examples/lmu-coicp/testing/      completed reference examples
docs/testing/                    project-specific testing evidence

What to copy

Copy templates from template-library/testing/ into docs/testing/, then complete them for your project.

Do not edit the original templates.

Expected project artifacts

docs/testing/
test_strategy.md
test_plan.md
test_cases.md
verification_matrix.md
test_execution_record.md
defect_log.md
guardrail_verification.md
ai_verification_record.md
regression_check_record.md
testing_readiness_summary.md

Traceability expectation

Every important test should connect to at least one requirement, design artifact, integrated work item, guardrail, risk, defect, or release-readiness question.

Untraceable tests may still be useful, but critical release evidence should be traceable.

Common Pitfall

Do not create a test plan that ignores known findings from ES-108. Testing should focus on the risks integration revealed.

Continue to Engineering Context

Understand why ETIS treats testing as verification evidence.

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