This document, within the methods and tools of testing for software and systems product lines:

— provides the terms and definitions specific to testing for software and systems product lines;

— defines processes performed during product line testing (those processes are described in terms of purpose, inputs, tasks and outcomes);

— defines method capabilities to support the defined tasks of each process; and

— defines tool capabilities to automate/semi-automate tasks or defined method capabilities.

This document concerns processes and capabilities of testing methods and tools for a family of products, not for a single system.