Method and system for generating a global test plan and identifying test requirements in a storage system environment

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for performing a method via a Quality Assurance System for ensuring desired quality of a product, the method comprising:

• providing a Graphic User Interface of said Quality Assurance System, the Quality Assurance System being a computer system, said Graphic User Interface being suitable for receiving customer-desired features, said Quality Assurance System being configured for translating, via a translating means of the Quality Assurance computer system, the customer-desired features into product design requirements of said product and displaying a test plan document for said product;
• identifying new product design requirements for new features of said product, the new features being the customer-desired features provided by a customer, the product design requirements being translations of the customer-desired features, said product design requirements being suitable for use in a Quality Assurance system;
• determining whether new tests for verifying said new features are stored in a database;
• updating said database by adding said new tests if said new tests are not already stored in said database;
• generating said test plan document for said product based on said updated database;
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• verifying said generated test plan document, wherein said database stores a plurality of test plans, a plurality of test configurations, and a plurality of test scopes for previously tested versions of said product.