本文件在软件和系统产品线的测试方法和工具中: -提供特定于软件和系统产品线测试的术语和定义； -定义产品线测试期间执行的过程（这些过程根据目的、输入、任务和结果进行描述）； -定义方法能力，以支持每个过程的定义任务；和 -定义自动化/半自动化任务的工具功能或定义的方法功能。 本文件涉及一系列产品（而非单个系统）的测试方法和工具的过程和能力。

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.