IEEE 829 is responsible for defining rules and regulations for each step in the software testing process and how to write documentation for each step. The stages involved in software testing and reporting are:

• Test plan
• Test design specification
• Test case specification
• Test procedure specification
• Test item transmittal report
• Test log
• Test incident report
• Test summary report

IEEE has devised different rules of documentation for each stage, and failure to comply leads to failure to grant IEEE certifications to the software in question.