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Test Cycle Duration at 23% test setup and retest allowance: a worked example
What does the result look like when test setup and retest allowance reaches 23%? The full calculation is worked below with real intermediate numbers. scheduling attachment final test and release capacity
The inputs for this scenario
- Test points or functions to verify: 64 checks (unchanged)
- Test completion pace: 7.5 checks / hr (unchanged)
- Test setup and retest allowance: 23 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 20)
Working through the calculation
- Applying the documented formula (Base functional test time = test points or functions to verify รท test completion pace) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
- At this operating point the engine returns 10.5 hr for estimated test cycle duration, the number this scenario is built around.
- At this operating point the engine returns 8.53 hr for base functional test time.
- At this operating point the engine returns 23 % for test setup and retest allowance.
- At this operating point the engine returns 7.5 checks / hr for test completion pace.
How this compares with the baseline
- Against the tool's baseline example, where test setup and retest allowance sits at 20% and the headline result is 10.24 hr, this scenario comes in 2.5% above the baseline at 10.5 hr.
- A figure at this level is achievable when test setup and retest allowance is genuinely sustained, not just peaked for a shift. A single average pace hides the fact that a high-pressure leak retest can take far longer than a routine articulation check.
Results at a glance
- estimated test cycle duration: 10.5 hr (headline result)
- base functional test time: 8.53 hr
- test setup and retest allowance: 23 %
- test completion pace: 7.5 checks / hr
Run it with your numbers
- Every input above is editable in the live Test Cycle Duration calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.
Last reviewed 2026-05-12.