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Game Days: Incident Response Testing
12.1What Is a Game Day?A game day is a scheduled chaos exercise where the team practices incident response procedures under controlled conditions. Unlike…12.2Why QA Architects Should Lead Game DaysQA architects are uniquely positioned to design and facilitate game days because they:12.3Game Day Checklist1. Scenario Design -- Define the failure scenario and success criteria - What failure will you simulate? - What is the expected system…12.4Designing Game Day ScenariosBeginner (First 3 Game Days):12.5Measuring Game Day EffectivenessTrack these metrics across game days to measure organizational improvement:12.6Running a Game Day: Step-by-StepGather participants in a shared call. Brief them: - "We are running a game day exercise starting in 60 minutes." - "This is a learning…12.7Game Day Anti-Patterns12.8Building a Game Day Program- Run 1 game day per month in staging - Focus on single-service failures - Establish the post-game review process - Build initial runbooks…