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Managing Test Technical Debt
8.1What Is Test Technical Debt?Test technical debt accumulates when you take shortcuts: skipping test automation, ignoring flaky tests, copy-pasting test code instead of…8.2Common Forms of Test Technical Debt8.3Identifying Test Debt- Flake rate is rising: More tests pass on retry without code changes - Pipeline time is growing: Each sprint, the pipeline takes a few…8.4Managing Test Debt Across SprintsReserve 10-20% of sprint capacity for test infrastructure work. This is not optional -- it is an investment that pays dividends in velocity.8.5Prioritizing Test DebtNot all test debt is equally costly. Prioritize based on impact.8.6Paying Down Test Debt: Strategies"Leave the code better than you found it." Every time you touch a test file, make one small improvement: - Fix a test name to be more…8.7Hands-On Exercise1. Audit your test suite: how many flaky tests do you have? What is your flake rate? 2. Measure your pipeline duration and identify the…