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Building a Test Strategy
1.1From "We Test Everything" to "We Test the Right Things"A test strategy answers the question: given limited time, limited people, and limited environments, what should we test, how should we test…1.2Test Strategy vs Test PlanAnalogy: A test strategy is a military campaign plan (where to fight, what resources to deploy, what the objectives are). A test plan is a…1.3Components of a Test Strategy DocumentDefine what the strategy covers and what success looks like.1.4Risk-Based Test StrategyYou cannot test everything. Risk-based testing allocates effort to the areas where bugs would cause the most damage.1.5Test Strategy for Different Product Types- Emphasis on cross-browser and responsive testing - Feature flag testing (different user segments see different features) - Multi-tenant…1.6Test Strategy Document Template1.7Getting Stakeholder Buy-InA test strategy is worthless if nobody follows it. Getting buy-in requires making the strategy relevant to each stakeholder's concerns.1.8Hands-On Exercise1. Write a one-page test strategy summary for your current project using the template above (sections 1-3 only) 2. Create a risk matrix for…