1.4What This Book Will Teach You

By completing this book, you will be able to:

1. Write a test strategy document that aligns testing with business goals
2. Present that strategy to engineering leadership and get buy-in
3. Choose the right testing architecture (pyramid, trophy, diamond) for your product
4. Calculate the ROI of test automation investments with real formulas
5. Select and track quality metrics that drive decisions
6. Build dashboards for different audiences (QA team, developers, managers, executives)
7. Use trend analysis and forecasting to predict release readiness
8. Recognize when metrics are being gamed and defend against it
9. Run structured improvement experiments driven by data
10. Build a complete metrics practice from scratch