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2. Risk-based testing
Test Planning & Strategy · 36 pages source format
You never have enough time. Spend it where failure hurts most: likelihood × impact, informed by change and history.
What you'll learn
- Risk catalog
- Scoring lite
- Coverage vs confidence
Build a risk list
Product risks (user harm, money, trust) and project risks (env, data, skills).
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List 10 risks. Score impact and likelihood 1–5. Sort.
Pro tip. Talk to support and on-call — they know the real dragons.
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Map tests to risks
Each top risk needs a mitigation: test idea, monitoring, feature flag, etc.
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For top 5 risks, write the test approach in one line each.
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