Risk-Based Testing | First Test what matters the most
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Once upon a time we had a finicky client manager with no understanding of testing logic. He just wanted us [a team of 4] to execute thousands of test cases in a week, that too maintaining quality. Is it possible in any real-world? No, right? There was a tiff between the Test Manager and Client Manager and that’s when I got the real-time exposure to Risk-based Testing, a win-win idea!
What is Risk-based testing?
As the term goes, Risk-based testing is nothing but mitigating the risks or threats to software product. Simple analogy – It’s like a heart patient will follow regular exercise regime to mitigate any risk for a heart attack. One of the popular Test strategy or approach, risk-based testing prioritize the testing effort based on the risk analysis. Risk-based testing is getting more popular now-a-days since there might not be sufficient time to test all the functionality, i.e. prioritize & test the functionality in order which has the highest impact and probability of failure.
- Risk = Probability * Impact