Test Plan Interview Question:

Explain How to Build the Plan - Design test strategies?

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Design test strategies.

► General Strategies
o Domain testing (including boundaries)
o User testing
o Stress testing
o Regression testing
o Sequence testing
o State testing
o Specification-based testing
o Structural testing (e.g. unit testing)
► Ways to Plan
o Match strategies to risks and product areas.
o Visualize specific and practical strategies.
o Look for automation opportunities.
o Prototype test probes and harnesses.
o Don't overplan. Let testers use their brains.
► Possible Work Products
o Itemized statement of each test strategy chosen and how it will be applied.
o Risk/task matrix.
o List of issues or challenges inherent in the chosen strategies.
o Advisory of poorly covered parts of the product.
o Test cases (if required)
► Status Check
o Do designers concur with the test strategy?
o Has the strategy made use of every available resource and helper?
o Is the test strategy too generic could it just as easily apply to any product?
o Will the strategy reveal all important problems?
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