Test Strategy

What is Test Strategy?

Test Strategy is also known as test approach defines how testing would be carried out. Test approach has two techniques:

• Proactive - An approach in which the test design process is initiated as early as possible in order to find and fix the defects before the build is created.

• Reactive - An approach in which the testing is not started until after design and coding are completed.

Different Test approaches:

There are many strategies that a project can adopt depending on the context and some of them are:

• Dynamic and heuristic approaches

• Consultative approaches

• Model-based approach that uses statistical information about failure rates.

• Approaches based on risk-based testing where the entire development takes place based on the risk

• Methodical approaches which is based on failures.

• Standard-compliant approach specified by industry-specific standards.

Factors to be considered:

• Risks of product or risk of failure or the environment and the company

• Expertise and experience of the people in the proposed tools and techniques.

• Regulatory and legal aspects, such as external and internal regulations of the development process

• The nature of the product and the domain