Risk-Based Test Effort Management
summary
Adapting industrial risk models such as FMEA, HACCP and quality‑mapping to testing maps business processes onto a criticality vs complexity matrix and uses formulas and cause‑tree analysis to score severity, probability and priority. This approach reduces full regression from hundreds of cases to intermittent sets of about 16–50 scenarios by prioritizing tests; it succeeds when teams have strong system expertise and fails when risk scoring is inaccurate.
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chapters (14)
- 0:00Risk-oriented testing intro
- 3:59Classic test management problems
- 6:07What are risks and types
- 8:35Risk vs classic testing
- 12:11Five risk assessment models
- 13:16FMEA for defect causes
- 17:15FTA for root cause analysis
- 20:24FMEA vs FTA comparison
- 21:27HASP and defect cost models
- 24:56Japanese quality assessment
- 27:02When to use risk-based
- 28:27Criticality matrix in practice
- 30:13Pros and cons
- 31:19Summary and Q&A
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