The Test Strategist's Toolbox

As a decision-making framework, a test strategy outlines the vision and values that drive the project and keeps you on a clear path in times of change or uncertainty. A good test strategy makes you more resilient to inevitable changes as the project progresses. However, each test
project needs its own strategy depending on the business and risk profiles of the applications, technology in use, development methods, and even the experience and culture of the test group. In this interactive session with James Lyndsay, you will learn about a wide range of test strategy
issues including the differences in risk-based, time-based, cost-based, and other planning models. Contrast top-down and bottom-up approaches to develop a strategy and find ways to determine the level of granularity needed for a strategy. Take away new ideas, templates, and the context-free questions you need to ask-and then answer-in order to develop your own, tailored test strategy.