QA Split Testing Levels — Test Pyramid

Applies the testing pyramid to a feature: each scenario goes to the cheapest level that can still catch its failure. Input: a feature description, or risk scenarios from a prior QA analysis.

Testing levels

Default layers, bottom to top:

• unit + integration
• e2e
• manual

A layer can hold several kinds of tests with separate runners: e2e api / e2e web / e2e mobile. Other testing layers a project may have instead: component, functional, contract, visual. Take the testing layers and kinds from the project; use the default only when the scan finds nothing.

Workflow