QA Testing Strategy (Jan 2026)

Risk-based quality engineering strategy for modern software delivery.

Core references: curated links in data/sources.json (SLOs/error budgets, contracts, E2E, OpenTelemetry). Start with references/operational-playbook.md for a compact, navigable overview.

Scope

• Create or update a risk-based test strategy (what to test, where, and why)
• Define quality gates and release criteria (merge vs deploy)
• Select the smallest effective layer (unit → integration → contract → E2E)
• Make failures diagnosable (artifacts, logs/traces, ownership)
• Operationalize reliability (flake SLO, quarantines, suite budgets)

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