QA Testing Strategy

Risk-based quality engineering guidance for modern software delivery. Use this skill to decide what to test, at which layer, with which gates, and how to keep the signal trustworthy.

Start with references/operational-playbook.md for the navigation hub. Use current official sources from data/sources.json when you need vendor or standards guidance.

Scope

• Create or update a risk-based test strategy
• Choose a test shape (pyramid, trophy, honeycomb) based on architecture and defect origin
• Define merge gates, deploy gates, and release evidence — including merge queue interaction
• Choose the smallest effective layer: unit, component, contract, schema fuzzing, integration, E2E, property-based
• Make failures diagnosable with artifacts, correlation IDs, traces, and ownership
• Operationalize suite health: flake SLO, quarantine policy, execution budgets, dashboards

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