The Heuristic Test Strategy Model is a set of patterns for designing and choosing tests to perform. The immediate purpose of this model is to remind testers of what to think about during that process. I encourage testers to customize it to fit their own organizations and contexts.
Project Environment represents a set of context factors that include resources, constraints, and other elements in the project that may enable or hobble our testing. Sometimes a tester must challenge constraints and sometimes accept them.
Product Elements are aspects of the product that you consider testing, including aspects intrinsic to the product and relationships between the product and things outside it. Software is complex and invisible. Take care to cover all of it that matters, not just the parts that are easy to see.
Quality Criteria categories are dimensions in which people determine the value of the product. You can also think of them as categories of product risk. Quality criteria are subjective and multidimensional, and often hidden or contradictory.
General Test Techniques are families of heuristics for designing tests. How, where, and when to apply a particular technique requires an analysis of the project environment, product elements, and quality criteria.
The Testing and Quality Story is the result of testing. You can never know the ...
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