Risk-Based Testing Strategy

Author: Alok Kumar, Enterprise QA Advisor

Why Risk-Based Testing

Not every feature deserves equal testing effort. Risk-based testing prioritizes validation where failures would have the highest business impact.

Risk Assessment Factors

  • Revenue impact
  • Customer visibility
  • Technical complexity
  • Frequency of change
  • External dependencies

Execution Strategy

High-risk components receive deeper automation, exploratory testing, and cross-environment validation. Low-risk changes rely on focused regression coverage.