What is it?
- Risk is the factor that could result in future negative consequences (undesirable outcome and event).
- Measured by impact and likelihood of occurrence.
- When the primary effect of the potential problem is on product quality, potential problems are referred to as quality risks or product risks.
- When the primary effect of the potential problem is on project success, potential problems are referred to as project risks or planning risks
Project risks
- Testing schedule is tight
- Unexpected project scope expansion
- Not enough resources
- Illness or other loss of personal
- Missing or inadequate test data
- Dependency on diff teams
Product (Quality) risks → Non-functional and functional risk
Software may fail to satisfy the reasonable expectations of customer.
- Software skips some key functions
- Unreliable and fails
- Incorrect calculations in reports (a functional risk related to accuracy)
- Not secure, bad performance, not maintainable, not reliable
- Slow response to user input (a non-functional risk related to efficiency and response time)
- Difficulty in understanding screens and fields (a non-functional risk related to usability and understandability)
Decide what to automate, how ofter to test, hot to prioritize tests.
