Risk Based Testing

What is Risk-Based Testing?

Risk-based testing is a testing approach that prioritises test activities based on the likelihood and impact of potential failures, ensuring the highest-risk areas of the application receive the most testing attention.

Steps in Risk-Based Testing

• Risk Identification: Identify potential product and project risks.
• Risk Assessment: Evaluate each risk's likelihood and impact.
• Risk Mitigation: Prioritise test design and execution based on assessed risk levels.
• Ongoing Review: Reassess risks as the project progresses and new information emerges.

Benefits

Risk-based testing helps allocate limited testing time and resources most effectively, ensuring that the areas most likely to cause serious problems are tested thoroughly, even under tight schedules.