# Ask Me Anything: Test Strategies

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**Created:** [31 March 2020 19:01 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/ask-me-anything-test-strategies/36305 "2020-03-31T19:01:01Z")\
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> [@heather\_reid](#):
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> 1. I like using models when developing strategy, have you any models you would suggest?

See my answer for [question 1](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/ask-me-anything-test-strategies/36305/3). Start with the HTSM. For understanding the product, the progress, the coverage and what is going on in discussions in your team, there are many models you can use. I recommend to use many models, since every model gives you a different perspective. There is “unfortunately not 1 model to rule them all”. Some examples:

- Requirements
- Technical designs
- Stakeholder overview
- Quality attributes
- Architectural overviews
- Proces models
- Flow charts
- Data models
- Risk models
- Timelines
- Your own product coverage outlines (see my [video on product coverage outlines](https://youtu.be/NUojNfDjIjw) on youtube)

More on models in these blogpost:

- [Many models - better test ideas](http://thetesteye.com/blog/2012/02/many-models-better-test-ideas/) by Rikard Edgren
- [How I use modelling in software testing](https://mavericktester.com/2013/01/25/archive-how-i-use-modelling-in-software-testing/) by Anne-Marie Charrett
- [Modeling Testing](http://testerstories.com/2017/12/modeling-testing/) by Jeff Nyman
- [Mental Models: The Best Way to Make Intelligent Decisions](https://fs.blog/mental-models/#building_a_latticework_of_mental_models)

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