Test Strategy Documentation in an Agile world

In one team (a project with multiple sprints) I was on - we started the Test strategy doc in Sprint 1, and then slowly build it from there. The test strategy doc was all the things that where equal across sprints:

  • Environments
  • Tools
  • Approach to test automation
  • Definition of Done, Definition of Ready, 3 amigos
  • Delivery pipeline

That worked quite well, and improvements to the doc & test process went to the backlog along with other work products. Until it didn’t add value. DoR never got implemented, so nothing is perfect…

With that - and if you really really need a (pr sprint/pr. release) test plan the content of the test plan comes down to Requirement Scope, Test Scope and People. With the right tool this can be automatically pulled. - as mentioned here:

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