What are the best practices for ensuring effective test coverage in agile development, especially when managing multiple sprints with tight deadlines?
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There are good practices in context, but there are no best practices.
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- test coverage: which coverage method?
- effective test coverage: what criteria do you consider when you measure it? what measurement attributes do you use?
- ensuring : based on what logistical context, product situation, among others, and internal company/product/project/process/business risks?
- managing multiple sprints: what does this mean? what do you actually manage? what role are you in?
- tight deadlines : use a risks list to give you a priority (go through it with the manager and team, have a plan/strategy for the period of time you have available, that you share with them); you’re not managing the quality of the product, and your testing can stop when the manager decides to do so;
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When in doubt never assume… ask the doubt and have clarity on the solution.
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Best practices depend on the specific context of the project, including the people, the product, and the environment. Focus on delivering valuable information about the software quickly, using a combination of exploratory testing, heuristics, and risk-based testing …