Course Content
Idea of Risk and Risk Management
- Definitions and the Idea of Risk
- Sources of Risks
- Project Level Risks
- Component Level Risks
- How do you manage Risks?
Product Risks
- Identifying Product Quality Factors
- Defining Requirements Quality
- Size based Risks
- Complexity based Risks
- Interfaces based Risks
- Common failure modes based on common risks
- Making Reviews Process Effective
- Developing Risk Checklists
Risk Identification Techniques
- Expert interviews
- Independent consultant or domain expert assessment
- Past experience (lessons learned)
- Checklists of common risks (risk catalogues, checklists and templates)
- Risk workshops
- Brainstorming
- Risk Analysis
- Techniques for Assessing impact and likelihood
- Qualitative versus quantitative assessment
Develop the risk-based testing strategy
- Defining objective acceptance criteria
- Defining test static testing
- Using risk to define test objectives and attributes for each test stage
- Estimation/Planning tradeoffs
Risk-based test design and execution
- Testing as a sampling activity
- Use of techniques to address risk
- Traceability between tests and risks
- Prioritisation of test scheduling
Risk Management
- Risk identification
- Risk classification
- Risk Prioritization
- Probability of occurrence of the risk
- Monitoring and controlling risks
- Risk based test planning
- Converting Risks into Tests
- Risk Documentation
- The Risk Register
- Defect Reporting and Prioritisation based on Risks
- Stakeholder involvement
How do you Manage Risks
- Project Management
- Quality Management
- Change Management
- Requirements Analysis
Documenting Risks
- The Risk Register
- Converting Risks into Tests
- Defect Reporting and Prioritisation based on Risks
- Stakeholder involvement
