Risk & risk-based testing

Risk and risk-based testing: product risk analysis, risk levels and risk-based test strategies.

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Automotive Safety Integrity Level
One of four levels that specify the item's or element's necessary requirements of ISO 26262 and safety measures to avoid an unreasonable residual risk.
Confidence Interval
In managing project risks, the period of time within which a contingency action must be implemented in order to be effective in reducing the impact of the …
Failure Mode and Effect Analysis
A systematic approach to risk identification and analysis of identifying possible modes of failure and attempting to prevent their occurrence.
Functional Safety
The absence of unreasonable risk due to hazards caused by malfunctioning behavior of Electric/Electronic(E/E) - Systems.
Impact
The damage that will be caused if the risk becomes an actual outcome or event.
Likelihood
The probability that a risk will become an actual outcome or event.
PRISMA
A systematic approach to risk-based testing that employs product risk identification and analysis to create a product risk matrix based on likelihood and …
Product Risk
A risk directly related to the test object.
Project Risk
A risk related to management and control of the (test) project, e.g., lack of staffing, strict deadlines, changing requirements, etc.
Quality Risk
A product risk related to a quality attribute.
Regression-Averse Test Strategy
A test strategy whereby the test team applies various techniques to manage the risk of regression such as functional and/or non-functional regression test …
Risk
A factor that could result in future negative consequences.
Risk Analysis
The process of assessing identified project or product risks to determine their level of risk, typically by estimating their impact and probability of …
Risk Assessment
The process of identifying and subsequently analyzing the identified project or product risk to determine its level of risk, typically by assigning likelihood …
Risk Category
A set of risks grouped by one or more common factors such as a quality attribute, cause, location, or potential effect of risk. A specific set of product risk …
Risk Exposure
The importance of a risk as defined by its characteristics impact and likelihood. The level of risk can be used to determine the intensity of testing to be …
Risk Identification
The process of identifying risks using techniques such as brainstorming, checklists and failure history.
Risk Management
Systematic application of procedures and practices to the tasks of identifying, analyzing, prioritizing, and controlling risk.
Risk Mitigation
The process through which decisions are reached and protective measures are implemented for reducing risks to, or maintaining risks within, specified levels.
Risk-Based Testing
An approach to testing to reduce the level of product risks and inform stakeholders of their status, starting in the initial stages of a project. It involves …
Security Risk
A quality risk related to security.
Test Approach
The implementation of the test strategy for a specific project. It typically includes the decisions made that follow based on the (test) project's goal and the …