A test strategy answers a simple question: how does the team make sure the product works, and at what cost? This template guides you section by section, with guidance to replace with your own context.
What’s in the kit
- Context: product, users, team and stakes.
- Measurable quality goals.
- Scope: what is tested, and what isn’t.
- Risk analysis with a likelihood x impact grid.
- Critical journeys to protect first.
- Test levels and types, including testing AI features.
- Automation and CI integration.
- Environments and test data.
- Entry and exit criteria.
- Defect management and severities.
- Metrics to track at sprint reviews.
- Everyone’s roles.
Who is it for?
For a QA engineer joining a project, a startup that wants to structure its quality, or a manager who needs to explain how the product is tested.
How to use it
Set aside one to two hours with the PO and a developer to fill in sections 1 to 5 together. The rest can be completed as you go. Review the document every quarter: a test strategy lives with the product.
