Practical Risk-Based Testing - The PRISMA Approach

1. Testing and risk
1.1 What is testing?
1.2 What is risk?
1.3 Limitations to testing
1.4 Risk-based testing
1.5 Product RISk MAnagement (PRISMA)

2. Product risk management
2.1 Four core activities
2.2 Risk identification
2.3 Risk analysis
2.4 Risk mitigation
2.5 Risk monitoring

3. The PRISMA process
3.1 Overview and introduction
3.1.1 Product risk matrix
3.1.2 Risk identification: Requirements and Brainstorming
3.1.3 Risk analysis: factors for Impact and Likelihood
3.1.4 Process overview
3.1.5 Miscellaneous
3.2 Initiating
3.3 Planning
3.4 Kick-off meeting
3.5 Extended risk identification
3.6 Individual preparation
3.7 Processing individual scores
3.8 Consensus meeting
3.9 Define differentiated risk-based test approach

4. Practical experiences
4.1 Implementation
4.2 Process variations
4.2.1 Agile projects
4.2.2 PRISMA ultra light
4.2.3 Large projects
4.3 Usefulness and Ease-of-use
4.4 Lessons learned

Appendix A: Factors for Impact
Appendix B: Factors for Likelihood
Appendix C: PRISMA calculation example

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