Design a Risk-Based Test Strategy for a Telehealth Release
Overview
What this challenge is about.
Run a risk-scoring workshop with the 3 QA engineers and 2 tech leads (template provided). For each of the 7 modules, score probability of failure, customer impact, and regulatory exposure on a 1-5 scale, multiply to a risk number, and assign one of 3 test tiers (exploratory, scripted regression, full automation + load). Build a 6-week test plan that fits the 3-engineer team. Deliver the risk-scoring spreadsheet, an 8-page test strategy document, the 6-week execution plan, and a 25-slide deck for the head of engineering decision meeting.
The Brief
What you'll do, and what you'll demonstrate.
Build a defensible risk-based test strategy for a 7-module release that 3 QA engineers can actually execute in 6 weeks.
Earning criteria — what you'll demonstrate
- Score release risk across probability, impact, and regulatory dimensions
- Map risk tiers to proportional test investment (don't over-test low risk)
- Plan a multi-engineer test execution under a hard deadline
- Defend a test strategy to a non-QA leadership audience
Program Fit
Where this fits in your program.
Sharpens the same skills your degree expects you to demonstrate.
Skills
Skills you'll demonstrate.
Each one shows up on your verified credential.
Careers
Roles this prepares you for.
Real titles. Real skill bridges. Pick the one closest to your trajectory.
Product Manager
Product managers who co-author the risk-tier map become the partner engineering trusts to call shipping decisions on high-stakes launches.
This challenge sharpens
- risk-based-testing
- compliance-testing
- stakeholder-communication