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Building a Test Strategy

A four-part series on deciding what automation should own, where each check belongs, and how to tell whether the suite earns its keep.

For · Test leads, SDETs, and engineering managers who own quality decisions across a team or product area.

A bootcamp track for both ends of the room: foundation articles build the core skill, challenge articles go deeper for senior engineers.

4 articles · 22 min read

What you will learn

  • Define a clear ownership boundary between automated checks and human testing
  • Choose test levels deliberately instead of defaulting to end-to-end journeys
  • Rank automation candidates by risk, cost of ownership, and feedback value
  • Measure whether automation helps using behavioural metrics, not suite size

In this series

  1. What Test Automation Should OwnFoundation5 min read
  2. Choosing the Right Test LevelsFoundation6 min read
  3. Identifying High-Value AutomationChallenge6 min read
  4. Measuring Whether Automation HelpsChallenge5 min read