Stakeholder-Driven Testing

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Stakeholder-Driven Testing: A testing approach in which test scope, priorities, scenarios, and acceptance criteria are shaped by the needs, risks, expectations, and business goals of key stakeholders, ensuring testing focuses on the outcomes that matter most to users, customers, sponsors, and operational teams.

Stakeholder-Driven Testing asks: "What matters most to stakeholders?" specifically. Testing is prioritised according to stakeholder needs, concerns, expectations, and objectives. The goal is to provide confidence in the areas stakeholders consider most important.

Risk-Based Testing asks: "What could go wrong?" which can involve stakeholder input but  - Testing is prioritised according to the likelihood and impact of risks. The goal is to focus effort where failures would cause the greatest business, technical, operational, or compliance impact.

However, stakeholders may also prioritise areas that are not high risk but (said in a Scottish accent) are high visibility, strategically important, or critical to user/player experience.

See also:
Stakeholder (in Software Development) | MoTaverse
Risk-based testing | MoTaverse
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