Risk is used to focus the effort required during testing. It is used to decide where and when to start testing and to idetnfiy areas that need more attention. This approach to testing provides proactive opportunities to reduce the levels of product risk. It involves product risk analysis to:
- Determine which types of testing to be performed
- Determine how much testing to carry out
- Prioritize testing to find the critical defects asearly as possible
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