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  • February 12, 2026
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Group Activity (35 min)


This is a team-based activity where groups use AI + human insight to craft a test strategy for a real feature/scenario. You have to collaborate, critique AI output, and produce a stronger end result together.

Objective: Build a test strategy that combines AI speed with human critical insight.

Time: 35 minutes

Submission: One post per team in this thread
 

1️ Setup a Team

  • Assign a group leader.
  • Assign a group name.
  • Write down the names of all members in your group

 

2️ Understand Activity Mission

Produce a test strategy for ShiftSync that covers testing across the key platform features you explored earlier.

Core features to include as test strategy areas:

  • Search Feature
  • Create Topic Feature
  • Community Zone
  • My Profile
  • User Profile → Settings

 

Note: Treat these features as the core part of your test strategy.
 

3️ Use AI to Produce a Baseline Strategy

Collaboratively craft a prompt to ask your AI tool for a comprehensive test strategy covering all the core features above.

Example starter prompt (tailor as per your creativity):

Generate a test strategy for the ShiftSync platform that includes Search, Create Topic, Community Zone, My Profile, and User Profile → Settings. Include functional tests, edge cases, risks, security considerations, and performance areas.

Run the prompt and capture:

  • The original prompt
  • The AI output

4️ Analyse the AI output

As a team, analyze what the AI strategy did well and did poorly.

Document at least 4 specific weaknesses or gaps, such as:

  • Things the AI missed entirely
  • Incorrect assumptions about how ShiftSync features work
  • Lack of testing for platform-specific risks
  • Missing non-functional concerns (performance, security, usability)
  • No prioritization of risks or test areas

 

Note: Be Specific - Name the missing test areas and why they matter to ShiftSync quality.

5️⃣ Draft a Human-Improved Test Strategy

Now build your final test strategy by combining:

  • AI’s original content where it’s useful
  • Human judgment to fix gaps
  • Expanded risk areas that are platform specific
  • Clear prioritization and actionable test directions

 

Note: Your strategy should be organized, concise, and practical.

📤 Submission:

Post your submission in this thread with the following detail:

🔹Submission Title: AI + Human Test Strategy | Team [Team Name] | ShiftSync Platform
🔹Team Member Names / ShiftSync IDs
🔹Attachments: Attach a document with all the below detail or copy paste text.

Your submission must include:

  1. Original Prompt
  2. AI Output (Original)
  3. List of AI Mistakes/Gaps (with reasoning)
  4. Final Human-Improved Test Strategy
  5. Optional Notes: Short reflection on what your team learned

 

Feel free to add your creative side or anything that helps us analyse your submission better.

10 replies

  • Ensign
  • February 12, 2026
  • Group leader: Jignesh Patel
  • Group name: Latte
  • Members in the group:
  1. Jignesh Patel
  2. Claudia Serra
  3. Nydia Orozco

 

Prompt: Generate a test strategy for the ShiftSync platform that includes Search, Create Topic, Community Zone, My Profile, and User Profile → Settings. Include functional tests, edge cases, risks, security considerations, and performance areas, write it as a test deliverable.

Here is a formal Test Strategy document structured as a professional QA deliverable for the ShiftSync platform.

Test Strategy Document

Project: ShiftSync Platform

Version: 1.0

Prepared By: QA Team

Date: February 2026

1. Introduction

This document outlines the test strategy for the ShiftSync platform, covering the following modules:

  • Search

  • Create Topic

  • Community Zone

  • My Profile

  • User Profile → Settings

The purpose of this strategy is to define the testing approach, scope, risks, and quality objectives to ensure the platform delivers a secure, stable, and high-performance user experience.

2. Objectives

  • Validate functional correctness of all modules

  • Identify defects early and reduce production risk

  • Ensure security and data protection compliance

  • Validate performance under expected and peak loads

  • Verify system behavior under edge and negative conditions

3. Scope

3.1 In Scope

  • Functional testing (UI + API)

  • Integration testing

  • Regression testing

  • Security validation

  • Performance validation

  • Negative and edge case testing

3.2 Out of Scope

  • Third-party system internal validations

  • Infrastructure-level penetration testing (handled separately)

4. Test Approach

Testing will include:

  • Manual functional testing

  • API testing (Postman / automation framework)

  • UI automation (Selenium / Cypress)

  • Database validation (SQL queries where applicable)

  • Performance testing (JMeter / similar tool)

  • Security validation (OWASP-based testing checklist)

Testing levels:

  • Unit testing (by Dev team)

  • System testing (QA team)

  • Regression testing (automated + manual)

  • UAT support

5. Functional Test Coverage by Module

5.1 Search Module

Functional Tests

  • Search by keyword

  • Search with partial match

  • Search with filters (if applicable)

  • Search with special characters

  • Search pagination

  • Sorting results

  • Empty search behavior

  • Search suggestions/autocomplete

  • Case sensitivity validation

  • Search by user / topic (if supported)

Edge Cases

  • Very long search strings (1000+ characters)

  • SQL injection patterns in search field

  • HTML/JS injection attempts

  • Unicode / emoji input

  • Rapid consecutive searches

  • Search with only spaces

  • Search after session timeout

Risks

  • Poor indexing leading to slow results

  • Incorrect ranking logic

  • Exposure of restricted/private topics

Security Considerations

  • Input sanitization

  • Protection against SQL Injection

  • Protection against XSS

  • Authorization validation for restricted results

Performance Areas

  • Response time under normal load (<2 seconds target)

  • Response time under peak load

  • Database query optimization

  • High concurrency search traffic

5.2 Create Topic Module

Functional Tests

  • Create topic with valid data

  • Mandatory field validation

  • Character limit validation

  • Rich text / formatting validation

  • File/image attachment upload

  • Tagging functionality

  • Draft saving (if available)

  • Cancel topic creation

  • Duplicate topic detection

  • Topic visibility (public/private)

Edge Cases

  • Maximum character limit boundary testing

  • File upload size limit

  • Unsupported file formats

  • Upload interruption

  • Double-click submit

  • Session timeout during creation

  • Creating topic with only special characters

Risks

  • Duplicate content creation

  • Data loss during submission

  • Inconsistent UI/API validation rules

Security Considerations

  • XSS through topic content

  • Malicious file upload

  • Authorization bypass

  • CSRF protection

  • Rate limiting to prevent spam

Performance Areas

  • Topic creation response time

  • Large file upload performance

  • Database write performance

  • System stability under mass topic creation

5.3 Community Zone

Functional Tests

  • View topics list

  • Filter topics by category

  • Like / react to topics

  • Comment on topic

  • Edit own comment

  • Delete own comment

  • Report inappropriate content

  • Real-time updates (if supported)

  • Pagination / infinite scroll

Edge Cases

  • Rapid likes/unlikes

  • Very long comments

  • Comment with emoji / special characters

  • Delete topic with active comments

  • View deleted topic via direct URL

  • Simultaneous edits by multiple users

Risks

  • Data inconsistency

  • Notification failures

  • Concurrency conflicts

  • Inappropriate content exposure

Security Considerations

  • Access control validation

  • Prevent editing/deleting others’ content

  • XSS in comments

  • IDOR (Insecure Direct Object Reference)

  • Abuse/spam prevention

Performance Areas

  • Feed load time

  • Comment submission latency

  • High-volume interactions

  • Real-time notification load handling

5.4 My Profile

Functional Tests

  • View own profile details

  • Edit profile information

  • Upload/change profile picture

  • Remove profile picture

  • View activity history

  • Update contact information

  • Validation of required fields

Edge Cases

  • Upload very large image

  • Unsupported image formats

  • Invalid email format

  • Duplicate email update

  • Profile update during session expiration

  • Simultaneous updates from multiple sessions

Risks

  • Data overwrite

  • Broken image links

  • Inconsistent user data

Security Considerations

  • Authentication validation

  • Authorization for profile modification

  • Sensitive data encryption

  • Image upload validation

  • Protection against stored XSS

Performance Areas

  • Profile load time

  • Image upload latency

  • Database update performance

5.5 User Profile → Settings

Functional Tests

  • Change password

  • Password complexity validation

  • Enable/disable notifications

  • Privacy settings modification

  • Account deactivation

  • Account deletion

  • Language preference change

  • Logout functionality

Edge Cases

  • Incorrect current password

  • Reusing old passwords

  • Very long password input

  • Password with special characters

  • Rapid password reset attempts

  • Delete account with active sessions

Risks

  • Account takeover vulnerabilities

  • Improper session invalidation

  • Settings not persisting

  • Email verification failures

Security Considerations

  • Password hashing validation

  • Rate limiting login/password attempts

  • Multi-factor authentication (if applicable)

  • Secure session handling

  • CSRF protection

  • GDPR / data deletion compliance

Performance Areas

  • Password change response time

  • Session invalidation speed

  • Settings update latency

6. Non-Functional Testing

6.1 Performance Testing

  • Load testing (expected user load)

  • Stress testing (beyond peak capacity)

  • Spike testing

  • Endurance testing

  • API response time validation

  • Database query performance

  • Caching validation

Target KPIs:

  • Page load < 3 seconds

  • API response < 2 seconds (95th percentile)

  • System stability under peak traffic

6.2 Security Testing

Based on OWASP Top 10:

  • SQL Injection

  • XSS (Reflected + Stored)

  • CSRF

  • Broken Authentication

  • Sensitive Data Exposure

  • IDOR

  • File upload vulnerabilities

  • Session fixation

6.3 Compatibility Testing

  • Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge

  • Responsive testing (mobile, tablet, desktop)

  • Different OS environments (Windows, macOS)

7. Regression Strategy

  • Smoke tests on each build

  • Automated regression suite for:

    • Search

    • Topic creation

    • Profile updates

  • Full regression before release

8. Test Data Strategy

  • Valid user accounts

  • Admin account

  • Suspended account

  • Test topics (public/private)

  • Large dataset for performance

  • Malicious test inputs for security testing

9. Risks & Mitigation

Risk Impact Mitigation
High traffic causing slow performance High Early load testing
Security vulnerability exposure Critical OWASP-based validation
Data inconsistency Medium DB validation + concurrency tests
Regression defects High Automated regression suite

10. Entry & Exit Criteria

Entry Criteria

  • Requirements finalized

  • Test environment ready

  • Build deployed

  • Test data available

Exit Criteria

  • All critical/high defects resolved

  • Regression suite passed

  • Performance benchmarks met

  • Security validation completed

  • Test summary report approved

11. Deliverables

  • Test Strategy Document

  • Test Plan

  • Test Cases

  • Test Execution Report

  • Defect Reports

  • Test Summary Report

  • Automation Report

  • Performance Report

12. Conclusion

This test strategy ensures comprehensive coverage of the ShiftSync platform by validating functionality, security, performance, and stability across core modules. The structured approach minimizes production risk and ensures a high-quality user experience.

If you'd like, I can also generate:

  • A condensed version for interview presentation

  • A detailed test plan template

  • A risk-based testing version

  • Or convert this into a polished PDF-ready version

Let me know.

 

Weakness:

  • Few spelling mistakes e.g. deliverable, prompt 
  • Risks are listed, but not mapped to modules or test depth

  • Missing accessibility testing e.g. Color contrast, Keyboard navigation, compliance etc. 

  • Legal and usability risk, especially for public/community platforms

  • Very minimal mobile testing specific use cases

  • No email/SMS/push notification testing

  • Missing flows like: possible integration bugs

  1. Search → View Topic → Comment → Notification → Profile update
  2. Create Topic → Community visibility → Report → Moderation
  3. Account Deletion → Content handling → Re-login attempt
  • Data retention testing
  • Not well define performance testing strategy, KPIs, SLAs etc.
  • Test data and environment gaps
  • Automation and CI/CD gaps
  • Regression Strategy Lacks Optimization

  • No Defect Management Strategy

  • Lacks depth in execution, prioritization, and real-world risk modeling


  • Space Cadet
  • February 12, 2026

 

🔹 Submission Title

AI + Human Test Strategy | Team Quantum Edge | ShiftSync Platform

🔹 Team Members / ShiftSync IDs

Group 6 Leader: Enrique Contreras
Team Name: Quantum Edge

Members:

  • Neha Asthana

  • Deepali Londhe

  • Enrique Contreras

🎯 Mission Understanding

We were asked to build a comprehensive test strategy covering:

  • Search Feature

  • Create Topic Feature

  • Community Zone

  • My Profile

  • User Profile → Settings

Our goal was not just to generate a strategy using AI —
but to critique, refine, and elevate it using human judgment.

1️⃣ Original Prompt Used (AI Baseline)

Generate a comprehensive test strategy for the ShiftSync platform that includes Search, Create Topic, Community Zone, My Profile, and User Profile → Settings.
Include functional tests, edge cases, risks, security considerations, performance areas, and usability aspects.
Structure the response clearly and professionally.

2️⃣ AI Output (Original – Baseline)

Summary of AI Strategy Output

The AI produced:

  • Functional testing for each feature

  • Basic edge cases

  • Security (authentication & authorization)

  • Performance (load testing)

  • Usability validation

Example (Search):

  • Verify keyword search

  • Verify no-result scenario

  • Validate performance under load

Example (Create Topic):

  • Create topic with valid data

  • Validate required fields

  • Prevent duplicate titles

Example (Profile):

  • Update profile information

  • Save settings successfully

  • Validate password change

At first glance, it looked structured and complete.

3️⃣ AI Mistakes / Gaps Identified (With Reasoning)

We analyzed the output as a team and identified deeper weaknesses.

❌ Gap 1: No Platform-Level Risk Prioritization

The AI listed test cases but did not prioritize:

  • Which features are highest risk?

  • Which flows are business critical?

  • Which failures impact governance?

For ShiftSync:

  • Search + Settings are high-risk due to data exposure.

  • Community Zone affects moderation load.

  • Create Topic affects content integrity.

Without prioritization, testing effort becomes diluted.

❌ Gap 2: No Cross-Feature Interaction Testing

AI treated features independently.

It missed scenarios like:

  • Privacy setting changed → Search visibility impacted

  • Suspended user → Appears in Community Zone?

  • Profile visibility toggle → Affects autocomplete in Search?

ShiftSync is an interconnected system. Testing must reflect that.

❌ Gap 3: No Indexing & Freshness Validation

Search + Create Topic interaction was not explored:

  • Does new topic appear instantly?

  • What if privacy is updated?

  • What if topic is archived?

AI missed synchronization risks.

❌ Gap 4: No Governance & Abuse Testing

Community Zone was tested functionally but not strategically.

Missing:

  • Content abuse detection

  • Malicious topic spam

  • Toxic keyword filtering

  • Reporting escalation flow validation

ShiftSync is community-driven. Governance risk is critical.

❌ Gap 5: No Ranking, Bias or Discoverability Testing

Search + Community discoverability was not tested for:

  • Ranking fairness

  • Admin content boost bias

  • New user visibility suppression

Search shapes community dynamics.

❌ Gap 6: No Observability or Analytics Strategy

AI didn’t include:

  • Failed search tracking

  • Zero-result monitoring

  • Trending search analysis

  • Suspicious pattern detection

Without observability, quality cannot improve post-launch.

4️⃣ Final Human-Improved Test Strategy

Below is our consolidated and prioritized strategy.

🧭 Test Strategy Overview

Testing Pillars:

  1. Functional Integrity

  2. Security & Access Governance

  3. Cross-Feature Interaction

  4. Data Freshness & Synchronization

  5. Community Safety & Abuse Prevention

  6. Performance & Scalability

  7. Observability & Product Intelligence

  8. UX & Accessibility

🔎 1. Search Feature Strategy

High Priority Areas:

  • Role-based visibility enforcement

  • Private topic exclusion

  • Suspended user filtering

  • Indexing SLA validation

  • Ranking fairness

Risk Scenarios:

  • Privacy change not reflected immediately

  • Direct URL bypass after search

  • Personalization bias

  • Data leakage via API manipulation

✍️ 2. Create Topic Strategy

Functional:

  • Field validation

  • Duplicate prevention

  • Tag association

Advanced:

  • Immediate search indexing validation

  • Abuse keyword detection

  • Spam topic creation stress test

  • Topic privacy change propagation

Risk:

  • Mass spam flooding Community Zone

  • Improper moderation escalation

🌍 3. Community Zone Strategy

Functional:

  • Feed rendering accuracy

  • Interaction (like/comment/report)

Governance:

  • Reporting workflow

  • Content removal reflection

  • Blocked user content filtering

  • Toxic keyword validation

Performance:

  • Infinite scroll performance

  • High engagement load simulation

👤 4. My Profile Strategy

Functional:

  • Edit profile fields

  • Image upload validation

  • Data persistence

Risk:

  • Profile info searchable incorrectly

  • Stale data caching

  • Cross-device inconsistency

⚙ 5. User Profile → Settings Strategy

Critical Area:

This is governance-critical.

Test Focus:

  • Privacy toggles impacting search visibility

  • Notification preferences validation

  • Password security flows

  • Multi-device session handling

  • Role-based setting restrictions

High Risk:

  • Settings change not propagated system-wide

  • Inconsistent privacy enforcement

🔗 Cross-Feature Interaction Matrix

Change Affected Areas Must Validate
Topic created Search, Community Index update
Privacy toggle Search, Community Immediate visibility change
User suspended Search, Community Removal from results
Profile updated Search autocomplete Data freshness

⚡ Performance & Scalability

  • 1,000 concurrent searches

  • Community infinite scroll under load

  • Topic creation rate spike testing

  • Index rebuild without downtime

🔐 Security & Abuse Testing

  • SQL injection in search

  • API tampering attempts

  • Role escalation attempts

  • Spam automation simulation

  • Malicious search pattern detection

📊 Observability & Continuous Quality

  • Log zero-result searches

  • Monitor trending search terms

  • Track abuse report resolution time

  • Audit permission-related access logs

🔥 Prioritization Matrix

Risk Level Area
Critical Search visibility + Settings privacy
High Community abuse + Create Topic spam
Medium Profile consistency
Low Cosmetic UI variations

5️⃣ Reflection – What We Learned

AI gave us breadth.
Humans added:

  • Risk prioritization

  • Cross-feature awareness

  • Governance thinking

  • Bias & fairness considerations

  • Observability & strategic insight

The biggest insight:

Testing is not about validating features individually.
It is about validating system behavior under real human dynamics.

AI accelerates documentation.
Human judgment defines quality.

If you post this, it positions you not as “good tester” but as someone who understands:

  • Platform risk

  • Community governance

  • System architecture

  • Product impact


  • Ensign
  • February 12, 2026
  • group leader-simanjali jena
  • group name.-Team SlopSync
  • Write down the names of all members in your group: Simanjali Jena, Manson Ongoto

 

  1. Original Prompt: Generate a test strategy for the ShiftSync platform that includes Community Zone→ Settings. Include functional tests, edge cases, risks, security considerations, and performance areas.
  2. AI Output (Original)

Test Strategy – ShiftSync Platform

Scope: Community Zone → Settings

 

1. Objective

Validate that Community Zone Settings function correctly, securely, and perform reliably across supported browsers and user roles.
Ensure configuration changes apply accurately, persist correctly, and do not negatively impact other community features.

 

2. Scope Coverage

In Scope

  • Profile settings
  • Notification preferences
  • Privacy settings
  • Email preferences
  • Password/account settings (if available within Community)
  • Category subscriptions
  • Language/region (if supported)
  • Display preferences

Out of Scope

  • Backend admin configuration
  • Third-party integrations outside user control
  • Infrastructure-level testing (covered separately)
 

3. Test Approach

A. Functional Testing

B. Edge Case Testing

C. Security Testing

D. Performance Testing

E. Risk-Based Testing

F. Regression & Compatibility

 

4. Functional Test Scenarios

4.1 Profile Settings

  • Update name, bio, avatar → verify UI update across posts.
  • Invalid image upload (large size, wrong format).
  • Save without changes.
  • Cancel after changes.
  • Special characters in profile fields.
  • Persistence after logout/login.
  • Changes reflected in search results and thread display.

4.2 Notification Settings

  • Toggle email notifications ON/OFF.
  • Enable notifications for specific categories only.
  • Verify real email delivery.
  • Unsubscribe link from email.
  • Notification frequency settings (immediate/digest).
  • Duplicate notification prevention.
  • Changes applied immediately without cache delay.

4.3 Privacy Settings

  • Toggle profile visibility.
  • Hide activity history.
  • Restrict messaging.
  • Validate effect using second user account.
  • Ensure restricted users cannot access private data via URL manipulation.

4.4 Category Subscriptions

  • Subscribe/unsubscribe from category.
  • Verify feed personalization.
  • Ensure no notifications after unsubscribe.
  • Multiple category selections.
  • Bulk subscription changes.

4.5 Password / Account Settings

  • Change password with correct credentials.
  • Wrong current password.
  • Weak password validation.
  • Password reuse prevention.
  • Session invalidation after change.

4.6 Language / Region (if available)

  • Switch language → verify UI elements update.
  • Validate persistence.
  • Check date/time formatting consistency.
 

5. Edge Case Scenarios

  • Rapid multiple clicks on Save button.
  • Browser refresh during update.
  • Session timeout while editing.
  • Network interruption during save.
  • Large bio input beyond character limit.
  • Concurrent edits from two browser sessions.
  • Invalid Unicode characters.
  • Toggle all notifications off → ensure no system emails sent.
  • Back button behavior after save.
  • Mobile responsiveness in settings page.
 

6. Security Considerations

6.1 Authentication & Authorization

  • Ensure settings page requires authenticated session.
  • Attempt direct URL access without login.
  • Validate role-based restrictions (admin vs user).

6.2 Data Protection

  • Ensure HTTPS enforcement.
  • Validate sensitive data not exposed in API responses.
  • Verify profile privacy settings actually restrict API data.

6.3 Input Validation

  • Test XSS payloads in bio field.
  • SQL injection attempts (if visible input parameters).
  • Script injection in profile fields.
  • File upload validation (MIME + content type).

6.4 Session Security

  • Session fixation testing.
  • Session invalidation on logout.
  • Token expiry behavior.
  • CSRF protection on settings update.

6.5 Email Security

  • Validate unsubscribe links.
  • Prevent email enumeration via reset flow.
 

7. Performance Testing Areas

7.1 Load Testing

  • Concurrent users updating settings.
  • High volume of notification toggles.

7.2 Response Time

  • Settings page load under peak traffic.
  • Save action response time (<2s target recommended).

7.3 Email Throughput

  • Bulk notification triggers.
  • Delayed email processing under load.

7.4 Database Stress

  • Subscription update bulk operations.
  • Preference update write performance.
 

8. Risks & Mitigation

Risk

Impact

Mitigation

Notification misconfiguration

User dissatisfaction

Automated email validation tests

Privacy setting failure

Data exposure

Security regression suite

Session bugs

User lockout

Session lifecycle test cases

Email spam due to duplicate triggers

Trust damage

Deduplication validation

Settings not persisting

UX degradation

Database validation + logging checks

Cross-role misconfiguration

Unauthorized changes

Role-based access test suite

 

9. Non-Functional Areas

  • Cross-browser compatibility (Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Safari).
  • Mobile responsiveness.
  • Accessibility (WCAG compliance).
  • Error messaging clarity.
  • Logging and monitoring validation.
 

10. Regression Areas

Changes in Settings may impact:

  • Thread posting
  • Notification engine
  • Email delivery system
  • Profile display across community
  • Badge and recognition system
  • Admin moderation workflows

Regression suite must include end-to-end flows:

  • Post → Notification → Profile update → Visibility validation
 

11. Test Data Strategy

  • Multiple user roles (basic user, moderator, admin).
  • Test accounts with varied subscription states.
  • High-volume notification simulation.
  • Edge case profile data (long strings, special chars).
 

12. Exit Criteria

  • 100% critical flows validated.
  • No high or critical security vulnerabilities.
  • Notification accuracy > 99%.
  • Response time within SLA.
  • No data privacy breaches.
 

Strategic Focus Areas (Priority)

  1. Privacy & data exposure validation
  2. Notification reliability
  3. Session stability
  4. Input validation & XSS protection
  5. Persistence consistency across sessions
 

Summary

Testing Community Zone → Settings must prioritize security, privacy accuracy, and notification integrity. Functional correctness alone is insufficient — the highest risks lie in data exposure, misconfigured notifications, and session inconsistencies. A risk-based approach combined with automation of critical paths is recommended for long-term platform stability.

 

  1. List of AI Mistakes/Gaps (with reasoning)

List of AI Mistakes / Gaps (with Reasoning)

Context: AI Features in ShiftSync Community Zone

Below is a structured list of potential AI-related mistakes or gaps that may occur within community-driven platforms like ShiftSync.

 

1. Hallucinated Responses

Gap: AI generates confident but incorrect answers.
Reasoning: Large language models predict text probabilistically and may fabricate information when context is unclear or incomplete.
Risk: Misinformation in technical or certification discussions reduces trust and may lead to incorrect implementations.

 

2. Lack of Context Awareness

Gap: AI responds without considering product version, user role, or environment specifics.
Reasoning: Without structured metadata (e.g., product version tags), AI may give generic or outdated guidance.
Risk: Solutions may not apply to user’s actual setup.

 

3. Over-Generalized Answers

Gap: AI provides high-level advice instead of actionable steps.
Reasoning: Model may default to safe, generic explanations when question specificity is low.
Risk: Reduced usefulness for advanced or enterprise users.

 

4. Duplicate or Redundant Responses

Gap: AI suggests already answered solutions within the same thread.
Reasoning: Insufficient thread-level memory or summarization before response generation.
Risk: Cluttered discussions and reduced perceived intelligence.

 

5. Failure to Detect Sensitive Content

Gap: AI may fail to flag or redact personal or confidential data in user posts.
Reasoning: Lack of contextual sensitivity or incomplete data classification models.
Risk: Privacy violations and compliance issues.

 

6. Weak Source Attribution

Gap: AI provides answers without referencing official documentation or community sources.
Reasoning: AI may synthesize knowledge without clear citation mapping.
Risk: Reduced credibility and traceability.

 

7. Misinterpretation of Technical Logs

Gap: AI incorrectly interprets error logs or stack traces.
Reasoning: Logs are highly contextual; missing environmental parameters may cause incorrect assumptions.
Risk: Incorrect troubleshooting steps.

 

8. Bias Toward Popular Topics

Gap: AI prioritizes frequently discussed topics while ignoring niche issues.
Reasoning: Training and ranking models favor high-engagement data.
Risk: Less active product modules receive weaker AI support.

 

9. Inconsistent Tone Across Responses

Gap: AI tone varies between formal and conversational unpredictably.
Reasoning: Prompt variation and contextual shifts affect output style.
Risk: Perceived inconsistency in brand voice.

 

10. Inadequate Multilingual Handling

Gap: AI responses may degrade in accuracy for non-English queries.
Reasoning: Model performance varies by language distribution in training data.
Risk: Reduced inclusivity and global usability.

 

11. Poor Handling of Ambiguous Queries

Gap: AI answers without requesting clarification when the question lacks detail.
Reasoning: Model may assume context rather than seek additional input.
Risk: Misleading or incomplete answers.

 

12. No Confidence Scoring

Gap: AI does not indicate uncertainty levels.
Reasoning: Most implementations provide deterministic output without confidence metadata.
Risk: Users cannot assess reliability of the answer.

 

13. Insufficient Escalation Logic

Gap: AI does not escalate complex cases to moderators or experts.
Reasoning: Missing integration with human review workflows.
Risk: Critical issues remain unresolved or incorrectly handled.

 

14. Outdated Knowledge

Gap: AI suggests deprecated workflows or product features.
Reasoning: Static training data without real-time documentation sync.
Risk: Operational errors and frustration.

 

15. Over-Automation in Moderation

Gap: AI auto-flags or hides legitimate content.
Reasoning: Aggressive content moderation thresholds.
Risk: Reduced user engagement and false positives.

 

High-Risk AI Gaps (Priority)

  1. Hallucinations
  2. Privacy/data exposure failures
  3. Misinterpretation of technical issues
  4. Outdated guidance
  5. Lack of escalation mechanisms
 

Summary

AI in the Community Zone can significantly enhance user experience but introduces risks related to misinformation, privacy, bias, and contextual accuracy. The most critical weaknesses stem from hallucination risk, lack of context awareness, and insufficient integration with human oversight. Addressing these through confidence indicators, structured metadata, human escalation workflows, and continuous retraining can substantially reduce platform risk.

 

  1. Final Human-Improved Test Strategy

ShiftSync Platform – Community Zone → Settings

This version incorporates AI-identified gaps, risk prioritization, and human validation layers to create a production-grade, audit-ready test strategy.

 

1. Strategy Objective

Ensure Community Zone → Settings:

  • Functions accurately across roles and devices
  • Preserves user privacy and data integrity
  • Maintains notification reliability
  • Prevents AI-related misinformation risks
  • Scales under load
  • Aligns with enterprise security standards
 

2. Risk-Driven Prioritization

Priority

Area

Why Critical

P0

Privacy & Data Exposure

Direct compliance and reputation risk

P0

Notification Accuracy

High user trust dependency

P0

Authentication & Session Control

Security and account integrity

P1

AI-generated suggestions accuracy

Prevent misinformation

P1

Data Persistence

Prevent silent failures

P2

UI/UX consistency

Experience quality

P2

Performance at scale

Operational stability

 

3. Functional Coverage

3.1 Profile & Display Settings

  • Update profile fields and validate propagation across:
    • Threads
    • Search results
    • Mentions
  • Validate image upload (format, size, corruption handling)
  • Verify character limits and encoding
  • Confirm cross-device consistency
  • Validate rollback behavior if save fails
 

3.2 Notification Settings

Core Validation

  • Toggle category notifications
  • Digest vs instant email preference
  • Unsubscribe link validation
  • Duplicate suppression
  • Delay tolerance threshold (< 2 min recommended)

Failure Simulation

  • Email server latency
  • SMTP failure
  • Partial toggle save
  • Rapid toggle changes

Cross-User Validation

  • Use second account to trigger real notifications
  • Confirm suppression when disabled
 

3.3 Privacy Controls

  • Profile visibility toggles
  • Activity history restriction
  • Messaging controls
  • URL direct access attempts
  • API response inspection
  • Role-based restriction validation

Critical test:
Attempt to access hidden data via direct API or manipulated endpoint.

 

3.4 Account & Security Settings

  • Password change workflow
  • Password strength enforcement
  • Password reuse prevention
  • Session invalidation after reset
  • Concurrent session handling
  • Forced logout after credential update
 

3.5 AI-Assisted Features (if applicable)

Incorporate controls to address AI gaps:

  • Validate AI responses against official documentation
  • Detect hallucinated references
  • Confirm AI suggests escalation when uncertainty exists
  • Ensure AI does not expose private data from settings
  • Validate tone consistency
  • Validate version-aware answers
 

4. Edge Case & Chaos Testing

Scenario

Expected Behavior

Network drop during save

Graceful error + no partial save

Multiple rapid save clicks

Single update transaction

Session expiry mid-edit

Redirect + no corruption

Two simultaneous sessions editing

Conflict resolution strategy

Browser back after save

No duplicate writes

Unicode injection

Proper sanitization

XSS payload attempt

Script blocked

 

5. Security Test Layer

5.1 Authentication & Authorization

  • Settings inaccessible without login
  • Role isolation
  • Privilege escalation attempt

5.2 Input Validation

  • XSS injection in bio
  • HTML injection in name
  • File upload MIME validation
  • Script injection attempt

5.3 CSRF & Session

  • CSRF token validation on update
  • Session fixation test
  • Token expiry validation
  • Logout invalidates all tokens

5.4 Data Protection

  • Sensitive fields masked in API
  • No plaintext password exposure
  • HTTPS enforcement
  • Rate limiting on sensitive endpoints
 

6. Performance & Scalability

6.1 Load Scenarios

  • 5,000+ concurrent users updating preferences
  • Bulk subscription changes
  • High-volume notification bursts

6.2 Performance Benchmarks

  • Settings page load < 2 seconds
  • Save operation < 1 second backend processing
  • Notification dispatch success rate ≥ 99%

6.3 Stress & Soak

  • 24-hour continuous toggle simulation
  • High-frequency notification triggers
  • Database write contention simulation
 

7. Regression Strategy

Every release affecting:

  • User profile service
  • Notification engine
  • Email gateway
  • Authentication module
  • AI engine

Triggers automated regression suite including:

  1. Update profile → verify visibility
  2. Post thread → verify notification behavior
  3. Change privacy → validate API access
  4. Change password → confirm session invalidation
 

8. Automation Strategy

Automated (High ROI)

  • Settings toggle persistence
  • Notification send/receive validation
  • Privacy enforcement API tests
  • Security injection tests
  • Cross-browser UI checks

Manual (High Judgment Areas)

  • AI response correctness
  • Usability validation
  • Accessibility checks
  • Edge workflow usability
 

9. Monitoring & Observability

Introduce production-level monitoring for:

  • Failed settings save rate
  • Notification bounce rate
  • Unauthorized access attempts
  • AI escalation frequency
  • Privacy violation alerts

Alert thresholds:

  • 2% settings save failure
  • 1% notification mismatch
  • Any unauthorized data exposure
 

10. Human Validation Layer

AI cannot replace:

  • Verification against official documentation
  • Escalation logic review
  • Security audit review
  • Legal/privacy compliance review

Introduce quarterly manual audit of:

  • Privacy enforcement
  • AI output accuracy
  • Notification reliability
  • Data retention policy compliance
 

11. Exit Criteria

Release approved only if:

  • 0 Critical security defects
  • 0 P0 privacy issues
  • Notification reliability ≥ 99%
  • No AI hallucination in regression suite
  • Performance benchmarks met
  • Session management fully validated
 

12. Strategic Improvements Recommended

  1. Add AI confidence indicator
  2. Add official answer badge system
  3. Implement rate-limited save endpoint
  4. Add change history log for settings
  5. Add privacy validation self-check tool
 

Final Summary

This Human-Improved Test Strategy strengthens the initial AI-generated plan by:

  • Prioritizing privacy and trust risks
  • Embedding AI risk validation
  • Adding chaos and concurrency testing
  • Including observability metrics
  • Requiring human audit oversight

The core principle:
Community Settings must be secure, predictable, and transparent.

Reliability and privacy integrity are non-negotiable.

 

  1. Optional Notes: Short reflection on what your team learned

During the development and testing of the ShiftSync Community Zone → Settings strategy, the team gained several key insights:

  1. Privacy and trust outweigh feature complexity. Even simple settings (notifications, visibility, profile edits) can introduce high-risk exposure if not rigorously validated.
  2. Notification systems are deceptively complex. Small misconfigurations can create duplicate emails, missed alerts, or user frustration. End-to-end validation is essential.
  3. AI assistance requires governance. AI-generated responses must be validated, monitored, and paired with escalation mechanisms to prevent misinformation.
  4. Edge cases reveal system maturity. Session timeouts, concurrent edits, and network interruptions exposed areas where robustness matters more than happy-path functionality.
  5. Observability is as important as testing. Monitoring metrics (save failures, notification accuracy, unauthorized access attempts) are critical for sustaining quality in production.

Overall, the team learned that secure configuration management in community platforms demands a risk-first mindset, layered validation, and continuous human oversight alongside automation.

 

 


  • Space Cadet
  • February 12, 2026

Group Name: Latte Team

Participants: Cláudia Serra, Nydia Orozco, Jignesh Patel.

Prompt: Generate a test strategy for the ShiftSync platform that includes Search, Create Topic, Community Zone, My Profile, and User Profile → Settings. Include functional tests, edge cases, risks, security considerations, and performance areas, write it as a test deliverable.

Here is a formal Test Strategy document structured as a professional QA deliverable for the ShiftSync platform.

Test Strategy Document

Project: ShiftSync Platform

Version: 1.0

Prepared By: QA Team

Date: February 2026

1. Introduction

This document outlines the test strategy for the ShiftSync platform, covering the following modules:

  • Search

  • Create Topic

  • Community Zone

  • My Profile

  • User Profile → Settings

The purpose of this strategy is to define the testing approach, scope, risks, and quality objectives to ensure the platform delivers a secure, stable, and high-performance user experience.

2. Objectives

  • Validate functional correctness of all modules

  • Identify defects early and reduce production risk

  • Ensure security and data protection compliance

  • Validate performance under expected and peak loads

  • Verify system behavior under edge and negative conditions

3. Scope

3.1 In Scope

  • Functional testing (UI + API)

  • Integration testing

  • Regression testing

  • Security validation

  • Performance validation

  • Negative and edge case testing

3.2 Out of Scope

  • Third-party system internal validations

  • Infrastructure-level penetration testing (handled separately)

4. Test Approach

Testing will include:

  • Manual functional testing

  • API testing (Postman / automation framework)

  • UI automation (Selenium / Cypress)

  • Database validation (SQL queries where applicable)

  • Performance testing (JMeter / similar tool)

  • Security validation (OWASP-based testing checklist)

Testing levels:

  • Unit testing (by Dev team)

  • System testing (QA team)

  • Regression testing (automated + manual)

  • UAT support

5. Functional Test Coverage by Module

5.1 Search Module

Functional Tests

  • Search by keyword

  • Search with partial match

  • Search with filters (if applicable)

  • Search with special characters

  • Search pagination

  • Sorting results

  • Empty search behavior

  • Search suggestions/autocomplete

  • Case sensitivity validation

  • Search by user / topic (if supported)

Edge Cases

  • Very long search strings (1000+ characters)

  • SQL injection patterns in search field

  • HTML/JS injection attempts

  • Unicode / emoji input

  • Rapid consecutive searches

  • Search with only spaces

  • Search after session timeout

Risks

  • Poor indexing leading to slow results

  • Incorrect ranking logic

  • Exposure of restricted/private topics

Security Considerations

  • Input sanitization

  • Protection against SQL Injection

  • Protection against XSS

  • Authorization validation for restricted results

Performance Areas

  • Response time under normal load (<2 seconds target)

  • Response time under peak load

  • Database query optimization

  • High concurrency search traffic

5.2 Create Topic Module

Functional Tests

  • Create topic with valid data

  • Mandatory field validation

  • Character limit validation

  • Rich text / formatting validation

  • File/image attachment upload

  • Tagging functionality

  • Draft saving (if available)

  • Cancel topic creation

  • Duplicate topic detection

  • Topic visibility (public/private)

Edge Cases

  • Maximum character limit boundary testing

  • File upload size limit

  • Unsupported file formats

  • Upload interruption

  • Double-click submit

  • Session timeout during creation

  • Creating topic with only special characters

Risks

  • Duplicate content creation

  • Data loss during submission

  • Inconsistent UI/API validation rules

Security Considerations

  • XSS through topic content

  • Malicious file upload

  • Authorization bypass

  • CSRF protection

  • Rate limiting to prevent spam

Performance Areas

  • Topic creation response time

  • Large file upload performance

  • Database write performance

  • System stability under mass topic creation

5.3 Community Zone

Functional Tests

  • View topics list

  • Filter topics by category

  • Like / react to topics

  • Comment on topic

  • Edit own comment

  • Delete own comment

  • Report inappropriate content

  • Real-time updates (if supported)

  • Pagination / infinite scroll

Edge Cases

  • Rapid likes/unlikes

  • Very long comments

  • Comment with emoji / special characters

  • Delete topic with active comments

  • View deleted topic via direct URL

  • Simultaneous edits by multiple users

Risks

  • Data inconsistency

  • Notification failures

  • Concurrency conflicts

  • Inappropriate content exposure

Security Considerations

  • Access control validation

  • Prevent editing/deleting others’ content

  • XSS in comments

  • IDOR (Insecure Direct Object Reference)

  • Abuse/spam prevention

Performance Areas

  • Feed load time

  • Comment submission latency

  • High-volume interactions

  • Real-time notification load handling

5.4 My Profile

Functional Tests

  • View own profile details

  • Edit profile information

  • Upload/change profile picture

  • Remove profile picture

  • View activity history

  • Update contact information

  • Validation of required fields

Edge Cases

  • Upload very large image

  • Unsupported image formats

  • Invalid email format

  • Duplicate email update

  • Profile update during session expiration

  • Simultaneous updates from multiple sessions

Risks

  • Data overwrite

  • Broken image links

  • Inconsistent user data

Security Considerations

  • Authentication validation

  • Authorization for profile modification

  • Sensitive data encryption

  • Image upload validation

  • Protection against stored XSS

Performance Areas

  • Profile load time

  • Image upload latency

  • Database update performance

5.5 User Profile → Settings

Functional Tests

  • Change password

  • Password complexity validation

  • Enable/disable notifications

  • Privacy settings modification

  • Account deactivation

  • Account deletion

  • Language preference change

  • Logout functionality

Edge Cases

  • Incorrect current password

  • Reusing old passwords

  • Very long password input

  • Password with special characters

  • Rapid password reset attempts

  • Delete account with active sessions

Risks

  • Account takeover vulnerabilities

  • Improper session invalidation

  • Settings not persisting

  • Email verification failures

Security Considerations

  • Password hashing validation

  • Rate limiting login/password attempts

  • Multi-factor authentication (if applicable)

  • Secure session handling

  • CSRF protection

  • GDPR / data deletion compliance

Performance Areas

  • Password change response time

  • Session invalidation speed

  • Settings update latency

6. Non-Functional Testing

6.1 Performance Testing

  • Load testing (expected user load)

  • Stress testing (beyond peak capacity)

  • Spike testing

  • Endurance testing

  • API response time validation

  • Database query performance

  • Caching validation

Target KPIs:

  • Page load < 3 seconds

  • API response < 2 seconds (95th percentile)

  • System stability under peak traffic

6.2 Security Testing

Based on OWASP Top 10:

  • SQL Injection

  • XSS (Reflected + Stored)

  • CSRF

  • Broken Authentication

  • Sensitive Data Exposure

  • IDOR

  • File upload vulnerabilities

  • Session fixation

6.3 Compatibility Testing

  • Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge

  • Responsive testing (mobile, tablet, desktop)

  • Different OS environments (Windows, macOS)

7. Regression Strategy

  • Smoke tests on each build

  • Automated regression suite for:

    • Search

    • Topic creation

    • Profile updates

  • Full regression before release

8. Test Data Strategy

  • Valid user accounts

  • Admin account

  • Suspended account

  • Test topics (public/private)

  • Large dataset for performance

  • Malicious test inputs for security testing

9. Risks & Mitigation

Risk Impact Mitigation
High traffic causing slow performance High Early load testing
Security vulnerability exposure Critical OWASP-based validation
Data inconsistency Medium DB validation + concurrency tests
Regression defects High Automated regression suite

10. Entry & Exit Criteria

Entry Criteria

  • Requirements finalized

  • Test environment ready

  • Build deployed

  • Test data available

Exit Criteria

  • All critical/high defects resolved

  • Regression suite passed

  • Performance benchmarks met

  • Security validation completed

  • Test summary report approved

11. Deliverables

  • Test Strategy Document

  • Test Plan

  • Test Cases

  • Test Execution Report

  • Defect Reports

  • Test Summary Report

  • Automation Report

  • Performance Report

12. Conclusion

This test strategy ensures comprehensive coverage of the ShiftSync platform by validating functionality, security, performance, and stability across core modules. The structured approach minimizes production risk and ensures a high-quality user experience.

If you'd like, I can also generate:

  • A condensed version for interview presentation

  • A detailed test plan template

  • A risk-based testing version

  • Or convert this into a polished PDF-ready version

Let me know.

 


  • Ensign
  • February 12, 2026

Team Velocity

Group Members, Joe, Srinivas

  • Space Cadet
  • February 12, 2026

Team Name: QA Vanguard
Team Lead : Kirti Kulkarni

Participants : Kirti Kulkarni, Prateek Gupta, Marwa Mohep


Initial Chat GPT Prompt

Generate a test strategy for the ShiftSync platform that includes Search, Create Topic, Community Zone, My Profile, and User Profile → Settings. Include functional tests, edge cases, risks, security considerations, and performance areas. It should be Risk based #SOLO#KINO

Output:
 

Below is a Risk-Based Test Strategy for the ShiftSync platform, written at a Test Manager / QA Governance level, explicitly aligned to SLO–KPI–KRI (SOLO-KINO) thinking.
This is suitable for review boards, audits, and senior stakeholder discussions.

ShiftSync – Risk-Based Test Strategy (SOLO-KINO)

1. Test Strategy Objectives

  • Ensure business continuity, user trust, and data integrity

  • Validate core community journeys under normal and failure conditions

  • Identify and mitigate high-impact risks early

  • Support release go/no-go decisions with measurable outcomes

2. Scope of Testing

In-Scope Modules

  • Search

  • Create Topic

  • Community Zone

  • My Profile

  • User Profile → Settings

Out of Scope

  • Backend admin portals

  • Third-party analytics internal validation (only integration behavior)

3. Risk Classification Framework (SOLO-KINO)

Layer Focus
SLO Reliability, availability, response time
KPI Engagement, conversion, discoverability
KRI Security, abuse, data leakage, compliance

4. Module-Wise Risk-Based Test Coverage

4.1 Search

Functional Coverage

  • Keyword search (exact, partial, case-insensitive)

  • Filters (date, category, popularity)

  • Empty search behavior

  • Search result ranking relevance

Edge / Negative Cases

  • Very long search strings

  • Special characters / Unicode input

  • Rapid repeated searches (throttling)

  • Search during partial backend outage

Risks

  • Poor discoverability → low engagement

  • Incorrect ranking → loss of trust

Security

  • SQL / NoSQL injection via search input

  • XSS through reflected search terms

Performance (SLO)

  • Search response ≤ 2 seconds (95th percentile)

  • Graceful degradation on index failure

4.2 Create Topic

Functional Coverage

  • Topic creation with title, body, category

  • Draft save & publish

  • Edit / delete own topic

  • Attachment validation (type, size)

Edge / Negative Cases

  • Max length title/body

  • Empty or whitespace-only content

  • Network drop during submit

  • Duplicate submission on refresh

Risks

  • Data loss during submit

  • Spam or abuse content

Security (KRI)

  • XSS via rich text editor

  • Rate-limit enforcement

  • CSRF protection

Performance (SLO)

  • Post publish latency ≤ 2 seconds

  • No duplicate topic creation under retries

4.3 Community Zone

Functional Coverage

  • Topic listing & pagination

  • Sorting (latest, trending)

  • Like, comment, follow actions

  • Role-based visibility (guest vs logged-in)

Edge / Negative Cases

  • Deleted/hidden topics visibility

  • Concurrent likes/comments

  • Pagination boundary conditions

Risks

  • Engagement drop due to UI inconsistencies

  • Incorrect role access

Security

  • Authorization bypass via direct URLs

  • Manipulation of community IDs

Performance

  • Scroll pagination load ≤ 1.5 seconds

  • Stable rendering under high concurrency

4.4 My Profile

Functional Coverage

  • View profile details

  • Activity history (posts, comments)

  • Profile image upload/update

Edge / Negative Cases

  • Large image uploads

  • Corrupted file uploads

  • Profile data partially saved

Risks

  • Identity trust issues

  • Broken personalization

Security

  • File upload validation

  • Access control to private data

Performance

  • Profile load ≤ 2 seconds

  • Image optimization verification

4.5 User Profile → Settings

Functional Coverage

  • Update email, password, preferences

  • Notification settings

  • Privacy visibility controls

  • Logout from all sessions

Edge / Negative Cases

  • Invalid email formats

  • Weak password updates

  • Session expiry during save

Risks (High)

  • Account takeover

  • Data privacy violation

Security (KRI – Critical)

  • Password hashing & strength rules

  • Session invalidation after change

  • Token reuse prevention

Performance

  • Settings update propagation ≤ 5 seconds

  • No stale session behavior

5. Cross-Cutting Risk Areas

5.1 Security (OWASP-Aligned)

  • Authentication & authorization

  • Session management

  • Rate limiting

  • Input sanitization

  • Data exposure via APIs

5.2 Performance & Reliability

  • Peak traffic handling

  • CDN failures

  • API timeout handling

  • Graceful UI degradation

5.3 Compliance & Data Integrity

  • PII visibility controls

  • Audit logs for profile changes

  • Data consistency across sessions

6. Test Execution Approach

Risk-Based Prioritization

  • P0: Login, Create Topic, Settings (Security-Critical)

  • P1: Search, Community Engagement

  • P2: Profile personalization

Test Types

  • Manual exploratory (risk discovery)

  • Automated regression (Playwright)

  • API fault-injection testing

  • Security validation (OWASP checklist)

7. Entry & Exit Criteria

Entry

  • Stable build

  • Feature flags finalized

  • Test data ready

Exit

  • All P0 risks mitigated

  • No open Critical / High defects

  • SLOs met for key journeys

  • KRI thresholds within tolerance

8. Quality KPIs for Release Decision

  • Defect leakage rate

  • Automation pass rate

  • SLO compliance %

  • Security findings count

9. Summary (Executive View)

This SOLO-KINO risk-based strategy ensures:

  • Quality is measured, not assumed

  • Business risks are visible

  • Security is proactive

  • Performance is predictable

If you want next:

  • Convert this into 1-page Test Strategy deck

  • Map to Playwright automation tags

  • Create interview-ready explanation

  • Add risk heat map

Just say the word.

Weeknesses : 

Team Analysis – Gaps in the AI Test Strategy

  1. Assumed Features Without Product Validation
    The strategy assumes how Search, Community Zone, and engagement features work without confirming actual ShiftSync behavior or configurations. This creates a risk of testing flows that may not exist or behave differently in the real product.

  2. Platform-Specific Risks Were Overlooked
    There is no consideration of browser, device, or responsive behavior, which is critical for a community platform used across desktops and mobile devices. Failures in these areas would directly impact user adoption.

  3. Non-Functional Testing Lacked Depth
    While performance and security were mentioned, they were high-level and not tied to real usage patterns such as peak community activity, large discussions, or profile updates at scale. Usability and accessibility risks were also largely missing.

  4. No Clear Risk Prioritization
    All areas were treated almost equally, with no clear identification of which features are most business-critical (for example, account settings and topic creation). This makes it difficult to focus testing effort where failure would have the highest impact.

 Draft a Human-Improved Test Strategy 

  1. Prioritize high-risk features first such as Account Settings, Create Topic, and Search, since failures here directly impact user trust and engagement.

  2. Avoid assumption-based testing by validating actual ShiftSync feature behavior and environments before finalizing test cases.

  3. Cover platform-specific risks including browser compatibility, mobile responsiveness, and session handling across devices.

  4. Align non-functional testing with real usage, focusing on peak community activity, concurrent posting, and profile updates at scale.

  5. Focus security testing on real threats, especially authentication, authorization, rate limiting, and data exposure scenarios.

  6. Apply clear risk-based prioritization, treating P0 flows as mandatory for every release and automating them where possible.

  7. Keep test execution actionable and lean, ensuring effort is spent where business and user impact is highest.

 

 

 

 


  • Ensign
  • February 12, 2026

 

Group Name: Strategical Thinkers

Group Leader: Dinesh Gajarathi

Members - Avni Aggarwa, Dinesh Gajarathi, Russell

 

Original Prompts:

--- I want to create a test strategy for my application with below key features: Search Feature Create Topic Feature Community Zone My Profile User Profile → Settings

--- It is for shiftsync website. Please use details of "My Profile" feature that had article crerated

--- Search feature includes- course/article/conversation Create topic feature- can start a conversation within community or we can create a question with details like category/title/description/tags Community Zone- where members can participate in discussion, ask question, start conversation, learn-can read blog/articles/videos/events

 

AI Output (Original):

# Test Strategy Document – ShiftSync Website

## 1. Introduction

This document defines the test strategy for the **ShiftSync website**, outlining the approach, scope, and methods used to validate system quality and reliability.

The strategy focuses on the following core features:

* Search Feature
* Create Topic Feature
* Community Zone
* My Profile (Layout)
* User Profile → Settings

---

## 2. Objectives

The objectives of testing are to:

* Ensure all core features function correctly
* Validate a smooth and intuitive user experience
* Detect and prevent functional and security defects
* Ensure proper data handling and persistence
* Maintain system performance and stability

---

## 3. Scope of Testing

### In Scope

* Functional validation of all listed features
* UI/UX verification
* Integration testing
* Security and access control testing
* Cross-browser compatibility testing
* Basic performance checks

### Out of Scope

* Internal testing of third-party systems
* Infrastructure and hardware testing

---

## 4. Test Approach

### 4.1 Search Feature

The Search feature enables users to search across **courses, articles, and conversations**.

Testing will verify:

* Accurate search results across courses, articles, and conversations
* Keyword and partial keyword matching
* Search result categorization and filtering
* Handling of empty, invalid, or special character inputs
* Relevance and ranking of search results
* Performance and response time
* UI display of search results

---

### 4.2 Create Topic Feature

The Create Topic feature allows users to:

* Start a conversation within the community
* Create a question with structured details

Testing will include:

* Creation of conversations and questions
* Field validations for:

* Category
* Title
* Description
* Tags
* Mandatory field enforcement
* Error messages and validation feedback
* Successful submission and data persistence
* Duplicate or invalid content handling
* Permission and access control checks

---

### 4.3 Community Zone

The Community Zone enables members to engage in learning and discussions.

Users can:

* Participate in discussions
* Ask questions
* Start conversations
* Access learning content (blogs, articles, videos, events)

Testing will focus on:

* Navigation and accessibility of community sections
* Posting and participation workflows
* Viewing and interacting with discussions
* Content display for blogs, articles, videos, and events
* User engagement features
* Access permissions and moderation behavior
* Data consistency and session handling

---

### 4.4 My Profile (Layout Verification)

The **My Profile** feature focuses on validating the layout and navigation of the profile landing page.

Testing will cover:

* Correct display of profile sections:

* **Badges**
* **About**
* **User Activity** (Activity / Followers / Following)
* UI layout consistency and responsiveness
* Proper loading of user data
* Visibility and functionality of the **Edit Profile** button
* Navigation from **Edit Profile** to **User Profile → Settings**

This section serves as a profile overview and navigation interface.

---

### 4.5 User Profile → Settings

This feature manages profile editing and configuration.

Testing will validate:

**General**

* Yes/No radio button behavior
* Required field validation
* Save Changes functionality
* Data persistence after refresh or re-login

**Notification**

* Selection and saving of notification preferences
* Correct application of notification settings

**Password**

* Password change workflow
* Validation of current and new passwords
* Error handling for invalid inputs
* Security and encryption checks

---

## 5. Types of Testing

The following testing types will be performed:

* Functional Testing
* Integration Testing
* Usability Testing
* Security Testing
* Regression Testing
* Performance Testing
* Compatibility Testing

---

## 6. Test Environment

Testing will be conducted in:

* Staging/test environment
* Supported browsers (Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Safari)
* Desktop and mobile platforms

---

## 7. Test Data Management

* Valid and invalid test inputs
* Boundary and edge case scenarios
* Role-based user accounts
* Secure handling of sensitive test data

---

## 8. Defect Management

* All defects will be logged in the tracking system
* Each defect will include severity and priority levels
* Retesting and regression testing will follow fixes

---

## 9. Risks and Mitigation

### Potential Risks

* Incomplete requirements
* Environment instability
* Data inconsistencies
* Security vulnerabilities

### Mitigation

* Regular requirement reviews
* Stable test environment maintenance
* Controlled test datasets
* Security validation practices

---

## 10. Tools

* Test management tool (e.g., Jira/TestRail)
* Bug tracking system
* Browser developer tools
* Optional automation tools

---

## 11. Deliverables

* Test strategy document
* Feature-based test cases
* Test execution reports
* Defect logs
* Final test summary report

---

## 12. Exit Criteria

Testing will be considered complete when:

* All critical test cases pass
* No high-severity defects remain open
* Stakeholder approval is obtained

---

Improved Prompts:

Update tetsing types to: Functional Testing Integration Testing Usability Testing Regression Testing Performance Testing

 

 


What was good in AI response:

1. Nice template
2. Added all teh information shared with GPT in the Test stragegy

 

List of AI Mistakes/Gaps (with reasoning)

1. Types of testing - assumed by GPT
2. Defect management- Tools are missing, simply quoted about tracking system
3. tools- no tools mentioned

 

Final Human-Improved Test Strategy

Test Strategy Document – ShiftSync Website

1. Introduction

This document defines the test strategy for the ShiftSync website, outlining the approach, scope, and methods used to validate system quality and reliability.

The strategy focuses on the following core features:

  • Search Feature

  • Create Topic Feature

  • Community Zone

  • My Profile (Layout)

  • User Profile → Settings

2. Objectives

The objectives of testing are to:

  • Ensure all core features function correctly

  • Validate a smooth and intuitive user experience

  • Detect and prevent functional defects

  • Ensure proper data handling and persistence

  • Maintain system performance and stability

3. Scope of Testing

In Scope

  • Functional validation of all listed features

  • UI/UX verification

  • Integration testing

  • Cross-browser compatibility testing

  • Basic performance checks

Out of Scope

  • Internal testing of third-party systems

  • Infrastructure and hardware testing

4. Test Approach

4.1 Search Feature

The Search feature enables users to search across courses, articles, and conversations.

Testing will verify:

  • Accurate search results across courses, articles, and conversations

  • Keyword and partial keyword matching

  • Search result categorization and filtering

  • Handling of empty, invalid, or special character inputs

  • Relevance and ranking of search results

  • Performance and response time

  • UI display of search results

4.2 Create Topic Feature

The Create Topic feature allows users to:

  • Start a conversation within the community

  • Create a question with structured details

Testing will include:

  • Creation of conversations and questions

  • Field validations for:

    • Category

    • Title

    • Description

    • Tags

  • Mandatory field enforcement

  • Error messages and validation feedback

  • Successful submission and data persistence

  • Duplicate or invalid content handling

  • Permission and access control checks

4.3 Community Zone

The Community Zone enables members to engage in learning and discussions.

Users can:

  • Participate in discussions

  • Ask questions

  • Start conversations

  • Access learning content (blogs, articles, videos, events)

Testing will focus on:

  • Navigation and accessibility of community sections

  • Posting and participation workflows

  • Viewing and interacting with discussions

  • Content display for blogs, articles, videos, and events

  • User engagement features

  • Access permissions and moderation behavior

  • Data consistency and session handling

4.4 My Profile (Layout Verification)

The My Profile feature focuses on validating the layout and navigation of the profile landing page.

Testing will cover:

  • Correct display of profile sections:

    • Badges

    • About

    • User Activity (Activity / Followers / Following)

  • UI layout consistency and responsiveness

  • Proper loading of user data

  • Visibility and functionality of the Edit Profile button

  • Navigation from Edit Profile to User Profile → Settings

This section serves as a profile overview and navigation interface.

4.5 User Profile → Settings

This feature manages profile editing and configuration.

Testing will validate:

General

  • Yes/No radio button behavior

  • Required field validation

  • Save Changes functionality

  • Data persistence after refresh or re-login

Notification

  • Selection and saving of notification preferences

  • Correct application of notification settings

Password

  • Password change workflow

  • Validation of current and new passwords

  • Error handling for invalid inputs

5. Types of Testing

The following testing types will be performed:

  • Functional Testing

  • Integration Testing

  • Usability Testing

  • Regression Testing

  • Performance Testing

6. Test Environment

Testing will be conducted in:

  • Staging/test environment

  • Supported browsers (Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Safari)

  • Desktop and mobile platforms

7. Test Data Management

  • Valid and invalid test inputs

  • Boundary and edge case scenarios

  • Role-based user accounts

  • Secure handling of sensitive test data

8. Defect Management

All identified defects will be tracked and managed using JIRA.

  • Defects will be logged with clear reproduction steps

  • Each defect will include severity and priority levels

  • Screenshots and logs will be attached when applicable

  • Defects will follow a defined lifecycle (Open → In Progress → Fixed → Retested → Closed)

  • Retesting and regression testing will be performed after fixes

9. Risks and Mitigation

Potential Risks

  • Incomplete requirements

  • Environment instability

  • Data inconsistencies

Mitigation

  • Regular requirement reviews

  • Stable test environment maintenance

  • Controlled test datasets

10. Tools

  • JIRA – Test and defect management

  • Browser developer tools

  • Optional automation tools

11. Deliverables

  • Test strategy document

  • Feature-based test cases

  • Test execution reports

  • Defect logs

  • Final test summary report

12. Exit Criteria

Testing will be considered complete when:

  • All critical test cases pass

  • No high-severity defects remain open

  • Stakeholder approval is obtained

Optional Notes: Short reflection on what your team learned

It is a good community platform that enables to connect with brilliant minds focussing on same learning area. Activities helped to explore and learn AI.


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  • February 12, 2026

Team Name: QAtro 
Team Lead : Oleksandr Ryabickh

Participants : Oleksandr Ryabickh, Sravani Bachu (Sbachu676@gmail.com), Vanitha (letsmeetvanitha@gmail.com)

 

Original Prompt

create an exhaustive prompt for "you are senior QA engineer with 10+ years, produce a test strategy for ShiftSync https://shiftsync.tricentis.com/ that covers testing across the key platform features. Core features to include as test strategy areas: Search Feature Create Topic Feature Community Zone My Profile User Profile → Settings Ensure that result will contain testing for platform-specific risks won't miss non-functional concerns (performance, security, usability) will have prioritization of risks or test areas Strategy should be organized, concise, and practical."

 

Result of it next prompt and using it generated strategy

You are a Senior QA Engineer with 10+ years of experience designing test strategies for enterprise SaaS web platforms (B2B), including UI, API, integration, security, performance, accessibility, and release readiness.

Your task: Produce a practical, feature-complete Test Strategy for ShiftSync:
https://shiftsync.tricentis.com/

The strategy must be general (broad coverage across functional + non-functional quality), yet still actionable for an engineering team. It must explicitly include performance, security, usability, accessibility, reliability/resilience, and cross-platform compatibility.

========================================
1) Context & Assumptions (brief)
========================================
- Treat ShiftSync as a production SaaS platform with authenticated users, community/content features, profiles/settings, and search.
- Assume modern web stack + APIs; tests must handle async UI, backend latency, and third-party dependencies.
- If you assume anything (auth method, roles, moderation, notifications), list it and propose quick validation steps.

========================================
2) Required Output Structure
========================================
Output a structured document with:
A) Executive summary (5–8 bullets)
B) Scope (in-scope / out-of-scope)
C) Quality coverage map (table):
   Area | What we validate | Test types | Where executed (PR/Nightly/Release) | Ownership
D) Feature-based test strategy sections (see core features below)
E) Non-functional strategy:
   - Performance
   - Security
   - Usability
   - Accessibility
   - Reliability/Resilience
   - Observability
F) Test levels & test pyramid (unit/service/UI/e2e): what belongs where and why
G) Environments & test data strategy
H) Automation strategy (what to automate first, what not to automate, stability/flake controls)
I) Metrics & quality gates (entry/exit criteria, CI/CD gates)
J) Defect + flake triage workflow (severity, ownership, SLAs)
K) “First 2 weeks plan” (quick-start checklist)

Use bullets and small tables. Avoid filler. Be concise but complete enough to execute.

========================================
3) Core Feature Areas (Must include)
========================================
Create dedicated sections for:
1) Search Feature
2) Create Topic Feature
3) Community Zone
4) My Profile
5) User Profile → Settings

For EACH feature section include:
- Purpose / user value (1–2 lines)
- Key workflows (happy paths)
- Edge/negative scenarios (validation, boundaries, concurrency where relevant)
- Data/state considerations (drafts, pagination, caching, stale data, permissions)
- Integration points (APIs, identity, moderation, notifications, analytics if applicable)
- Suggested test coverage split:
  - API/service tests
  - UI/component tests
  - End-to-end flows
- Regression scope & smoke checks for that feature
- Observability checks (logs/metrics) relevant to failures

========================================
4) Cross-platform & Compatibility (Required)
========================================
Include:
- Browser/OS/device coverage matrix (P0/P1/P2)
- Responsive breakpoints and mobile keyboard/touch considerations
- Known WebKit/Safari pitfalls and how to validate them
- Execution approach (PR vs nightly vs pre-release)

========================================
5) Non-functional Detail Requirements
========================================
A) Performance
- Define example SLAs for key interactions (search, topic creation, community feed, profile/settings updates)
- Client-side performance (Core Web Vitals: LCP/INP/CLS) and measurement plan
- Load/stress model (read/write mix, ramp-up, caching effects)
- What to measure and how to report p95/p99 and error rate

B) Security
- Threat model: XSS, CSRF, IDOR/BOLA, injection, broken access control, session management
- Concrete test ideas per threat (high-level steps)
- When to run SAST/DAST/dependency scanning and what to gate on

C) Usability & Accessibility
- Usability heuristics: error clarity, empty states, drafts/undo, consistency, mobile ergonomics
- Accessibility target (WCAG 2.1 AA)
- Practical checklist: keyboard-only, focus order, screen reader announcements, form errors, contrast

D) Reliability/Resilience & Observability
- Handling for timeouts, retries, 4xx/5xx, degraded dependencies, offline/slow networks
- Logging/metrics expectations: correlation IDs, client error boundaries, meaningful error messages

========================================
6) Lightweight Prioritization (Optional but recommended)
========================================
Include a short section that labels test areas as P0/P1/P2 based on customer impact, but do NOT make the entire document “risk-based”. Keep prioritization as a supporting section only.

========================================
7) Output constraints
========================================
- Organized, readable, practical.
- Every section should connect to the given features.
- Do not mark everything as High.
- Keep it concise but production-ready.

Now produce the Test Strategy following the above requirements.
 

 


OneVik
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  • February 12, 2026

Hi ​@PolinaKr could you please ping the name of person from Room 2 (starting with J)

 


OneVik
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  • Specialist
  • February 12, 2026

 

  • Group leader:  Vikrant B
  • Group name: R2Shift
  • Members in the group:
  1. Supraja Siva
  2. Vikrant B
  3. J
  1. Original Prompt: Act as Software Test Specialist having 10+ years of experience and generate a detailed test strategy for the ShiftSync platform (app url : https://shiftsync.tricentis.com/) which includes below features: Search, Create Topic, Community Zone, My Profile, and User Profile → Settings. Include detailed functional tests, edge cases, risks, security considerations, and performance areas.”
  2. AI Output (Original)

Below is a comprehensive Test Strategy for the ShiftSync Platform based on 10+ years of Software Test Specialist experience. This strategy covers functional testing, edge cases, security, risks, and performance considerations for the modules:

  • Search
  • Create Topic
  • Community Zone
  • My Profile
  • User Profile → Settings

1. Test Strategy Overview

1.1 Objective

To ensure ShiftSync platform delivers:

  • Accurate and reliable functionality
  • Secure user interactions
  • High performance under load
  • Data integrity and role-based access control
  • Seamless user experience across devices and browsers

2. Scope of Testing

In Scope

  • Functional validation of all listed modules
  • Role-based access behavior
  • Input validation
  • Security validations
  • Performance and scalability
  • UI/UX behavior
  • Integration between modules

Out of Scope

  • Third-party API internal testing
  • Infrastructure-level validation (unless exposed)

3. Test Approach

Test Type

Approach

Functional Testing

Manual + Automation (UI & API)

Regression Testing

Automated regression suite

API Testing

REST API validation via Postman/RestAssured

Security Testing

OWASP-based validation

Performance Testing

JMeter/LoadRunner

Cross Browser

Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Safari

Mobile Responsiveness

iOS, Android viewport testing

4. Feature-Wise Test Coverage

4.1 SEARCH MODULE

Functional Test Scenarios

1. Basic Search

  • Search with valid keyword
  • Search with partial keyword
  • Search with exact phrase
  • Case insensitive search
  • Search using special characters
  • Search with numeric values

2. Advanced Scenarios

  • Search filtering by:
    • Date
    • Category
    • Author
    • Tags
  • Sorting by:
    • Relevance
    • Date
    • Popularity

3. Result Behavior

  • Pagination validation
  • Infinite scroll validation
  • Click result → navigate to correct topic
  • Empty results message validation
  • Search history display (if applicable)

Edge Cases

  • Blank search input
  • Only whitespace input
  • Extremely long string (1000+ characters)
  • SQL injection string (' OR 1=1 --)
  • XSS attempt (<script>alert(1)</script>)
  • Emojis in search
  • Concurrent searches by multiple users

Security Considerations

  • Prevent SQL injection
  • Prevent stored/reflected XSS
  • Rate limiting to prevent search abuse
  • Ensure search respects user access permissions

Performance

  • Search response time < 2 sec (for 10k+ records)
  • Stress test with 500 concurrent users
  • Index optimization validation

Risks

  • Slow search due to missing indexing
  • Data leakage if search ignores access controls
  • Server crash due to malformed inputs

4.2 CREATE TOPIC MODULE

Functional Test Scenarios

1. Topic Creation

  • Create topic with valid title & content
  • Mandatory field validation
  • Rich text formatting validation
  • Attach image/file validation
  • Add tags validation
  • Category selection validation

2. Submission

  • Save draft
  • Publish topic
  • Cancel creation
  • Edit topic
  • Delete topic

3. Validation

  • Title length limit
  • Content length limit
  • File size validation
  • Unsupported file type validation

Edge Cases

  • Large file upload (boundary value)
  • Duplicate topic title
  • Empty content with spaces
  • Very large content (10,000+ characters)
  • Simultaneous topic creation by same user
  • Browser refresh before save

Security Considerations

  • Stored XSS prevention in content
  • File upload validation (virus scan)
  • Restrict executable file uploads
  • CSRF token validation
  • Role-based access (only authorized users can post)

Performance

  • File upload performance
  • Save draft response time
  • DB write latency

Risks

  • Data loss on refresh
  • Inconsistent formatting across browsers
  • Broken attachment links

4.3 COMMUNITY ZONE

Functional Test Scenarios

  • View list of topics
  • Like / Unlike topic
  • Comment on topic
  • Reply to comment
  • Edit comment
  • Delete comment
  • Notification generation
  • Pagination validation

Access Control

  • Logged-in vs guest behavior
  • Role-based moderation permissions
  • Admin delete capability

Edge Cases

  • Rapid multiple likes (double click)
  • Very long comment
  • Comment with emojis
  • HTML/script injection attempt
  • Simultaneous comment editing

Security Considerations

  • Stored XSS in comments
  • Rate limiting on comments
  • Spam detection
  • Unauthorized topic access

Performance

  • Load test with 1000+ concurrent users
  • Comment thread rendering speed
  • Notification system performance

Risks

  • Duplicate comments
  • Lost updates due to concurrency
  • Thread rendering failure for long discussions

4.4 MY PROFILE

Functional Test Scenarios

  • View personal details
  • Edit profile information
  • Update profile picture
  • View activity history
  • Change password
  • Logout functionality

Validation

  • Email format validation
  • Phone number format
  • Profile picture size/type
  • Password strength validation

Edge Cases

  • Upload large image
  • Invalid image format
  • Invalid email change
  • Network interruption during save

Security Considerations

  • Password encryption
  • No plain text password storage
  • Session timeout validation
  • Secure logout (invalidate token)
  • Prevent IDOR (Insecure Direct Object Reference)

Performance

  • Profile load time
  • Image upload latency

Risks

  • Broken image links
  • Session hijacking
  • Profile data overwrite

4.5 USER PROFILE → SETTINGS

Functional Test Scenarios

  • Change password
  • Enable/disable notifications
  • Privacy settings update
  • Delete account
  • Two-factor authentication (if applicable)

Edge Cases

  • Wrong current password
  • Weak new password
  • Multiple failed attempts
  • Delete account confirmation flow

Security Considerations

  • Account lock after N failed attempts
  • OTP validation (if 2FA)
  • Secure password reset flow
  • Data anonymization after account deletion
  • Protection against CSRF

Performance

  • Settings update response time
  • Email notification delay validation

Risks

  • Password reset vulnerability
  • Privilege escalation
  • Account deletion without confirmation

5. Non-Functional Testing

5.1 Performance Testing

Load Testing

  • 1000 concurrent users browsing
  • 500 users creating topics
  • 200 users uploading files simultaneously

Stress Testing

  • Peak load beyond capacity
  • Memory leak detection

Scalability Testing

  • Horizontal scaling validation

5.2 Security Testing (OWASP Top 10 Coverage)

  • SQL Injection
  • Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
  • Broken Authentication
  • Sensitive Data Exposure
  • Security Misconfiguration
  • Insecure Direct Object Reference
  • CSRF
  • Clickjacking
  • Session fixation

5.3 Compatibility Testing

  • Chrome (latest 2 versions)
  • Firefox
  • Safari
  • Edge
  • Mobile browsers
  • Responsive layout validation

5.4 Usability Testing

  • Clear error messages
  • Navigation consistency
  • Accessibility (WCAG compliance)
  • Keyboard navigation
  • Screen reader validation

6. Data Testing

  • Database integrity
  • Duplicate data validation
  • Referential integrity
  • Audit trail validation
  • Log validation

7. Regression Strategy

  • Smoke test suite for every build
  • Critical path automation:
    • Login
    • Search
    • Create topic
    • Comment
    • Update profile
  • Nightly automation runs
  • CI/CD integration

8. Test Data Strategy

  • Valid users
  • Admin users
  • Suspended users
  • Large dataset (10k+ topics)
  • Boundary values
  • Negative data sets

9. Risk Assessment Summary

Risk

Impact

Mitigation

Data breach

High

Security testing + encryption

Performance degradation

High

Load testing

Access control flaws

High

Role-based validation

XSS vulnerability

High

Input sanitization

Data loss

Medium

Backup + transaction validation

10. Exit Criteria

  • 100% critical test cases executed
  • No open critical or high defects
  • Performance SLA met
  • Security vulnerabilities resolved
  • Regression suite passed

11. Deliverables

  • Test Strategy Document
  • Test Cases
  • RTM (Requirement Traceability Matrix)
  • Defect Reports
  • Automation Scripts
  • Test Summary Report

Conclusion

This strategy ensures ShiftSync platform is:

✔ Functionally reliable
✔ Secure against vulnerabilities
✔ Scalable under heavy load
✔ User-friendly
✔ Production-ready

C. AI Mistakes/Gaps with Reasons:

1. Strategic-Level Gaps

1.1 No Product Understanding / Context

Issue:
The strategy does not clearly define:

  • What ShiftSync actually is (discussion forum? workforce platform? internal community?)
  • User personas (Admin, Moderator, Standard User, Guest?)
  • Business goals or KPIs

Why this is a gap:
Test strategy must align with business objectives and user roles.

1.2 No Requirement Traceability Strategy

Missing:

  • Requirement mapping approach
  • Traceability matrix structure
  • Coverage validation mechanism

A mature strategy must explain:

  • How requirements → test cases → defects are tracked.

1.3 No Clear Test Environment Strategy

Missing:

  • Environments (Dev / QA / UAT / Staging / Prod)
  • Environment configuration
  • Versioning control

1.4 No CI/CD & DevOps Integration Details

Although regression was mentioned, missing:

  • Pipeline integration approach
  • Build verification process

2. Functional Coverage Gaps

2.1 Authentication & Authorization Missing

Major gap.

No dedicated section for:

  • Login
  • Logout
  • Password reset
  • Multi-device login behavior

For a platform with profile & community features, this is critical.

2.2 Role-Based Testing Not Detailed

The strategy mentions role-based access but does not define:

  • Roles
  • Matrix of access
  • Negative role testing
  • Horizontal/Vertical privilege escalation testing

2.3 Missing API Layer Strategy

Mentioned API testing but no detail about:

  • API contract validation
  • Schema validation
  • Negative API tests
  • Error code validation
  • API security headers

2.4 Search Module – Missing Key Scenarios

Not covered:

  • Search indexing delay after topic creation
  • Relevance ranking validation logic
  • Special character normalization
  • Autocomplete (if exists)

2.5 Create Topic – Missing Cases

Not covered:

  • Markdown injection
  • Draft recovery after crash
  • Autosave behavior
  • Duplicate submission prevention

2.6 Community Zone – Missing Moderation Flow

Missing:

  • Report topic functionality
  • Block user functionality
  • Audit logs

2.7 My Profile – Missing Sensitive Areas

Not covered:

  • Email verification flow
  • Changing email impact
  • Concurrent profile updates

3. . Non-Functional Gaps

3.1 No Availability & Reliability Strategy

Missing:

  • Failover testing
  • Backup/restore testing
  • Disaster recovery validation

3.2 No Monitoring & Logging Validation

Missing:

  • Error log validation
  • Security log validation
  • Audit log validation

3.3 No Accessibility Testing Detail

  • ARIA roles
  • Color contrast ratios
  • Screen reader compatibility
  • Tab navigation order
  • Focus visibility

For enterprise applications, accessibility is critical.

3.4 No Localization / Internationalization Testing

Missing:

  • Multi-language support
  • Date/time format
  • Time zone handling
  • UTF-8 characters

3.5 No Compatibility Matrix

Browsers mentioned but missing:

  • OS combinations
  • Mobile device matrix
  • Responsive breakpoints

4. Security Testing Gaps

Security was mentioned broadly but lacks depth:

Missing:

4.1 Session Security

  • Session timeout validation
  • JWT expiration validation

4.2 Data Protection

  • Encryption at rest validation
  • HTTPS enforcement

5. Performance Testing Gaps

Mentioned concurrency numbers without:

  • Baseline performance metrics
  • SLA definition
  • Throughput targets
  • DB performance validation
  • Frontend performance (Lighthouse score)
  • Memory consumption analysis
  • Caching strategy validation
  • CDN validation

Also missing:

  • Spike testing
  • Soak testing (long duration)
  • Endurance testing

6. No Defect Management Process

Missing:

  • Severity vs priority definition
  • Triage process
  • SLA for fixes
  • Reopen criteria
  • Root cause analysis process

D.  Final Human-Improved Test Strategy  – ShiftSync Platform

Application URL: https://shiftsync.tricentis.com/
Modules Covered:

  • Authentication & Authorization
  • Search
  • Create Topic
  • Community Zone
  • My Profile
  • User Profile → Settings

1. Introduction

1.1 Purpose

This document defines the overall testing strategy for the ShiftSync platform to ensure:

  • Functional correctness
  • Data integrity
  • Secure user interactions
  • High availability and performance
  • Compliance with security best practices
  • Seamless user experience across devices

2. Product Understanding

ShiftSync is a community-based collaboration platform that enables users to:

  • Search and view topics
  • Create and manage discussions
  • Interact via comments and likes
  • Manage personal profile and preferences

The platform likely supports multiple user roles such as:

  • Guest (View-only)
  • Registered User
  • Moderator
  • Admin

Testing must validate role-based access and behavior consistency across modules.

3. Test Scope

In Scope

  • UI, API, and integration testing
  • Role-based access validation
  • Data validation and integrity
  • Security testing (OWASP Top 10)
  • Performance & scalability
  • Accessibility & compatibility
  • Regression automation

Out of Scope

  • Infrastructure penetration testing
  • Third-party vendor internal validation

4. Test Approach

4.1 Test Levels

Level

Description

Unit

Covered by development team

Integration

API + DB interaction validation

System Testing

End-to-end validation

Regression

Automated regression suite

UAT

Business validation before release

5. Feature-Wise Test Strategy

5.1 Authentication & Authorization (Critical Area)

Functional Coverage

  • Login (valid/invalid credentials)
  • Logout
  • Password reset
  • Session timeout
  • Multi-device login behavior
  • Remember me
  • Account lock after failed attempts

Role-Based Matrix

Validate access permissions for:

  • Topic creation
  • Comment editing
  • Topic deletion
  • Admin moderation capabilities

Security

  • JWT/token expiration validation
  • Session fixation prevention
  • Secure cookies (HttpOnly, Secure)
  • CSRF token validation
  • Brute force prevention
  • HTTPS enforcement

5.2 Search Module

Functional Testing

  • Keyword search
  • Partial and exact match
  • Case-insensitive search
  • Search with filters (date, author, tag)
  • Sorting options
  • Pagination

Edge Cases

  • Empty input
  • Long string (1000+ chars)
  • Special characters
  • SQL injection attempts
  • XSS attempts
  • Unicode and emojis

Additional Validations

  • Newly created topic appears in search (index validation)
  • Relevance ranking validation
  • Concurrent search load behavior

Performance Target

  • Response time < 2 seconds under normal load
  • No degradation at peak usage

5.3 Create Topic

Functional Testing

  • Create topic (mandatory field validation)
  • Draft save & auto-save
  • Edit topic
  • Delete topic
  • Rich text formatting
  • Attachment upload validation

Edge Cases

  • Large file upload (boundary size)
  • Unsupported file types
  • Duplicate topic prevention
  • Double submission prevention
  • Refresh during draft
  • Network interruption during publish

Security

  • Stored XSS validation
  • File upload vulnerability testing
  • Role-based topic editing restrictions

5.4 Community Zone

Functional Coverage

  • View topic list
  • Like/Unlike functionality
  • Add/Edit/Delete comments
  • Reply to comments
  • Notifications

Concurrency Testing

  • Multiple users liking simultaneously
  • Concurrent comment edits
  • Large comment threads rendering

Moderation Flow

  • Admin delete capabilities
  • Report/flag content (if available)
  • Audit logs validation

Security

  • Stored XSS in comments
  • Spam prevention
  • Rate limiting

5.5 My Profile

Functional Testing

  • View profile data
  • Update profile information
  • Upload profile picture
  • View activity history
  • Logout

Edge Cases

  • Invalid email format
  • Large image upload
  • Concurrent updates
  • Profile save failure handling

Security

  • Password encryption
  • IDOR prevention
  • Session timeout behavior

5.6 User Profile → Settings

Functional Coverage

  • Change password
  • Notification preferences
  • Privacy settings
  • Account deletion

Validation

  • Current password validation
  • Strong password policy
  • Confirmation before account deletion

Security

  • Account lockout policy
  • Two-factor authentication (if applicable)
  • Secure account deletion & data anonymization

6. Non-Functional Testing

6.1 Performance Testing

Test Types

  • Load testing (expected user load)
  • Stress testing (beyond capacity)
  • Spike testing (sudden surge)
  • Soak testing (long-duration)

Key Metrics

  • Response time
  • Throughput
  • CPU/Memory utilization
  • DB query performance

6.2 Security Testing (OWASP Coverage)

  • SQL Injection
  • XSS (Reflected & Stored)
  • Broken authentication
  • Sensitive data exposure
  • CSRF
  • Clickjacking
  • Insecure Direct Object References
  • Dependency vulnerability scanning

6.3 Accessibility Testing

  • WCAG 2.1 compliance
  • Keyboard navigation
  • ARIA roles validation
  • Screen reader compatibility
  • Color contrast validation

6.4 Compatibility Testing

Browsers:

  • Chrome
  • Firefox
  • Edge
  • Safari

Devices:

  • Desktop
  • Tablet
  • Mobile (Responsive validation)

7. Test Data Strategy

  • Valid users (Admin/User/Moderator)
  • Suspended users
  • Large dataset (10k+ topics)
  • Boundary values
  • Masked production-like data
  • Isolated test data per execution cycle

8. Environment Strategy

  • Dedicated QA environment
  • Staging environment mirrors production
  • DB refresh before major cycles
  • Version-controlled test builds
  • Feature flag validation

9. Automation Strategy

Coverage

  • Smoke tests
  • Critical user journeys
  • API regression suite
  • Role-based flows

Framework

  • Page Object Model
  • Data-driven testing
  • Parallel execution
  • CI/CD pipeline integration

Execution

  • Nightly regression
  • PR-triggered smoke tests
  • Report integration (Allure/Extent)

10. Risk Management

Risk

Impact

Mitigation

Security breach

High

OWASP testing + code review

Performance degradation

High

Load & stress testing

Access control failure

High

Role matrix validation

Data loss

Medium

Backup validation

Release regression

Medium

Automated regression

11. Metrics & Reporting

  • Test case coverage %
  • Automation coverage %
  • Defect density
  • Defect leakage
  • MTTR
  • Build stability trend

12. Entry & Exit Criteria

Entry

  • Approved requirements
  • Stable QA environment
  • Test data ready

Exit

  • 100% critical test cases executed
  • No open Critical/High defects
  • Performance SLA met
  • Security vulnerabilities resolved
  • Regression suite passed

13. Deliverables

  • Test Strategy Document
  • Test Cases
  • RTM
  • Automation Suite
  • Defect Reports
  • Test Summary Report
  • Performance Report
  • Security Assessment Report

14. Conclusion

This strategy ensures ShiftSync is:

  • Functionally robust
  • Secure against common vulnerabilities
  • Scalable under load
  • Accessible and user-friendly
  • Production-ready

The approach emphasizes risk-based testing, automation-first mindset, security depth, and continuous validation in CI/CD.

E. Reflection – What We Learned

Key Lessons Learned :

  1. AI is excellent for structure and coverage ideas but can miss nuance and context-specific details.
  2. Human expertise is crucial for risk prioritization, business alignment, and practical execution strategy.
  3. Best outcomes come from AI + Human collaboration: AI drafts the framework, humans refine with domain knowledge.
  4. Edge cases, realistic data, and production considerations are often underrepresented in AI outputs.
  5. Security, CI/CD, governance, and metrics are areas humans instinctively expand on.