When less is more –Applied statistics and Pareto rule for test automation
summary
Claims a concrete method: Pareto 80/20 applied to tests — product is split into categories (money makers, protection, usage), test cases are scored and ordered, and the top items are automated so ten sales paths cover about 85% revenue coverage from ~10 sales paths. Tooling and data include Google Analytics and BI telemetry, monthly releases, a trimmed regression suite, and statistical checks (Hamming‑distance counting) to quantify and reduce false positives.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:07Product growth and testing
- 4:47Applying Pareto principle
- 8:39Key revenue paths
- 10:48Visualizing 80-20 rule
- 12:37Prioritizing automation
- 15:50Maintaining tests
- 17:40Perfection versus practicality
- 19:29Q&A
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