Now that we’re more familiar with our product, restful-booker-platform, the time has come to start considering our strategy. Specifically, we need to answer the following two questions:
It’s important to clarify these two points before we begin digging into specific testing activities to ensure the work we’re doing is delivering value. Failing to do so will result in testing that, at best, will be inconsistent and, at worse, a waste of time. As the Japanese proverb puts it, “Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.” We want to ensure that we have a clear goal so that we can not only begin to form a strategy but also assess the success of it. We’ve learned in previous chapters that it’s easy to pick up some testing activities and explore a product. But the key to a successful test strategy is to test with purpose and direction. So, to answer our questions, we will require the following: