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Scrum Testing Methodology

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In Scrum, testing is embedded within sprints. There is no separate QA phase — instead, the Scrum team collectively owns quality. Understanding Scrum ceremonies, roles, and artefacts is essential for an effective QA in a Scrum team.

◈Key Points

  • Scrum roles relevant to QA: Product Owner (acceptance criteria), Scrum Master (process), Dev Team (includes testers).
  • Ceremonies: Sprint Planning (test scope), Daily Standup (testing blockers), Sprint Review (demo), Retrospective (process improvement).
  • Story-level testing: each user story has acceptance criteria that become test cases.
  • Velocity impacts testing: if the team takes on too many story points, testing becomes the squeeze point.
  • QA should track and report sprint-level testing metrics: test coverage, defect density, open bugs at sprint end.
⚡ Expert Pro Tip

Push to be part of story refinement sessions, not just sprint planning. Testability and acceptance criteria are best defined before the sprint, not discovered during it.