Pareto the Regression Effort
Use Pareto analysis to select a small automation focus area with outsized regression value.
The team has 64 regression automation candidates and only one sprint of capacity. Recent escaped defects are scattered across support tickets, Jira labels, and release notes. Pareto analysis: group categories, count or weight them, rank largest to smallest, then focus on the vital few. The common trap is treating every feature as equally deserving because the test plan is organized by product area. Regression pain is rarely evenly distributed. Choose the measure Use the last two releases and count escaped defects by customer-visible defect category, adding a severity weight for incidents that caused refunds or rollback. Frequency alone can understate…
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