Measuring the success of your continuous testing strategy

Now that we've defined at a high level the steps and scoping for a generic test plan, let's look at some common and important metrics and KPIs that can help assess the level of quality of your web application. These KPIs should be part of the Definition of Done (DOD) (to learn more about DOD, see https://www.scruminc.com/definition-of-done/) for a scoped software release. In addition, quality metrics should be part of the quality criteria section within any test plan document.

Success, like quality, is a moment in time; therefore, it needs to be well monitored and structured in a way that decision-makers can analyze on demand.

There are various types of metrics that can be used, based on product requirements, the market vertical that is being served, historical data, and any other category of metrics that is relevant to the business.

The following are 27 suggested metrics by categories that can be adopted...