name: ‘step-04-coverage-plan’ description: ‘Design test coverage, priorities, execution strategy, and estimates’ nextStepFile: ‘{skill-root}/steps-c/step-05-generate-output.md’

outputFile: ‘{test_artifacts}/test-design-progress.md’

Step 4: Coverage Plan & Execution Strategy

STEP GOAL

Create the test coverage matrix, prioritize scenarios, and define execution strategy, resource estimates, and quality gates.

MANDATORY EXECUTION RULES

📖 Read the entire step file before acting
✅ Speak in {communication_language}
🚫 Avoid redundant coverage across test levels

EXECUTION PROTOCOLS:

🎯 Follow the MANDATORY SEQUENCE exactly
💾 Record outputs before proceeding
📖 Load the next step only when instructed

CONTEXT BOUNDARIES:

Available context: config, loaded artifacts, and knowledge fragments
Focus: this step’s goal only
Limits: do not execute future steps
Dependencies: prior steps’ outputs (if any)

MANDATORY SEQUENCE

CRITICAL: Follow this sequence exactly. Do not skip, reorder, or improvise.

1. Coverage Matrix

For each requirement or risk-driven scenario:

Decompose into atomic test scenarios
Select test level (E2E / API / Component / Unit) using test-levels-framework.md
Ensure no duplicate coverage across levels
Assign priorities (P0–P3) using test-priorities-matrix.md
Map NFR-derived risks to planned validation scenarios and evidence sources

Priority rules:

P0: Blocks core functionality + high risk + no workaround
P1: Critical paths + medium/high risk
P2: Secondary flows + low/medium risk
P3: Nice-to-have, exploratory, benchmarks

2. NFR Coverage and Evidence Plan

For each in-scope NFR category:

Map the NFR to one or more planned validation scenarios
Select the right validation level/tool (for example: API/UI tests for auth and resilience, k6 for load/performance, CI/static analysis for maintainability, monitoring/logs for reliability)
Identify the expected evidence artifact that nfr-assess should consume later
Mark missing thresholds or missing evidence sources as blockers, risks, or assumptions

Keep this concise. Do not include full NFR evidence assessment tables or final PASS/CONCERNS/FAIL decisions in test design.

3. Execution Strategy (Keep Simple)

Use a PR / Nightly / Weekly model:

PR: All functional tests if <15 minutes
Nightly/Weekly: Long-running or expensive suites (perf, chaos, large datasets)
Avoid re-listing all tests (refer to coverage plan)

4. Resource Estimates (Ranges Only)

Provide intervals (no false precision):

P0: e.g., “~25–40 hours”
P1: e.g., “~20–35 hours”
P2: e.g., “~10–30 hours”
P3: e.g., “~2–5 hours”
Total and timeline as ranges

5. Quality Gates

Define thresholds:

P0 pass rate = 100%
P1 pass rate ≥ 95%
High-risk mitigations complete before release
Coverage target ≥ 80% (adjust if justified)
NFR validation evidence identified for each in-scope NFR category
Full NFR PASS/CONCERNS/FAIL status deferred to nfr-assess when evidence exists

6. Save Progress

Save this step’s accumulated work to {outputFile}.

If {outputFile} does not exist (first save), create it with YAML frontmatter:

  ---
  workflowStatus: 'in-progress'
  totalSteps: 5
  stepsCompleted: ['step-04-coverage-plan']
  lastStep: 'step-04-coverage-plan'
  nextStep: '{nextStepFile}'
  lastSaved: '{date}'
  ---

Then write this step’s output below the frontmatter.

If {outputFile} already exists, update:
- Set workflowStatus: 'in-progress'
- Set totalSteps: 5
- Add 'step-04-coverage-plan' to stepsCompleted array (only if not already present)
- Set lastStep: 'step-04-coverage-plan'
- Set nextStep: '{nextStepFile}'
- Set lastSaved: '{date}'
- Append this step’s output to the appropriate section of the document.

Load next step: {nextStepFile}

🚨 SYSTEM SUCCESS/FAILURE METRICS:

✅ SUCCESS:

Step completed in full with required outputs

❌ SYSTEM FAILURE:

Skipped sequence steps or missing outputs Master Rule: Skipping steps is FORBIDDEN.

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