QE Strategy

Quality Engineering enables faster delivery by catching issues early when they're cheap to fix.

Core Philosophy

Testing is what allows you to deliver faster.

QE is not a gate that slows you down. It's the foundation that enables confident refactoring, fearless deployments, rapid iteration, and reduced debugging time.

Capabilities

Test Scenario Generation

Generate comprehensive test scenarios covering:

•Happy paths - Expected behavior
•Edge cases - Boundary conditions, empty/null
•Error conditions - Invalid input, failures
•Security scenarios - Auth, injection, access control

Use: /wicked-qe:scenarios <feature>

QE Review

Quality review across the full delivery lifecycle:

Focus	Reviews
`requirements`	Testability, clarity, acceptance criteria
`ux`	User flows, error handling, edge cases
`ui`	Visual consistency, accessibility
`arch`	Testability, deployability, observability
`code`	Test coverage, code quality
`deploy`	Rollback plan, feature flags, monitoring
`all`	Full spectrum review

Use: /wicked-qe:qe <target> --focus <area>

Test Planning

Generate comprehensive test plans with coverage matrix, risk assessment, and test data requirements.

Use: /wicked-qe:qe-plan <feature>

Test Automation

Convert scenarios into runnable test code. Supports pytest, jest, go test, and more.

Use: /wicked-qe:automate --framework <framework>

Test Quality Review

Review existing test code for quality, coverage gaps, test smells, and flakiness patterns. Also detects agent test manipulation: tests weakened to pass, missing assertions, reduced coverage, and tests that always pass.

Use: /wicked-qe:qe-review <test-path>

Workflow

The recommended QE workflow:

code

/wicked-qe:scenarios Feature X        # 1. Generate scenarios
/wicked-qe:qe-plan src/feature/       # 2. Create test plan
/wicked-qe:automate --framework jest   # 3. Generate test code
/wicked-qe:qe-review tests/           # 4. Review quality

Agents

Agent	Purpose
test-strategist	Generate test scenarios, coverage strategy
test-automation-engineer	Generate test code, configure infrastructure
risk-assessor	Identify risks and failure modes
code-analyzer	Static analysis for testability and quality
tdd-coach	Guide TDD red-green-refactor workflow

E2E Scenario Integration

When wicked-scenarios is installed, QE automatically:

•Discovers available E2E scenarios across categories (api, browser, perf, infra, security, a11y)
•Assesses coverage by mapping risks to scenario categories during strategy gates
•Executes scenarios during execution gates (configurable: strict/warn/skip)
•Identifies gaps where risk areas lack scenario coverage

Configuration via project.json:

json

{
  "qe_scenarios": {
    "execution_mode": "warn",
    "category_filter": "all"
  }
}

Without wicked-scenarios installed, all QE functionality works identically.

Integration

•wicked-crew: Quality gates in delivery phases
•wicked-scenarios: E2E scenario discovery and execution (optional)
•wicked-kanban: Track QE findings as tasks
•wicked-product: Requirements and UX expertise
•wicked-platform: Deployment and release expertise
•wicked-engineering: Architecture and code quality expertise