Test Reporting & Analytics
<default_to_action> When building test reports:
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DEFINE audience (dev team vs executives)
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CHOOSE key metrics (max 5-7)
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SHOW trends (not just snapshots)
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HIGHLIGHT actions (what to do about it)
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AUTOMATE generation
Dashboard Quick Setup:
+------------------+------------------+------------------+ | Tests Passed | Code Coverage | Flaky Tests | | 1,247/1,250 ✅ | 82.3% ⬆️ +2.1% | 1.2% ⬇️ -0.3% | +------------------+------------------+------------------+ | Critical Bugs | Deploy Freq | MTTR | | 0 open ✅ | 12x/day ⬆️ | 2.3h ⬇️ | +------------------+------------------+------------------+
Key Metrics by Audience:
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Dev Team: Pass rate, flaky %, execution time, coverage gaps
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QE Team: Defect detection rate, test velocity, automation ROI
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Leadership: Escaped defects, deployment frequency, quality cost </default_to_action>
Quick Reference Card
Essential Metrics
Category Metric Target
Execution Pass Rate
98%
Execution Flaky Test % <2%
Execution Suite Duration <10 min
Coverage Line Coverage
80%
Coverage Branch Coverage
70%
Quality Escaped Defects <5/release
Quality MTTR <4 hours
Efficiency Automation Rate
90%
Trend Indicators
Symbol Meaning Action
⬆️ Improving Continue current approach
⬇️ Declining Investigate root cause
➡️ Stable Maintain or improve
⚠️ Threshold breach Immediate attention
Report Types
Real-Time Dashboard
Live quality status for CI/CD
- Build status (green/red)
- Test results (pass/fail counts)
- Coverage delta
- Flaky test alerts
Sprint Summary
Sprint 47 Quality Summary
Metrics
| Metric | Value | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| Tests Added | +47 | ⬆️ |
| Coverage | 82.3% | ⬆️ +2.1% |
| Bugs Found | 12 | ➡️ |
| Escaped | 0 | ✅ |
Highlights
- ✅ Zero escaped defects
- ⚠️ E2E suite now 45min (target: 30min)
Actions
- Optimize slow E2E tests
- Add coverage for payment module
Executive Report
Monthly Quality Report - Oct 2025
Executive Summary
✅ Production uptime: 99.97% (target: 99.95%) ✅ Deploy frequency: 12x/day (up from 8x) ⚠️ Coverage: 82.3% (target: 85%)
Business Impact
- Automation saves 120 hrs/month
- Bug cost: $150/bug found vs $5,000 escaped
- Estimated annual savings: $450K
Recommendations
- Invest in performance testing tooling
- Hire senior QE for mobile coverage
Predictive Analytics
// Predict test failures const prediction = await Task("Predict Failures", { codeChanges: prDiff, historicalData: last90Days, model: 'gradient-boosting' }, "qe-quality-analyzer");
// Returns: // { // failureProbability: 0.73, // likelyFailingTests: ['payment.test.ts'], // suggestedAction: 'Review payment module carefully', // confidence: 0.89 // }
// Trend analysis with anomaly detection const trends = await Task("Analyze Trends", { metrics: ['passRate', 'coverage', 'flakyRate'], period: '30d', detectAnomalies: true }, "qe-quality-analyzer");
Agent Integration
// Generate comprehensive quality report const report = await Task("Generate Quality Report", { period: 'sprint', audience: 'executive', includeROI: true, includeTrends: true }, "qe-quality-analyzer");
// Real-time quality gate check const gateResult = await Task("Quality Gate Check", { metrics: currentMetrics, thresholds: qualityPolicy, environment: 'production' }, "qe-quality-gate");
Agent Coordination Hints
Memory Namespace
aqe/reporting/ ├── dashboards/* - Dashboard configurations ├── reports/* - Generated reports ├── trends/* - Trend analysis data └── predictions/* - Predictive model outputs
Fleet Coordination
const reportingFleet = await FleetManager.coordinate({ strategy: 'quality-reporting', agents: [ 'qe-quality-analyzer', // Metrics aggregation 'qe-quality-gate', // Threshold validation 'qe-deployment-readiness' // Release readiness ], topology: 'parallel' });
Related Skills
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quality-metrics - Metric definitions
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shift-right-testing - Production metrics
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consultancy-practices - Client reporting
Remember
Measure to improve. Report to communicate.
Good reports:
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Answer "so what?" (actionable insights)
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Show trends (not just snapshots)
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Match audience needs
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Automate where possible
Data without action is noise. Action without data is guessing.