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stepsCompleted:
  - step-01-detect-mode
  - step-02-load-context
  - step-03-risk-and-testability
  - step-04-coverage-plan
  - step-05-generate-output
lastStep: step-05-generate-output
lastSaved: 2026-03-17
workflowType: testarch-test-design
inputDocuments:
  - D:\Development\Tracking_Kits\docs\project-overview.md
  - D:\Development\Tracking_Kits\docs\architecture.md
  - D:\Development\Tracking_Kits\docs\module-map.md
  - D:\Development\Tracking_Kits\docs\development-guide.md
  - D:\Development\Tracking_Kits\_bmad-output\project-context.md
  - D:\Development\Tracking_Kits\App\Controllers\Kit\KitController.asp
  - D:\Development\Tracking_Kits\App\DomainModels\InkjetRecordsRepository.asp
  - D:\Development\Tracking_Kits\App\Views\Kit\SwitchBoardPurpleEnvelopeEdit.asp
  - D:\Development\Tracking_Kits\Tests\Test_All.asp
  - D:\Development\Tracking_Kits\_bmad\tea\testarch\knowledge\adr-quality-readiness-checklist.md
  - D:\Development\Tracking_Kits\_bmad\tea\testarch\knowledge\risk-governance.md
  - D:\Development\Tracking_Kits\_bmad\tea\testarch\knowledge\probability-impact.md
  - D:\Development\Tracking_Kits\_bmad\tea\testarch\knowledge\test-levels-framework.md
  - D:\Development\Tracking_Kits\_bmad\tea\testarch\knowledge\test-priorities-matrix.md
  - D:\Development\Tracking_Kits\_bmad\tea\testarch\knowledge\test-quality.md
---

# Test Design Progress

## Step 1 - Detect Mode

- Selected **system-level mode**
- Reason: user requested a risk-based plan for current functionality, no sprint-status artifact exists, and brownfield architecture/docs were available
- Constraint noted: no formal PRD/ADR exists for this feature slice, so brownfield docs and current approved behavior were used as the functional baseline

## Step 2 - Load Context

- Loaded project context, module docs, development/testing guidance, and the exact purple-envelope controller/repository/view files
- Loaded TEA knowledge fragments for ADR readiness, risk scoring, probability/impact, test levels, priorities, and test quality
- Confirmed current test framework is ASPUnit with helper-focused coverage, not browser E2E automation

## Step 3 - Risk and Testability

- Identified 7 risks total, with 3 high-priority risks:
  - R-001 mixed-format precinct ordering regression
  - R-002 ballot range aggregation regression
  - R-006 missing isolated test-data harness
- Identified primary testability blockers:
  - no disposable test DB convention
  - no controller render harness
  - behavior contract is mostly implicit in code and operator expectations

## Step 4 - Coverage Plan

- Defined a focused regression plan:
  - P0 ~4 checks
  - P1 ~6 checks
  - P2 ~4 checks
  - P3 ~2 manual print checks
- Chose integration-style ASPUnit/IIS verification as the main automated level
- Kept print-preview specifics as manual smoke for browser-controlled behavior

## Step 5 - Generate Output

- Wrote architecture-focused test design:
  - `D:\Development\Tracking_Kits\_bmad-output\test-artifacts\test-design-architecture.md`
- Wrote QA execution plan:
  - `D:\Development\Tracking_Kits\_bmad-output\test-artifacts\test-design-qa.md`
- Wrote BMAD handoff:
  - `D:\Development\Tracking_Kits\_bmad-output\test-artifacts\test-design\workspace-handoff.md`

## Completion Report

- **Mode used:** system-level
- **Key gate thresholds:** P0 100% pass, P1 >=95%, manual Windows print smoke for print-affecting changes
- **Open assumptions:**
  - brownfield docs are acceptable substitutes for a formal PRD
  - a disposable MDB/reset approach will be created before automation work starts
  - browser header/footer behavior remains outside reliable app-level automation
