How Cost of Delay Prioritizes Your QA Backlog

In this episode of Software Testing with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explain how the Cost of Delay framework can help QA teams decide which tests to automate first. Lucas walks through a concrete example: a fintech app with a login flow, a payment flow, and a reporting dashboard. Using Cost of Delay — calculated as value per unit time — they show why a slow payment test costs $50,000 per week while a login test costs $5,000. They also discuss the four classic delay types: expedite, standard, fixed date, and intangible. Luna pushes back on whether the math is always that clean, and Lucas admits it's a model, not a spreadsheet. This episode is grounded in a real decision-making framework from Don Reinertsen's 'Principles of Product Development Flow' and gives listeners a repeatable method for test prioritization. No fluff, just one practical tool you can use next sprint. #CostOfDelay #TestPrioritization #QAAutomation #SoftwareTesting #AgileTesting #QAStrategy #Fintech #TestBacklog #DonReinertsen #FlowEfficiency #ValueBasedTesting #RiskReduction #TestAutomationROI #ContinuousTesting #SprintPlanning #Technology #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo