For every applicable requirement, define what evidence would demonstrate the intended behaviour and whether the plan observes the relevant boundary and conditions. A test may need a checker; a coverage bin may need an assertion or model comparison. A requirement with no adequate evidence is a compliance gap.
Waivers and exclusions should identify the requirement/bin, reason, reachability or risk analysis, evidence reviewed and responsible approver. They make residual risk visible; they do not turn an unverified requirement into a verified one.
COMPLIANCE CLOSURE LOOP
applicable clause -> required behaviour -> stimulus + checker -> evidence
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gap -> repair plan OR accepted risk/waiverProtocol coverage can cross applicable transaction types, burst shapes, ID relationships and ordering scenarios. State coverage records selected states/transitions. Error injection should cover supported and risk-relevant responses and recovery paths, with exclusions documented.
Closing 100% of a chosen coverage model means its included bins were sampled; it does not establish that each result was correct or that the model contains every relevant scenario.
Coverage exclude: document why a bin is unreachable (e.g., tied-off input).
Constrained-random: constraints define the legal scenario space.
Regression cadence is a project policy: run the appropriate compliance subset at a frequency that preserves feedback time, and run the signoff configuration before release.
Coverage exclude: document why a bin is unreachable (e.g., tied-off input).
Constrained-random: constraints define the legal scenario space.
Regression cadence is a project policy: run the appropriate compliance subset at a frequency that preserves feedback time, and run the signoff configuration before release.