- Objective: Guarantee that every deliverable in
tasks.mdfunctions as intended, meets hackathon judging criteria, and upholds accessibility, privacy, and performance promises. - Scope: Covers perception, intelligence, adaptation, accessibility, security, analytics, deployment, business collateral, and demo readiness.
- Test Philosophy: Mix of automated regression where feasible, manual exploratory passes for UX/accessibility, and scenario-driven validation tied to personas.
- Test Owners: Assign per squad (ML Engineer for model metrics, Full-Stack for API/UI, Tech Lead for integration, Product/Privacy for compliance).
- Infrastructure: pytest, unittest, Playwright, locust, bandit, safety, axe-core, NVDA, Wireshark, mitmproxy, Postman collections, GitHub Actions runners.
- Artifacts: Maintain
tests/directory,tests/README.md,tests/data/for fixtures,tests/reports/for exports, and Notion QA board for tracking. - Entry/Exit Criteria: No critical bugs open, ≥95% high-priority tests passing, known issues documented with mitigations.
- Feature Parity Checklist: Confirm adaptive brightness/volume, ergonomic alerts, accessibility controls, analytics dashboard, secure identity layer all demo-ready.
- Live Demo Drill: Rehearse full mission narrative end-to-end twice; capture video proof.
- Collateral Review: Product/Privacy strategist signs off on business, ethical, and privacy claims; cross-reference with implementation evidence.
- Timeboxing Simulation: Dry run key sprints in 2-hour windows to ensure tasks fit schedule.
- Contingency Drills: Simulate 30-minute network outage, hardware swap, or team member absence and log recovery playbook.
- Logistics Checklist: Validate power backups, offline installers, and container images before arrival.
- Unit Tests: Validate MediaPipe pipeline outputs (landmark counts, coordinate ranges) with synthetic fixtures.
- Integration Tests: Run live camera feeds in controlled lighting conditions (bright office, dim room, backlit) and confirm detection rates ≥95%.
- Regression Artifacts: Save baseline landmark JSON snapshots for diffing after model tweaks.
- Distance Estimation: Compare predicted distance vs. ground truth markers at 0.5 m increments (0.25–4 m); tolerance ±10 cm.
- Posture Analytics: Validate neck/shoulder angles using motion capture reference or recorded calibration poses.
- Blink Detector: Run eye-blink dataset (BlinkingEyes2011 or custom) to ensure ≥97% accuracy; test false positives with head turns.
- Eye-Strain Predictor: Cross-validation on synthetic dataset; target F1 score ≥0.85.
- Recommendation Engine: Scenario-based tests verifying rule + ML arbitration, cooldown enforcement, explanation strings present.
- Brightness/Volume: Mock
sbcandpycawdrivers to assert correct scalar values; run manual validation on Windows host with lux meter and decibel app. - VLC Control: Automation script verifying pause/resume triggers on face absence/presence within 3 s.
- Notification UX: Playwright tests checking overlay rendering, iconography, keyboard focus order.
- Profile Storage: Cryptographic tests ensuring AES-256-GCM encryption/decryption with tamper detection.
- Voice Commands: Evaluate whisper pipeline accuracy across accents; target ≥90% intent recognition.
- Gestures: Record gesture video set; verify classification latency <200 ms and precision ≥0.9.
- Haptic Feedback: Simulated BLE device acknowledgments; ensure no dropped alerts.
- Persona Scenarios: Scripted walkthrough for each persona (Accessibility Analyst, Hybrid Worker, Safety Officer, Visually Impaired) with success metrics.
- Blockchain Ledger: Hardhat tests for smart contract functions, ensuring permission checks and event emissions.
- ACA-Py Credentials: End-to-end issuance, storage, presentation, and revocation flows using test DIDs.
- DIDComm Channels: Validate encryption, replay protection, and key rotation (ECDH handshake, AES-256-GCM sessions).
- Data Lifecycle: Memory profiling to confirm no frame buffers persist beyond processing window; run
objgraphortracemallocfor leak detection. - Threat Modeling: STRIDE exercise; document mitigations and residual risks.
- Pen Tests: mitmproxy and Wireshark to detect plaintext leaks; run
bandit,safety,pip-auditfor dependencies; OWASP ZAP on REST endpoints.
- Contract Tests: Schemathesis against OpenAPI spec to fuzz edge cases.
- Functional UI Tests: Playwright flows for live metrics, history filters, alerts acknowledgment, profile edits.
- WebSocket Reliability: Chaos tests dropping packets, delaying frames to ensure UI falls back gracefully.
- Accessibility Audits: axe-core + manual NVDA/VoiceOver walkthrough validating WCAG AA/AAA compliance.
- Offline Mode: Simulate network loss; confirm IndexedDB caches historical data and resyncs on reconnect.
- Export Validation: Assert CSV/PDF outputs contain accurate metrics, timestamps, and branding.
- Inference Benchmarks: Measure FPS on reference hardware (with/without GPU) using
cProfile; ensure ≥25 FPS. - Audio Latency: Record end-to-end command recognition time (<150 ms) using timestamped logs.
- API Load: Locust scenario with 50 concurrent connections hitting
/metrics/liveand/alerts; monitor CPU/memory. - Cross-Device Sync: Multi-device simulation sending simultaneous diffs; assert eventual consistency and conflict resolution.
- Battery/Resource Monitoring: Windows Performance Recorder or Intel VTune to profile CPU/GPU/power impact.
- Dataset Audits: Verify licensing metadata, anonymization, and diversity coverage per demographic.
- Model Registry: Unit test for registry CRUD operations; ensure rollback capability.
- Bias Audits: Evaluate false positive/negative rates across demographic slices; document fairness metrics.
- Explainability Outputs: Automated SHAP report generation for key recommendations; confirm interpretability captions appear in UI.
- Setup Scripts: Run
setup_env,start_services,run_testson clean VM; ensure zero manual steps required. - Docker Images: Build Besu and ACA-Py containers; perform smoke tests on local network.
- Installer Footprint: Measure download size; keep under hackathon bandwidth constraints.
- Fallback Switches: Toggle blockchain off and confirm application degrades gracefully with mock services.
- Disaster Recovery: Backup/restore config files, credentials, and analytics database snapshots.
- ROI Model Testing: Spreadsheet formulas with unit tests (e.g., using
pytestsheetsor manual cross-check) to ensure calculations consistent. - Pricing Scenarios: Validate tier pricing vs. cost assumptions; run sensitivity analysis.
- Pitch Deck QA: Review slides for technical accuracy, ensure diagrams match architecture.
- Demo Script Dry Runs: Time rehearsals, capture logs/screenshots for judges, prepare fallback video.
- Judging Criteria Matrix: Map features/tests to hackathon scoring rubric; ensure coverage.
- Test Case Matrix: Maintain spreadsheet linking each task in
tasks.mdto specific test IDs. - Issue Tracking: Use GitHub Projects or Notion board with severity labels, SLA for fixes.
- Daily QA Stand-up: Quick syncs to review failures and assign owners.
- Evidence Repository: Store screenshots, recordings, logs, and reports for submission.
- Retrospective: Post-event session capturing lessons, automation gaps, and roadmap for long-term QA.
This validation plan complements tasks.md, ensuring every build activity has a matching verification path and documented acceptance criteria.