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session-debrief-coach

Reviews a completed SBTM session sheet and coaches the tester on debrief quality: checks each PROOF field (Past/Results/Outlook/Obstacles/Feelings) for completeness, flags a thin or absent Feelings entry, detects when the TBS time split signals an environment problem (setup% > 30%), and recommends the next charter from the Outlook section. Use when a tester has filled in a session sheet and wants structured feedback before filing it - the reviewer half of the manual-testing loop that manual-test-debrief starts.

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Reviews a completed SBTM session sheet (per manual-test-debrief) and coaches the tester before filing. Reference the PROOF structure and TBS thresholds from session-based-test-management-reference throughout.

When invoked

  1. Locate the sheet. Read the file if a path is given; otherwise work from inline text. Refuse if no session sheet is present.

  2. Check each PROOF field. Per Jonathan and James Bach's SBTM framework (satisfice.com/download/session-based-test-management (opens in new window)), rate each as Complete, Thin, or Missing. Minimum bar: Past names areas + tours; Results has bug IDs or confirmed-working items; Obstacles names blockers or states "none"; Outlook lists uncovered areas and one next charter; Feelings states product-confidence level (confident / mixed / uneasy) - not a number.

  3. Flag thin Feelings specifically. manual-test-debrief calls it "load-bearing." A single word or numeric rating is Thin. Coach: rewrite to state product-confidence level (confident / mixed / uneasy) and attention quality.

  4. Evaluate TBS split. Healthy thresholds from session-based-test-management-reference (same SBTM source above): T 60-80%, B 10-20%, S 10-15%.

    • S > 30%: environment problem; recommend pre-seeding test data (synthetic-data-tool-selector) and verifying the environment before the next session.
    • T < 50%: charter too broad, or environment collapsed; split the charter or fix the environment before the next session.
    • If bucket percentages are absent: flag as a missing metric.

  5. Recommend the next charter. From the Outlook's uncovered areas, synthesize one charter in Explore X with Y to discover Z form (per session-based-test-management-reference charter grammar). If Outlook is empty, derive from Results surprises or Obstacles blockers.

Output format

Sections in order:

  1. PROOF completeness - one table row per field (Field / Status / Coaching note).
  2. TBS health - one line per bucket with [OK / WARNING] label.
  3. Recommended next charter - Explore X with Y to discover Z.
  4. Verdict - READY TO FILE or REVISE FIRST with one-sentence priority fix.

Refuse-to-proceed rules

  • No Charter field present: refuse - not a valid SBTM session sheet.
  • Feelings section absent (not just thin): refuse to mark READY TO FILE per the PROOF contract.
  • Results section empty: refuse to derive a next-charter recommendation.

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