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1) Ensure that you have really extensive, really complete test cases, against which to test. Have agreement from the PTB that those test cases are the full and complete scope of your testing.
2) If you don't have them, make them - before you start any testing - and have them approved -- before you start any testing.
3) Have complete lists of all platforms (Windows, Unix/Linux, OSX, Android...) and all versions of each operating system, on which the product must be tested.
4) Have agreement in hand (and in writing...) whether virtualized environments are OK, or you need real loads of some OS flavors.
5) Be prepared to revise/completely-rewrite any of 1)-through-4) above... at least you'll have the starting points of agreement as a base scope-of-testing that you can adapt as the situation changes.
6) Keep ALL correspondence, and write capsule summaries of every phone or hallway conversation, sending them out as e-mails to interested parties with: "This is what I believe we agreed to .... or .... where the conversation rested when we spoke just now."
In other words, pretty much what you need to remember to do techwriting. :-)
You'll do fine.
Go forth and break things!
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