Johan Åtting, Sectra

Cross Team Testing – Managing Bias

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Benefits & challenges

How to handle the challenges

Our solution (Cross Team Testing)

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Benefitsof having testers in the development teams

Early involvement

Better Quality

Bug prevention

No walls between testers & developers

More Testing (Less admin)

Challengesof having testers in the scrum teams

Walls between the teams(i.e. between the testers)

Biased (testing your own baby)

We need to get fresh, unbiased, independent eyes on what is being

developed before the release testing

Freelance tester

Separate test team

Testers from other teams

Other persons

Who?

Ad hoc / On demand

Scheduled◦ During the sprint

◦ After the sprint

When?

WHO: Testers from other teams

WHEN: The beginning of the next sprint

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Cross Team Testing

High level presentation of test objects

Planning sessions in smaller groups

=> Test charters

Exploratory group testing sessions

Time Slot Activity

9:20 Test Session 1 70 Min

10:30 Debriefing Session 1 15 min

10:45 FIKA

11:00 Test Session 2 75 min

12:15 Debriefing Session 2 15 min

12:30 LUNCH

13:30 Test Session 3 75 min

14:45 Debriefing Session 3 15 min

15:00 -> Bug Reporting / Additional Testing

Benefitsof Cross Team Testing

Collaboration, interaction & learning

Trying new test ideas / test tools/...

Fun

Fresh, unbiased, independent eyes

• Everyone is biased

• There is a need for independent eyes

• Cross Team Testing is one solution

Linkedin: Johan ÅttingTwitter: @JohanAttingE-mail: johan.atting@sectra.com