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The Changing Face of Test Management The times, they are a changing’ @tommroden
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The Changing Face of Test Management
The times, they are a changing’
@tommroden
“In organisations practicing agile methods, the role of test manager will cease to exist.
Test managers will perform a different role, with a broader scope, utilising a different skillset.
Teams will need to assume more accountability for test activities, above and beyond what they may have done in the past”
Hypothesis @tommroden
Test manager is not the same as
Test management
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Test Management Today
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Agile is still on the increase
no prescribed Test Manager role in Agile methods
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What are the choices for
test managers?
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Stay in the market for traditional Test Management?
Get into another profession entirely?
Make the voyage into Agile?
Agile Coach
Test ManagerBusiness Analyst
Test Evangelist / CoachManagement Consultant
Head of Testing
Project Manager
Trainer
Developer
Sales
Scrum Master
Another Industry
Tester
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Test Management Activities
Reduce Dependencies?“Is it done
yet?”
“No, dependencies keep failing to
be met!”
“Ok, we’ll just add
some more scope then”
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Analysis
Blue sky, thought showering ideation
Development
Implement
All conceivable testing
UtterlyImmovableLive Date
All conceivable testing, hey maybe even unit testing
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Analysis
Development
WTF!
Still all conceivable testing
Gojko Adzic
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Continuous Improvement?
The Future of Test Management
Inside the teamor
Outside the team
Managing Defects?
Inside the team or Outside the team
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Automating Tests?
Inside the team or Outside the team
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Principles & Strategy?
Inside the team or Outside the team
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Principles of Testing
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We did a survey…
Has the role changed?% who’ve experienced
big change
lots of people almost no-one
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People reported an increase in…
– Coaching practices & techniques
– Mentoring
– Stakeholder Management
– Cross team knowledge
People reported a decrease in…– Planning
– Reporting
– Test Strategies
– Project admin
– Project and Programme Management
– Reviewing Documentation
People reported no change in…– Budgeting & Staffing
– Training
– Governance & project assurance
– Reviewing tests
– Unblocking
– Metrics & instrumentation
Assigning work
50kg Test Plans
Test Scheduling
Defect Managers
Big progress reports
Big toll gates
Estimation
Test Management activities that need to go…
Is that all Test Managers do?
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In order that you ensure qualityAs an Agile Team member I want you to be responsible for a lot more
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There should be no-one with the job title
Test Manager in Agile Organisations!!!
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This isn’tManagement
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Stop ManagingStart enabling!!!
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What do YOU do?@tommroden
