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Janet Gregory, DragonFire Inc.Copyright 2015

FiSTB Testing Assembly, Helsinki

September 24 2015

@janetgregoryca

With input from Lisa Crispin

Agile Testing; 2009

More Agile Testing: Oct 2014

Website:

www.agiletester.com

www.agiletester.ca

DragonFire Inc.

www.janetgregory.ca

@janetgregoryca

janet@agiletester.ca

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Some ideas for successful agile testing

and

the understanding of the mindset change

in that needs to accompany the

adoption of agile

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“agility”

A methodology or a philosophy?

So simple to define

So hard to implement

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Agile teams:

produce a continuous stream of value

at a sustainable pace

while adapting to the changing needs of

the business.

http://testobsessed.com/blog/2010/12/14/the-agile-acid-test/

• an activity; not a phase

• interactive and starts from the beginning

• more than testing code

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1. Use the whole-team approach

2. Adopt an agile testing mindset

3. Automate your regression suite

4. Provide and obtain feedback

5. Build a foundation of core agile values

6. Collaborate with your customers

7. Look at the big picture

1. Use real examples

2. Perform exploratory testing

3. Test your features (and the system)

4. Learn continually

5. Sensitivity to your context

6. Keep it real

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Ask what problem are they trying to solve?

What examples express the intent of the story / feature, the business rules?

Identify risks so customer can make best decision.

1. Find a pair

2. One person faces away from the screen

3. The other person will have 2 -3 minutes to

describe the picture I show next

4. When I say stop, turn around and discuss any

differences in what was described.

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Sticker by Brian Marick

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Feature

(with

examples) User

Story

High-

Level

AT

Accept

Story

Explore

Examples

Fix

Defects

Code, test & automate story

ATDDAcceptance Test Driven Development

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#3 - Feature Testing (capabilities)

• What’s important to the business?

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#4 – Learn Continually

through play

Cross-functional knowledge

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kill

s

http://www.slideshare.net/ehendrickson

Analytical

Relentlessly Curious

Observant

Skeptical

Empiricist

Critical Thinker

Investigator

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Instead of

◦We’re here to find bugs … or ensure requirements are met … or break the software …

Think

– What can I do to help deliver

the software successfully!

Mobile and embedded

Large organizations

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• Don’t over promise

• Keep testing in sync with development

• Make your information visible

• Work to remove testing constraints

There’s no magic!

and teams

need to stop

living in a

fantasy world

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1. Use real examples

2. Perform exploratory testing

3. Test your features (and the system)

4. Learn continually

5. Sensitivity to your context

6. Keep it real

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And always, strive for quality

by remembering the whole

team approach

photoshd.wordpress.com/2008/04/24/13/

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Agile Testing: A Practical Guide for Testers and Agile Teams

More Agile Testing: Learning Journeys for the Whole Team

By Janet Gregory and Lisa Crispin

www.agiletester.ca

www.agiletester.com

Contact info

www.janetgregory.ca

Email: janet@agiletester.ca

Twitter: janetgregoryca

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Instead of saying NO,

or being the gatekeeper

Be the information provider so

business can make the decisions

Questions?

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Software, Manning, 2011

• Gärtner, Markus, ATDD By Example: A Practical Guide to Acceptance Test-Driven

Development, Addison-Wesley, 2012a

• Karten, Naomi, "Are You Listening?",

http://www.agileconnection.com/article/are-you-listening, Agile Connection,

2009

• Keogh, Liz, http://lunivore.com - look for her posts on BDD, Real Options

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http://thesocialtester.co.uk/t-shaped-tester-square-shaped-team/, 2013

• Lambert, Rob, "T-shaped Testers and Their Role In a Team",

http://thesocialtester.co.uk/t-shaped-testers-and-their-role-in-a-team/ , 2012

• Levison, Mark, "The Beginner's Mind - An Approach to Listening",

http://www.infoq.com/news/2008/08/beginners_mind, InfoQ, 2008

• Wynne, Matt and Aslak Hellesoy, The Cucumber Book: Behavior-Driven

Development for Testers and Developers, Pragmatic Programmers, 2012

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