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- 1. Janet Gregory, DragonFire Inc. Copyright 2015 Krakow ALE November 15, 2015 @janetgregoryca With input from Lisa Crispin 1
- 2. Agile Testing; 2009 More Agile Testing: Oct 2014 Website: www.agiletester.com www.agiletester.ca DragonFire Inc. www.janetgregory.ca @janetgregoryca janet@agiletester.ca
- 3. to show that a learning culture is critical for agile success 3 ….. with a focus from an agile testing perspective
- 4. 4 • Defined by its o Values o Norms o Assumptions • Social System • Collective Beliefs • Visible Artifacts o Icons o Rituals o Vocabulary o Language
- 5. 5 • Leadership • Design of an organization • Decision making process • Sub-cultures • History of an organization • Personal values
- 6. • Lack of trust • Collaboration / communication • Misunderstandings 6
- 7. …. So let’s talk a bit about things team members are expected to learn and ways that might help us 7 ….. all this influences how we learn
- 8. Testing Specific Issues Too many dependencies
- 9. Programming Specific Issues Too many dependencies
- 10. Multi- discipline skills Expert Discipline skills Individuals - T-Shaped Skills
- 11. Square-shaped Team See links for more by Rob Lambert and Adam P. Knight
- 14. • Common language • Use examples • Question everything
- 15. Use tests and examples for shared understanding and common language
- 16. 16
- 17. • Be constructive • Focus on the problems, not the person • Collaborative approach – “Show me”
- 18. Is about honouring yourself, the other people involved, and the context you are in Based on learning from Jamie Ungerleider Congruence – Jerry Weinberg, Virginia Satir
- 19. • In the past ◦ Pre Industrial Revolution ◦ Industrial Revolution • Now and in the Future • Information Age • Life-long Learning
- 20. Individual learning Organizational learning We need both
- 21. • Foster a learning culture ◦ Tolerate mistakes ◦ Personal safety • Give time to experiment, to try, to learn 21
- 23. • Think constantly of other teams or team members • Extend help to others • Provide visibility into current quality of the product 23
- 24. Experiment! • Pair • Study group, book club • Community of Practice • Online resources • What fits your learning style?
- 25. Be Curious
- 26. And always, strive for quality! photoshd.wordpress.com/2008/04/24/13/
- 27. 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 27
- 28. Instead of saying NO, or being the gatekeeper Be the information provider so business can make the decisions Questions? 28
- 29. • Karten, Naomi, "Are You Listening?", http://www.agileconnection.com/article/are-you-listening, Agile Connection, 2009 • Knight, Adam P., "T-shaped Tester, Square Shaped Team", 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 • McMillan, Darren, "Mind Mapping 101", for Testing: http://www.bettertesting.co.uk/content/?p=956, 2011 • http://janetgregory.ca/about-learning/ and http://janetgregory.ca/about-learning-2/