Presentation at Agile Breakfast St. Gallen: Mindset, Skillset, Toolset

1. MINDSET. SKILLSET. TOOLSET
THE KEYS TO AGILE TESTING
AND TEST AUTOMATION
MICHAEL PALOTAS
AGILE BREAKFAST, ST. GALLEN
28. October 2014

2. WHO AM I?
Michael Palotas
Gerbiweg 2
8853 Lachen
michael.palotas@gridfusion.net
@michael_palotas
Head of Productivity & Test Engineering, eBay
Founder, GRIDFUSION
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3. EBAY FROM THE TOP
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4. GRIDFUSION FROM THE TOP
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5. MINDSET
attractionmarketingmethods.com
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6. WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR
QUALITY?
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7. TEST CYCLES
Traditional model - 6 months
Development Test
Agile - 2 weeks
Development Test
Development Test AUTO
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8. THE IDEAL MIX?
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9. BUG PREVENTION?
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10. TESTING OFFERINGS
Manual testing
Rapid testing /
exploratory approach
Focus on fast feedback
Focus on primary work
artifacts
Domain knowledge
Architecture
Infrastructure
Tools
TDD / Automation
Continuous Integration
DevOps
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11. HOW TEAMS EVOLVE
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PO
UX
DEV
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DEV
DEV
DEV
SM
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PO
UX
DEV
DEV
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DEV
SET
PO
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DEV
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DEV
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12. SKILLSET - WHAT IT MEANS FOR TESTERS
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13. WHAT IT MEANS FOR MANAGERS
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14. TOOLSET
Otto.de
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15. AUTOMATION
… is software development
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16. TESTAUTOMATION WHY?
NOT to replace people
To save time and to reinvest that time into
“smart” testing
To get early and instant feedback
Regression testing only
Safety net
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17. WHAT IS SELENIUM?
SELENIUM AUTOMATES BROWSERS
THAT'S IT
And more more thing:
Selenium is becoming a W3C standard: http://www.w3.org/TR/webdriver

18. SELENIUM 2 / WEBDRIVER
JSON WIRE
PROTOCOL
Client
Java
C#
Ruby
Python
Server
Server
Server
i.e. Selendroid, iOS-Driver
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19. SCALING – SELENIUM GRID
DEV
CI
….
SELENIUM GRID
HUB
IOS ANDROID
WINDOWS
LINUX
OSX
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20. TEST INFRASTRUCTURE
AUT
API
DB
Browsers
Mobiles
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21. TESTING OF THE FUTURE?
Non-Stop Testing
Parallel to Development
All test levels are done within the sprint
Testing is the job of the entire team
Testers are engineers with a “testing
superpower”
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22. ATLASSIAN
Source: Andrew Prentice, Atlassian, Sydney May 2014
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23. THE BIG GOAL
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24. THANK YOU!
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michael.palotas@gridfusion.net
@michael_palotas

25. REFERENCES
http://weekendreflection.blogspot.ch/
http://perfectplate.com/
http://www.jamshid-ibrahim.net/
http://simplehomemade.net/
http://npr.org
http://creatia2013.wordpress.com/
www.kaushik.net
Sackmesser.ch
http://betterafter50.com
http://estonianfreepress.com/
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8b/Ordinary_roadblock.JPG
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