Key Takeaways: - Software development is a human activity and people are at the center of it. - Why we should have fun at work. - What is the real job of a manager and what should they not do. View webinar recording - https://testhuddle.com/resource/kanban-testing-and-lego/

1. Kanban Testing and Lego
Why we need fun at work
Kristoffer Nordström
Northern Test Consulting AB
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2. Heroes
Heroes
E.Derby
E.Hendrickson
M.Bolton
F.Charles
L.Crispin
S.Smith
J.Rothman
T.DeMarco
T.Lister
J.Weinberg

3. WhoAmI
Scrum Master
Agile freak
Test automation
Developer Tester
TestDeveloper
Python For Testers
UIQ Technology
Softhouse ABSvenska Antennspecialisten
Embedded platforms
Team Lead
Non-functional testing Test automation
Test tools
Automated GUI Testing
Aut. dev. testing
Charging systems
NFNT Testing
Automated GUI Testing
Test data
System testing
Test Developer who loves to automate
…so that testers can focus on quality human testing
Exploratory testing
Test nut
…and I’m utterly fascinated by the human side of software development

4. “Software development is a
social activity” - J.Weinberg
Humanistic approach
People solutions over Technological solutions
Company culture over Manuals and Instructions
Context over Process
Culture-supported self-management over rule-based management
"That is, while there is value in the items on the right,
we value the items on the left more.”

5. Assignment
Company
Team
Technical Debt
Dissilussioned users
Background

6. But I need technologists as well
Humanists yes...

7. Quality if time
permits...
 Peoples self-esteem tied to quality of work
 Defects were a #1 priority
 “High quality brings on cost reduction”
 Philip Crosby 1979 "Quality is free"
 Quality is free. But only to those who pay
heavily for it.

8. Cleaned up the mess
Repaired the build systemem
Continuous Integration & Continuous Delivery
Cleaned up the code bas
Trimmed the Product Backlog
And introduced “Kanban” while we were at it…

9. Gamification introduced
Improvements rewarded points
5p – Pencil
15p – T-Shirt
30p – Coffee
Mug

10. Kanban + Lego

11.  Culture contains accepted ways to express and
validate our assumptions, values, and norms
and through that way avoid being uncertain in
different situations. (Trice and Beyer, 1993)
Culture

12. The horror of ”agile” tools
Physical Kanban Board
RaspberryPi + Webcam + OpenCV
“Agile” tool

13.  Culture can be seen as reflection of the
surrounding society… or as a sub-culture
 ”Det gaur inte...”
 ”It won’t work...”
 ”Culture sets the constraints”
Culture

14. Systems thinking
 Context-
 awareness
 Transparency
 Pace
 Automation
 Communication
 Trust
 Engagement
 Excellence
 Integration
Context-
awareness
Transparency
Pace
AutomationCommunication
Trust
Engagement
ExcellenceIntegration

15. People will rise to the occassion