1. Agile Testing on Steroids
Vipul Gupta
Testing Evangelist
www.impetus.com
Agile Tour 2010
Sanjay Sharma
Technical Evangelist
www.impetus.com

2. Agile Testing on Steroids
what we will talk
Today

3. state of
product development
Agile Testing on Steroids

4. product testing challenges
their solutions
Agile Testing on Steroids

5. product testing
a next generation
platform
Agile Testing on Steroids

6. product testing
q&a and open discussion
Agile Testing on Steroids

7. becoming increasingly complex
due to new
technologies
State of product development
Agile Testing on Steroids

8. becoming increasingly complex
due to increasing
environments
State of product development
Agile Testing on Steroids

9. becoming increasingly complex
due to demanding
enterprise
mobility solution
State of product development
Agile Testing on Steroids

10. becoming increasingly complex
due to diverse
codebase
State of product development
Agile Testing on Steroids

11. becoming increasingly complex
due to agile
State of product development
Agile Testing on Steroids

12. 12
What is a million dollar
question that comes to your
mind when you come to work
everyday?
Agile Testing on Steroids

13. are we doing the right thing
right way?
Challenges in product testing
Agile Testing on Steroids

14. is my testing team doing…
enough testing?
Challenges in product testing
Agile Testing on Steroids

15. wish I had more budget to
test more..
Challenges in product testing
Agile Testing on Steroids

16. shall I look for
partners?
Challenges in product testing
Agile Testing on Steroids

17.  Strategy
 Plan
 Implement & Execute
 Maintenance
 Monitor
 Measure
Scope
 Manual – UI, Functional,
Integration, System & Ad-hoc
Non-Functional
Scope
 Manual – UAT &
Non-Functional
 Classic Automation –
Functional
Scope
 Manual – Strategic Non
Functional
 Planned Automation –
Functional & Non-Functional
Scope
 E2E Automation
 E2T Automation
 Continuous Improvement
Level 2 - Primitive
Level 3 - Reflexive
Level 4 - Systematic
Level 5 - Comprehensive
Progressive
Product Testing
Essential
Product Testing
Elementary
Product Testing
Streamlined
Product Testing
Level 1 - Illusive
Crude
Product Testing
KEY TESTING
ACTIVITIES
Scope
 Ad-hoc Testing
Test Engineering Maturity Model
Agile Testing on Steroids

18. A Pragmatic
Approach
Agile Testing on Steroids

19. integrated
toolsets and practices
Philosophy behind
Agile Testing on Steroids

20. remove
subjectivity and
ambiguities from
decision making process
Philosophy behind
Agile Testing on Steroids

21. think testing
leave implementation worries
Philosophy behind
Agile Testing on Steroids

22. ‘Adapt’
rather than ‘Replace’
Philosophy behind
Agile Testing on Steroids

23. Agile Testing on Steroids

24. 24
Internals
Agile Testing on Steroids
Automated
Management
Requirement Project Estimation
Test cases
Source Code
Mgmt
CI environment
+ Code Metrics/
Coverage, Violations
drilldown, Time
machine, Quick wins
Dev environment
(provide architecture,
tools, IDE, reusable API)
Iterations /
Sprints
Development
Testing
Defect Mgmt
Release
Test 360- core UI Test 360- core non UI Test 360-manual
User Mgmt
Legend
Task Mgmt
TDD
PIT/ELT- parallel
independent/End
of lifecycle testing

25. Agile Testing on Steroids

26. Agile Testing on Steroids

27. Agile Testing on Steroids

28. informal process
enforcement
Advantages of
Agile Testing on Steroids

29. enables fact based
test prioritization
Advantages of
Agile Testing on Steroids

30. comprehensive and independent
testing view
Advantages of
Agile Testing on Steroids

31. enables fact based informed
go/no go decisions
Advantages of
Agile Testing on Steroids

32. All round traceability-
->Requirements->Code->Defects
->Test cases->Sprint->Tasks->
Advantages of
Agile Testing on Steroids
unravel hidden aspects

33. acts as an informal collaboration
platform
to channelize communication
between teams
Advantages of
Agile Testing on Steroids

34. uses right mix of
manual & automation
methods
Advantages of
Agile Testing on Steroids

35. leads to
matured software testing
Advantages of
Agile Testing on Steroids

36. Thank You