I've never written a scripted test in the last 6 years. Not because I hate it (although there's some truth to it because it bores me to death) but more importantly because I never found a need for it after visualizing my tests through mindmaps. Worked perfectly well with testing within agile environments too! This is the workshop slides I used on the Manila Software Testing community meetup on August 4, 2016 in Sandstone Tech (Makati).

1. MIND YOUR TESTING,
MAP YOUR TESTS
COLLABORATIVE TEST DESIGN

2. IAN PESTELOS
Agile Management & Context-Driven Testing
ian@testkamp.com
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@ianpestelos

3. “NA-COLOMBIA”
AKALA MO IKAW NA. YUN PALA HINDE. :(
#HUGOT
WHAT’S YOUR PAIN POINT?

4. WHY ARE YOU TESTING?
WHAT
HOW
WHY

5. WORKSHOP

6. MINDMAPPING
WHY MIND MAPS
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7. COLLABORATIVE TEST DESIGN
WHY COLLABORATIVE MAPPING

8. MINDMAPPING
TIPS FOR MIND MAPPING
▸ Visualize
▸ Restructure
▸ Review for readability

9. COLLABORATIVE TEST DESIGN
ANTIPATTERNS
▸ Excessive focus on specs
▸ Over-prettifying the mind map
▸ Documenting through the map
▸ Shooting down other people’s ideas
▸ Not restructuring

10. MINDMAPPING
COMMON QUESTIONS
▸ What TOOLS to use?
▸ Can you use it as the TEST DOC?
▸ Common PROBLEMS with mind mapping?

11. STORIES?

12. FURTHER READING
GO FURTHER
▸ Robert Sabourin – Using Mindmaps for Software Design
▸ Darren McMillan - Mind Mapping
▸ Claire Moss - Feeling Lost in the Woods? Mindmap can
help
▸ Tony Buzan - Mindmaps for Business (book)

13. IAN PESTELOS
Agile Management & Context-Driven Testing
ian@testkamp.com
/in/ianpestelos
@ianpestelos