Janet Gregory and Lisa Crispin

1. Introduc)on to Agile Tes)ng
Agile
2015
Conference
Washington,
D.C.
August
2015
Lisa
Crispin
Janet
Gregory
@lisacrispin
@janetgregoryca
Everyone Owns Quality!

2. A li;le about us
Janet
First
agile
team:
2000
Currently
coaching,
training
TwiFer:
janetgregoryca
Email:
janet@agiletester.ca
Agile
TesHng;
2009
More
Agile
TesHng:
Oct
2014
Agile
TesHng
CollecHon:
July
2015
www.agiletester.com
www.agiletester.ca
Lisa
First
agile
team
–
2000
Currently
tester
on
Pivotal
Tracker
team
TwiFer:
lisacrispin
Email:
lisa@agiletester.ca

3. Learning inten)ons
• Whole
team
responsibility
for
quality
and
tesHng
• The
value
of
testers
and
tesHng
• How
to
work
together
to
build
the
right
thing
right
• FiVng
tesHng
into
agile
iteraHons
• Guiding
development
with
examples
and
tests

4. Whole
Team
Responsibility

5. Tes)ng on agile projects is ……..
more
than
“just”
tesHng
code
It’s
an
ac#vity
-­‐
not
a
phase
5

6. Blurred Roles – Whole Team
Business
Analyst
Business
Anaylst
Designer
Designer
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7. Importance
of
CollaboraHon
(and
trust)

8. Collabora)on can help to …..
• Get
the
customers
get
what
they
want
• Prevent
defects

9. Feature
(with
examples)
User
Story
High-­‐
Level
AT
Fix
Defects
Code,
test
&
automate
story
ATDD
Acceptance Test Driven Development
Accept
Story
Explore
Examples

10. SHcker
by
Brian
Marick

11. 1. Find
a
pair
2. One
person
faces
away
from
the
screen
3. The
other
person
will
have
2
-­‐3
minutes
to
describe
the
picture
I
show
next
4. When
I
say
stop,
turn
around
and
discuss
any
differences
in
what
was
described.
A Simple Exercise

13. How
Testers
Can
Add
Value

14. Testers ….
• are
quesHon
askers
• can
help
plan
what
tesHng
needs
to
be
done
• think
tesHng
…
all
the
Hme
• keep
an
eye
on
the
big
picture

15. Plan for tes)ng at different levels

16.
Tes)ng Skills

17. • Good
tesHng
pracHces,
applied
differently
• Start
with
tests
• Test
throughout
coding/delivery
• Use
models
to
help
plan
Usability
Test
Design
FuncHonal
TesHng
Performance
Exploratory
TesHng

18. Agile Tes)ng Quadrants
Copyright
2014,
Janet
Gregory
and
Lisa
Crispin

19. Workflows,
Journeys

20.
Thinking Skills

21. Examples of thinking skills
• CollaboraHng
• CommunicaHng
• EliciHng
examples
• Asking
quesHons
• GeVng/delivering
info:
“Show
me”

22.
Technical
Awareness for
Testers

23. MulH-­‐
discipline
skills
Expert
Discipline
skills
T-­‐Shaped Skills

24. What skills do you think help with tes)ng?
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25. For successful tes)ng:
• Team
selects
tesHng
framework
together
• and
the
DSL
(domain
specific
language)
• Shared
common
language
helps
shared
understanding
• Testers
can
read
code,
pair
w/
programmers
to
understand
it
• Programmers
write
prod,
test
code
• Everyone
learns
domain

26. The Test
Automa)on
Volcano
Fable
Ma; Barcomb

27. Test
AutomaHon
Pyramid

28. Automa)on is a team ac)vity
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29. Bring your excellent tes)ng skills
• Use
them
conHnually,
incrementally,
iteraHvely
• Make
tesHng
a
team
problem,
including
automaHon
• Elicit
executable
examples
from
customers/
stakeholders
• Test
small
chunks,
but
keep
the
big
picture
in
mind

30. Let’s
wrap-­‐up
with
some
good
pracHces

31. The 7 Success Factors for Agile Tes)ng
1. Use
the
whole
team
approach
2. Adopt
an
agile
tesHng
mindset
3. Automate
your
regression
tesHng
4. Provide
and
obtain
feedback
5. Build
a
foundaHon
of
core
agile
pracHces
6. Collaborate
with
customers
7. Look
at
the
big
picture
From
Agile
TesHng:
A
PracHcal
Guide
for
Testers
and
Agile
Teams

32. Confidence Building Prac)ces
1. Use
real
examples
2. Perform
exploratory
tesHng
3. Test
your
features
(and
the
system)
4. Learn
conHnually
5. SensiHvity
to
your
context
6. Keep
it
real
32
From
More
Agile
TesHng:
Learning
Journeys
for
the
Whole
Team

33. There’s not one right way
Find ways that you can add value
to your team
And then …. keep learning

34. More Learning
• Adzic,
Gojko,
Specifica;on
by
Example:
How
Successful
Teams
Deliver
the
Right
SoJware,
Manning,
2011
• Gärtner,
Markus,
ATDD
By
Example:
A
Prac;cal
Guide
to
Acceptance
Test-­‐
Driven
Development,
Addison-­‐Wesley,
2012a
• Hendrickson,
Elisabeth,
Explore
It!
Reduce
Risk
and
Increase
Confidence
with
Exploratory
Tes;ng,
PragmaHc
Programmer,
2013
• Keogh,
Liz,
hFp://lunivore.com
-­‐
look
for
her
posts
on
BDD,
Real
OpHons
• Knight,
Adam
P.,
"T-­‐shaped
Tester,
Square
Shaped
Team",
hFp://
thesocialtester.co.uk/t-­‐shaped-­‐tester-­‐square-­‐shaped-­‐team/,
2013
• Lambert,
Rob,
"T-­‐shaped
Testers
and
Their
Role
In
a
Team",
hFp://
thesocialtester.co.uk/t-­‐shaped-­‐testers-­‐and-­‐their-­‐role-­‐in-­‐a-­‐team/
,
2012
• McMillan,
Darren,
"Mind
Mapping
101",
for
TesHng:
hFp://
www.beFertesHng.co.uk/content/?p=956,
2011
• PaFon,
Jeff,
User
Story
Mapping,
2014
• Rasmussen,
Jonathan,
The
Agile
Samurai:
How
Agile
Masters
Deliver
Great
SoJware,
PragmaHc
Bookshelf,
2010.

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36. Agile
Tes;ng:
A
Prac;cal
Guide
for
Testers
and
Agile
Teams
More
Agile
Tes;ng:
Learning
Journeys
for
the
Whole
Team
The
Agile
Tes;ng
Collec;on:
an
ebook
By
Janet
Gregory
and
Lisa
Crispin
www.agiletester.ca
www.agiletester.com
Contact
info
www.janetgregory.ca
Email:
janet@agiletester.ca
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Email:
lisa@agiletester.ca
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