CodeMash 2014 session. See lisacrispin.com for photos of outcomes.

1. CodeMash
2014
Lisa
C
rispin
Copyright
2014
Co-­‐author
of
Agile
Tes)ng:
A
Prac)cal
Guide
for
Testers
and
Agile
Teams,
Addison-­‐Wesley
2009
(and
now
working
on
More
Agile
Tes)ng
to
be
published
2014)

5. 5

6. They
want
to
“bake
quality
in”
photoshd.wordpress.com/2008/04/24/13/

7. How
do
they
mi,gate
risk?
Copyright
2014
Lisa
Crispin,
Janet
Gregory.

8. 8

9. Explore
examples
User
Story
Accept
Story
High
level
AT
Fix
defects
Explore
Expand
Tests
Exploratory
TesWng
Code
&
Execute
tests
Auto-­‐
mate
tests
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10. Source:
Bob
Mar)n,
h=p://blog.8thlight.com/uncle-­‐bob/2012/08/13/the-­‐clean-­‐
architecture.html
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11. Source:
Gojko
Adzic,
StarEast
2011
keynote

12. Eg.
“Group
Hugs”
(aka
bug
bashes,
…)
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13. 13

14. We can communicate so much better with
a tester who understands programming
concepts

15. How can devs learn enough
about testing?
Let’s look at some
ideas

16. Expert
/
Discipli
ne
skills
MulW-­‐
d
iscipline
skills

17. T-­‐shaped
Skill-­‐set
Sources:
Rob
Lambert
and
Adam
P.
Knight
Depth of Skills
Breadth of Skills

18. "An individual with a deep level of knowledge
in at least one domain and a collaborative
understanding of at least one other."
Source:
Ma`
Barcomb
Advanced
Basics
Meta

19. • What
tesWng
skills
do
devs
need?
How
can
they
learn?
• Form
groups
of
5
–
6
people,
around
big
sheet
of
paper
• Write
ideas
on
paper
(directly
or
on
sWckies)
• Which
ones
would
you
try
on
your
team?
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20. Your
stories?

21. Agile
Tes)ng:
A
Prac)cal
Guide
for
Testers
and
Agile
Teams
www.agiletester.ca
More
Agile
Tes)ng
Coming
July
2014
....
www.lisacrispin.com
Email:
lisa@lisacrispin.com
Twi`er:
@lisacrispin
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