QA is Dead - Long Live the New QA!

AgileSparks • We help companies improve by Adopting agile principles and practices. • We provide training and coaching to all organizational levels, from high management to developers. • Our team consists of Agile professionals with diverse expertise – several coaches participate in each implementation. • Successfully completed dozens of projects. All Rights Reserved- AgileSparks

Agile is … Delighting Customers Deliver value to customers/users frequently, at a continuously sustainable pace, seeking constant feedback and welcoming direction changes in an UNCERTAIN DYNAMIC world *Maturity/Effectiveness of process is a factor of the frequency All Rights Reserved- AgileSparks

G-Forces of agility Learn Idea Validate Specify Verify Code Learn Idea Learn Idea Validate Specify Verify Code Validate Specify Verify Code All Rights Reserved- AgileSparkshttp://www.slideshare.net/KentBeck/software-g-forces

Early Feedback – The Goal and the conflict… Improve – Reduce Testing Overhead Ideal Batch Size WITH Ideal Batch Traditional Great automation W/O Processes Automation Earlier Feedback – Cheaper to change Lower Testing Overhead • Even without reducing testing overhead it is usually more cost-effective to reduce batch size • Aim to reduce testing overhead to reduce batch size even more and be even more cost-effective All Rights Reserved- AgileSparks

Automate at the right level Manual UI 5% Acceptance ROI Cost (Service/API) 15% Unit Testing 80% All Rights Reserved- AgileSparkshttp://www.mountaingoatsoftware.com/blog/the-forgotten-layer-of-the-test-automation-pyramid

Back to Basics – Minimize Quality Risks • Being Champions of the Product and the Customer/User. • Specializing in Performance/ Security/Load/etc. • Shining light on where to focus quality efforts by analyzing risk probability and Impact. All Rights Reserved- AgileSparks

Quality OVER Quantity - experts SUPPORTING delivery Test Experts/Architects Delivery Team Software Engineers Delivery Team Software Engineers Delivery Team Choose where to be Software Engineers involved Delivery Team Delivery Team Software Engineers Software Engineers All Rights Reserved- AgileSparks

What do I do tomorrow? • Learn about post-agile QA. • Map Current State, Decide on Direction. • Work on – Effective whole team Automation/ Continuous Integration/Deployment. – The “Test Engineer” Role – Identify, Gap Analysis, Establish plan for closing gaps. – Mindset/Doctrine and Processes/ Policies to transition from Owning to Enabling at the teams level. • Proceed using small experiments or big revolution, depending on the context. All Rights Reserved- AgileSparks

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QA is Dead - Long Live the New QA!

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