EuroSTAR Software Testing Conference 2012 presentation on Map your way to Better Testing by Graham Freeburn. See more at: http://conference.eurostarsoftwaretesting.com/past-presentations/

1. W18 – Map your way to better testing!
Graham Freeburn, Sopra Group
@esconfs
#esconfs

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introductions
Twitter.com/freeburn_g
http://uk.linkedin.com/grahamfreeburn
Graham Freeburn…..
Principal Testing Consultant
18+ years specialising in testing
30+ years in IT starting as a mainframe developer, then designer, project
manager, methods and release management consultant
experience in
test process improvement, mindmapping,
risk-based testing, exploratory testing, training &
mentoring, test automation, test strategy, and teaching people how to
enjoy Scottish Whisky!
regular speaker at EuroSTAR and other testing conferences.
This is my 17th EuroSTAR conference
chairman and co-founder of Scottish Testing Group
Twitter.com/SopraISG

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Agenda

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Objectives

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Why Change?

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More Out of Testing

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Visioning

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Example - Kickoff

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Example - Why Test?

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Example - SWOT Analysis
Europ Assistance - Test Improvement Service, 13/10/2010

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Example - Improvement Planning

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Focus on Skills

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Skills - TA

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Skills - TM

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What I kept - Questionnaire
5.00
4.50
4.00
3.50
3.00
2.50
2.00
1.50
1.00
0.50
0.00
Score / Prio / Variance
Ranked Issues (with data variance)
Testing Issues
Score
S-Variance
Priority
P-Variance
Objectives & Constraints - All Responses
3.68 3.63
5.32
3.40
3.06
1.92
6.00
5.00
4.00
3.00
2.00
1.00
0.00
Reduce
Time to
Test
Reduce
Cost to
Test
Improve
Quality
More
Testing
Quick
Payback
Minimise
Change
Priority
Variance
"It is valid to trade time and/or cost against the level of residual risk?"
(Ranking : 1 = Completely disagree, 6 = Completely Agree)
ALL Responses (Average Rank is 4.3)
18
16
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
Completely
Disagree (1)
Mostly
Disagree (2)
Some
disagreement
(3)
Some
Agreement (4)
Mostly Agree
(5)
Completely
Agree (6)
No of
Responses
for a given
rank

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What I kept – Road Map

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Summary

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Thank You and Questions
Contact: gfreeburn@uk.sopragroup.com
+44(0)7973 789 464 or +44(0) 141 204 7255
http://u Twitter.com/freeburn_g k.linkedin.com/grahamfreeburn

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Testing to the Limit!