EuroSTAR Software Testing Conference 2010 presentation on Session Based Test Management in Practice by Carsten Feildberg. See more at: http://conference.eurostarsoftwaretesting.com/past-presentations/

1. Session Based Test Management
in practice

2. Control
adaptive
accountable1. Overview

3. S
B
M
T

4. M
Managing
T
Testing
S
Sessions
B
Based on

5. SBTM

6. 2. Elements

8. Mission:
Test X
because Y...
Charter
uninterrupted time:
Short: 60
normal: 90
long: 120

9. Types of sessions
Discovery or Touring
Bug investigation
Retesting bug reports
Whatever idea you pick
Test object specific

10. SESSION
LOG FILE
What I did
and saw
ISSUES
(process/
project)
BUGS
(product)
Link to screen
recordingsID of data files
Who –
What –
When

11. DEbrief

12. Testing time
Bug reporting time
setup time
a good round figure will do....

13. What about time outside
sessions ?

14. 3. Dangers

15. This can still go wrong:
Resistance
breaking the time box
Skipping debriefings

16. Who’s managing this s*** anyway ?
.. ohh.. I do!

17. M
Managing
T
Testing
S
Sessions
B
Based on

18. 4. Overview
Managing
Sessions
Dangers
Debrief
Testing
Accountable
Control

19. MManaging
T
Testing
S
Sessions
for Coverage
metrics for Accountability
Adaptability is called for
Requires knowledge sharing
Build skill –and keep building
Session logs provides details –as many as are requested
Based on Charters –directed by the tester
Uninterrupted time –60, 90 or 120 min
Debriefed every day
Can be done by single tester or a pair

20. Acknowledgements
James Marcus Bach and Jonathan Bach
Michael Bolton
Louise Perold, Chris Blain and Paul Carvalho
Testers I have worked with
Search the internet for SBTM!!
for making this possible by inventing SBTM
http://www.developsense.com
for loving to do SBTM and bearing with me
for supplying ideas and reviewing this
http://www.satisfice.com
for providing me with insightful notes
Gerald M. Weinberg
for the constant inspiration

21. Thank you!
My name is
Carsten Feilberg
Email: carsten.feilberg@s-d.dk
Skype: carsten.feilberg
Twitter: Carsten_F
I’ll be happy to talk to you!
Blog: http://carstenfeilberg.blogspot.com
I work at
Denmark