Effective Strategies for Distributed Testing

E f f e c t iv e S t r a t e g ie s f o r D i s t r ib u t e d T e s t i n g Anand Bagmar & Manish Kumar

Agenda ThoughtWorks Introduction Presentation Q&A

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Our Approach Right toolsRight approach on shore Right place not sure? off shore Right people

Why We’re Different Passion for Cause not Delivery track record software a company excellence Adaptive Straight Custom ALM talk solutionsActionable Concept advice Experience to delivery & expertise

PresentersAnand BagmarLead Consultant (QA), ThoughtWorksSoftware testing > 11 years, > 14 years in the Software industryAnand.Bagmar@thoughtworks.comManish KumarTesting Practice Lead, ThoughtWorks IndiaSoftware testing > 15 yearsManish.Kumar@thoughtworks.com

What is this session about?

Disclaimer

Business objective

Testing principles recap … Building quality in Involving everyoneBusiness optimize value The principles that matter Fast feedbackClear and consistentview of Testing Tests are an asset Faster delivery into production

Why distributed teams exist?

Reduced communication bandwidth Cultural issues Increased noise Visibility into progress Trust and rapport Timely decisions Challenges of Testing in the distributed development Teams Working in the same way Shared understanding

Practices, Tips and Tricks

Mindset Cross pollination, by frequent rotationKeep an open mind Be positive KISS principle Trust your team(s) ONE PRODUCT, ONE TEAM!

Communication

ATDD - Story Planning Session

ATDD - Story Writing

ATDD - Automate Acceptance Tests

ATDD - Implement Functionality © ThoughtWorks

ATDD - First BA / QA Signoff © ThoughtWorks

ATDD - Story Testing & Showcase © ThoughtWorks

Repeat Do it again and again and again and again … © ThoughtWorks

System Testing Start Development BA Tester Iteration Business BA Write Story and Scenarios Story Planning Session Implement Automated Acceptance Tests Dev Tester Start Here Development Development Implement Functionality Iterations Engine Dev Dev Daily BA /QA demo System Dev Tester BA Testing Story Testing BA / QA Signoff on Dev Box Tester Business Showcase Dev Tester BA Business BA End Development Iteration © ThoughtWorks

ATDD – Table scenario driven

Test Automation

Toolsets Communication Overhead Testing Common & consistent Information islands Flexible Project CI Collaboration

Testing ToolDSL CommunicationTagging Overhead Common & consistentVideo, Screenshots Information islandsSupport for CI FlexibleMultiple DriversExploratory testing supportCustomizations

CI Source Repository pollCompile BVT Deploy QA Run FULL Deploy to Regression staging

Project Collaboration ToolWhat I need to do in relation to what everyone else is doing

Environments Automation Performance Lab Production Test 1TestDevelopment Test 2 UAT

Distributing work Analysts Developers Testers Infrastructure Functional teams Division by role What is to be tested? From where can that be tested most effectively?

Reporting & MetricsShared View of progress

Reporting & MetricsIs the application getting any better

Reporting & Metrics

IPMs, Showcases, Retrospectives

Practices, Tips and Tricks Mindset Environments Communication Retrospectives Distributing Work NFRs ToolsetDefect reporting ATDD Reporting & Metrics Test Automation

Practices that hinder

Anand BagmarLead Consultant (QA), ThoughtWorksAnand.Bagmar@thoughtworks.comManish KumarTesting Practice Lead, ThoughtWorks IndiaManish.Kumar@thoughtworks.com

Effective Strategies for Distributed Testing

by Anand Bagmar on Nov 28, 2011

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