Keynote presentation at German Testing Day Munich, Nov 12 2013

1. TESTING AT EBAY
MICHAEL PALOTAS
EBAY INTERNATIONAL
12. NOVEMBER 2013

2. WHO AM I?
Michael Palotas
Head of Productivity & Test Engineering
Pfingstweidstrasse 60
8005 Zürich
Switzerland
Email: mpalotas@ebay.com
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3. THE COMPANY
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4. EBAY INC.
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5. EBAY FACTS
Founded in 1995
Based in San Jose, California
28000 employees worldwide
>100 million active buyers and sellers worldwide
2500 USD transaction volume every second
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6. EBAY FACTS
2 billion page views every day
75 billion database calls every day
>179 million downloads of eBay Inc’s mobile apps
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7. TESTERS
RAISE
YOUR
HANDS
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8. DEVELOPERS
RAISE
YOUR
HANDS
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9. AGILE PEOPLE
RAISE
YOUR
HANDS
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10. NOW SHAKE HANDS
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11. LOOKING BACK
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12. AGILE?
Waterfall - 6 months
Development
Test
Agile - 2 weeks
Development
Test
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13. THE BI(U)G HUNT
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14. AUTOMATION
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15. OR IS THIS ACTUALLY THE PRESENT FOR YOU?
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16. HOW ABOUT PREVENTING BUGS?
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17. PRODUCTIVITY
&
TEST ENGINEERING
Make the team more
efficient
&
productive
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18. HORIZONTAL / VERTICAL SUPPORT
HORIZONTAL SUPPORT
VERTICAL
VERTICAL
VERTICAL
TEAM 1
TEAM 2
TEAM 3
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19. HORIZONTAL SUPPORT
TDD
Automation
Advice
Architecture
Infrastructure
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20. VERTICAL SUPPORT
Rapid testing / exploratory approach
Focus on fast feedback
Manual testing: Very very very very important
Focus on primary work artifacts
Domain Knowledge
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21. Do we still need testers?
Or developers only?
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22. A FEW WORDS ON
(TEST) MANAGEMENT

23. A WORD ON MEASUREMENT & METRICS
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24. THE RACE TO ZERO
Npr.org
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25. OPEN SOURCE
It is free
(it is not really free …)
Faster innovation cycles
Independence
Engagement / opportunities to grow
Hiring advantage
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26. THE LONG LEASH
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27. HYGIENE FACTORS
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28. THE BIG GOAL
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29. THANK YOU!

30. REFERENCES
• http://weekendreflection.blogspot.ch/
• http://perfectplate.com/
• http://www.jamshid-ibrahim.net/
• http://simplehomemade.net/
• http://npr.org
• http://creatia2013.wordpress.com/
• www.kaushik.net
• Sackmesser.ch
• http://betterafter50.com
• http://estonianfreepress.com/
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