Agile Testing Vs V model August 17, 2007

Objective What is V model What is Agile Testing Why Agile Testing is preferred

What is V model

What is Agile Testing

Why Agile Testing is preferred

V-model

Agile Testing Project Release Plan Release N+1 Dev. QA Dev. QA Dev. QA Dev. QA Dev. QA Dev. QA Dev. QA Dev. QA Dev. QA Dev. QA Dev. QA Dev. QA Scheduled release Anal. Anal. Anal. Anal. Anal. Anal. Anal. Anal. Anal. Anal. Anal. Anal. Unit Tests & White-Box Tests (During Development within Iteration) Functional Acceptance Tests (Automated & Manual) (During QA within Iteration) System Validation Tests (After Release and during deployment) Scheduled release Scheduled release Scheduled milestone Scheduled milestone Release N Release N+2 Iteration Iteration Performance Tests (At planned milestones and after Release)

Sample conversation V – model: Agile Days:

V – model:

Agile Days:

Why we prefer Agile Testing Advantages of Agile: The entire team takes the responsibility for quality Just the right amount of documentation Quicker feedback Accommodate changes

Advantages of Agile:

The entire team takes the responsibility for quality

Just the right amount of documentation

Quicker feedback

Accommodate changes

Why Agile testing? Contd… Disadvantages of V-model: V model does nothing to accommodate change Implementation of unit tests or integration tests as separate phases is not a practical approach

Disadvantages of V-model:

V model does nothing to accommodate change

Implementation of unit tests or integration tests as separate phases is not a practical approach

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