http://www.sao.org/events/event_details.asp?id=181887

1. Waist deep in manual test debt?
Reduce your debt with automation
$ $
An Doan – verybadsushi@gmail.com
SAO Ignite v2
March 15, 2012

2. Outnumbered?
#include <pthread.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <ctype.h>
/* LEAST LIKELY TO COMPILE SUCCESSFULLY:
Ian Phillipps, Cambridge Consultants Ltd.,
Cambridge, England */ #include <stdio.h>
main(t,_,a) char * a; { return! 0<t? t<3?
.main-page {
main(-79,-13,a+ main(-87,1-_,
font-size: x-large;
main(-86, 0, a+1 )
}

3. But I Don’t Have Time!

4. But I Don’t Have Time!

5. 3-Step Iterative Process
1.Management Support (or not)
2.Choose A Tool
3.Divide and Conquer
4.Back to step 1.

6. Management Support
Sure go automate,
what ever you need
to deliver a quality
product.
Tools, Time ,
Resources, what ever
you need you got it.

7. Management Support
“Sure go automate, but it can’t cost
anything, you can’t spend anytime on it, and
it has to be done by Friday”
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8. Management Support
N00b L33t
• Acknowledgement • Developer • Practice Leader
Support • Hire SDET
• Training
• Resources
• Promotion
• Best Practice
Exchange
• Community of
Practice

9. Management Support
N00b L33t
• Acknowledgement • Developer • Practice Leader
Support • Hire SDET
• Training
• Resources
• Promotion
• Best Practice
Exchange
• Community of
Practice

10. Choose A Tool
F(x) =
your skills
X
needs of AUT
=
Tool You Need

11. Choose A Tool
N00b L33t
Easier Harder
Brittle Robust

12. Choose A Tool
N00b L33t
• Record and Playback
• Export to Code

13. Choose A Tool
N00b L33t
• Keyword Driven
• Data Driven
• Cucumber
• FitNesse
• Writing Code

14. Choose A Tool
N00b L33t
• Advanced
Frameworks
• Page Object
Model
• Test Data
Generation

15. Choose A Tool
N00b L33t
• Reporting &
Metrics
• CouchDB
• *Unit integration

16. Divide & Conquer
Take on the smallest debt first
• BVT
– Build Verification Test
• Smoke Test
• PRI1
– Priority 1 Test
• Happy Path
• PRI2
– Priority 2 Test
• Negative Testing

17. Divide & Conquer
N00b L33t
• Lone Wolf
• Schedule and
Commit

18. Divide & Conquer
N00b L33t
• Create a
prioritized
backlog
• Form an
Automation
Scrum

19. Divide & Conquer
N00b L33t
• Automation a
part of the Dev.
User Story
• Heartbeat test
the Prod. Env.

20. Go Automate!