Lean agile for testers

Lean/Agile Quick Intro for the QA world
Yuval Yeret
Agile Coach @ Agilesparks
yuval@agilesparks.com
Mobile: 054-4802458

Brief Intro
AgileSparks is an elite team focused entirely on helping companies improve their product development operations, by leveraging Lean/Agile/Scrum thinking and techniques.
Yuval Yeret – Lean/Agile Consultant/Coach, coming from R&D leadership background, specializing in scaling agile through Lean. Find more about me at http://www.linkedin.com/in/yuvalyeret, my google profile

Survey!
Who heard about Agile?
Who is actually practicing Agile?
Who heard about Lean?
Who heard about Toyota?

Competing on the basis of Speed

Lean Principles
Eliminate waste
Focus on learning
Build quality in
Defer commitment
Deliver fast
Respect people
Optimize the whole
“You can not inspect quality into the product; it is already there.” W. Edwards Deming

Eliminate Waste (Muda)
Extra features
Partially done work
Extra effort
Handoffs
Task switching
Delays
Defects

Focus on Time
Let it Flow…
Eliminate waste that disturbs Flow
Manage Cycle Time
Quality drives Flow…

Value Stream Mapping
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oA_YSyBkhiM

Value Stream Mapping

…
Stage 1
Done
Stage 2
Stage n
Work Items
In
Process
In
Process
In
Process
Queue
Queue
Queue
…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssUuvUahq48

Aim for Continuous Flow
Alistair Cockburn

Jidoka Steps
The four steps in Jidoka are:
Detect the abnormality.
Stop.
Fix or correct the immediate condition.
Investigate the root cause and install a countermeasure.
In the software world:
Continuous Integration!!!
Measure time to fixbuilds and defects

Impact on QA world
Support Flow and Small Batches via Automation
Build Quality In
Continuous and Early Testing
Integrated into flow
Improving flow ->
Forced you to invest in Quality - otherwise you pay the price of “Defects Waste”

QA Management Role
Enable Lean-Science in the QA Domain
Educate the people - Teach/Coach
Challenge
Use Lean Science Thinking to drive decisions/behaviour
Whole-System Thinking
Beyond the Functions/Silos…
Find and Address Tough Impediments
Drive QA Continuous Improvement
A3, Kaizen, PDM

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