A Lightning Talk presented on an internal unconference at HERE (a Nokia business) in Berlin.

1. What is Agile Testing?
Alex Schwartz, HERE Berlin

2. Agile Testing is…

3. Agile Testing is…
me
colleague

4. Agile Testing is…
I found a
conference for
Agile Testing!
me
colleague

5. Agile Testing is…
I found a
conference for
Agile Testing!
me
Why?
Agile Testing is nonsense!
colleague

6. Agile Testing is… nonsense
I found a
conference for
Agile Testing!
me
Why?
Agile Testing is nonsense!
colleague

7. Agile Testing is…

8. Agile Testing is…
- Testing in the context of
Agile Development

9. Agile Testing is…
- Testing in the context of
Agile Development
- often one of the harder challenges
during an Agile Transition

10. What is special about Agile Testing?

11. What is special about Agile Testing?
1.
When?

12. What is special about Agile Testing?
1.
2.
When?
Who?

13. What is special about Agile Testing?
1.
2.
When?
3.
Who?
How?
What?

14. When?
Late testing approach
Design
Planning
Release
Dev
Test /
Hardening

15. When?
Late testing approach
Design
Planning
Release
Dev
Test /
Hardening

16. When?
Late testing approach
Design
Planning
Release
Dev
Test /
Hardening

17. When?
Late testing approach
Design
Planning
Release
Dev
Test /
Hardening

18. When?
Late testing approach
Design
Planning
risk for schedule
Release
Dev
Test /
Hardening

19. When?
When we have good quality?
Late testing approach
Design
Planning
risk for schedule
Release
Dev
Test /
Hardening

20. When?
When we have good quality?
Late testing approach
Design
Planning
Quality
Level
risk for schedule
Release
Dev
Test /
Hardening
time

21. When?
When we have good quality?
Late testing approach
Design
Planning
Quality
Level
risk for schedule
Release
Dev
Test /
Hardening
time

22. When?
When we have good quality?
Late testing approach
Design
Planning
Release
Dev
Quality
Level
risk for schedule
Test /
Hardening
Quality/Verification Debt
time

23. When?
When to test & to fix?
Design
Planning
Release
Dev
Test /
Hardening

24. When?
When to test & to fix?
Scale
Design
Planning
Release
Dev
Test /
Hardening

25. When?
When to test & to fix?
Scale
Design
Planning
Earlier
•
•
•
•
•
Release
Dev
Test /
Hardening
TDD/ATDD
Continuous Integration
Requirements discussions
Early Feedback
…

26. When?
When to test & to fix?
Scale
Design
Planning
Earlier
•
•
•
•
•
Release
Dev
Test /
Hardening
TDD/ATDD
Continuous Integration
Requirements discussions
Early Feedback
…
Asynchronous activities
•
•
e.g. quarterly security tests
…

27. When?
When to test & to fix?
Scale
Design
Planning
Earlier
•
•
•
•
•
Release
Dev
Test /
Hardening
TDD/ATDD
Continuous Integration
Requirements discussions
Early Feedback
…
Don’t do
Are all your tests helpful?
Asynchronous activities
•
•
e.g. quarterly security tests
…

28. When?
When to test & to fix?
Scale
Design
Planning
measure, observe, …
Release
Dev
Earlier
•
•
•
•
•
Learn from production
Test /
Hardening
TDD/ATDD
Continuous Integration
Requirements discussions
Early Feedback
…
Don’t do
Are all your tests helpful?
Asynchronous activities
•
•
e.g. quarterly security tests
…

29. When?
When we have good quality?
Late vs. early testing approach
Design
Planning
Release
Dev
Quality
Level
Test /
Hardening
early testing
late testing
time

30. Who?
Testing
Test
QA/Tester
Automation
Verifying
Requirements

31. Who?
Testing
Test
QA/Tester
Automation
Verifying
Requirements

32. Who?
Testing
Test
QA/Tester
Automation
Verifying
Requirements

33. Who?
Testing
Test
QA/Tester
Automation
Verifying
Requirements

34. Who?
All of us.
Testing
Test
QA/Tester
Automation
Verifying
Requirements

35. Who?
All of us.
Testing
Test
QA/Tester
Automation
Verifying
Requirements
QA = consultant for quality

36. What?
What is quality?
Source:
Gojko Adzic
correct, functional

37. What?
What is quality?
performant, etc.
Source:
Gojko Adzic
correct, functional

38. What?
What is quality?
useful
usable
performant, etc.
Source:
Gojko Adzic
correct, functional

39. What?
What is quality?
successful
useful
usable
performant, etc.
Source:
Gojko Adzic
correct, functional

40. Agile Testing is…

41. Agile Testing is… natural

42. Agile Testing is… natural
Agile = Testing

43. Agile Testing is… natural
Agile = Testing
all the time.

44. Agile Testing is… natural
Agile = Testing
all the time.
all of us.