1. How to Scale Mobile
Testing Across
Several Teams
Daniel Knott | @dnlkntt

2. Hi, I‘m
Daniel Knott
Mobile Tester by
@dnlkntt
www.adventuresinqa.com
www.handsonmobileapptesting.com https://leanpub.com/smartwatchapptesting
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3. Title/Name/Place/Date (edit by "Insert > Header and Footer") 3
+1k employees
+200 developers
+50 testers
+45 product teams
XING
Founded 2003 as OpenBC
Since 2006 XING
HQ Hamburg
8 Offices
Professional Network
People, Jobs, News, Events
+14 Mio users, DACH focus
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Why is mobile testing so
important?

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1999
80 billion photos taken on
film
*https://www.ben-evans.com/benedictevans/2015/8/19/how-many-pictures

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2015
2trillion photos
*https://www.ben-evans.com/benedictevans/2015/8/19/how-many-pictures
have been shared

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Mobile Technology changed
our life
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To keep up the fast pace
of the mobile technology
XING needed to scale
2008
https://stocksnap.io/photo/MID86MWSG2
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No Mobile Knowledge

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External Mobile
Developmnet

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XING in 2010

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# 2 iOS Developer
# 2 Android Developer
# 2 Software Test Engineers
# 1 Product Owner
# 1 Designer / UX
First Mobile Team

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# 60+ Web Developers
# 10+ Web Software Test Engineers
# Non Public API
# 8+ Agile Teams
Web Company

15. Legacy challenge of „web-era“ companies
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+10
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XING in 2014

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Mobile Unleashing
Image: https://unsplash.com/photos/TzVN0xQhWaQ@dnlkntt | How to Scale Mobile Testing across several Teams

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Full Stack Product Thinking
Web
iOS
Android
API
Mail
Search
...

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Public
+10
Feature Teams
Mobile Unleashing
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20. Mobile Unleashing – Team Structure
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Feature Teams
News
PO, UI/ UX, Tester
Premium
BE FE
PO, UI/ UX, Tester
BE FE
Jobs
PO, UI/ UX, Tester
Startpage
BE FE
PO, UI/ UX, Tester
BE FE
...
BE FE
PO, UI/ UX, Tester
Platform Teams
Product Owner
UI/UX
Developer
Tester
Mobile Releases Team

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+50 Android/ iOS Developers
+20 Mobile Tester

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Scaling
Testing
-
Challenges

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HIRING
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Mobile Test Automation
Image: https://stocksnap.io/photo/P9YPEQPQ18

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Communication
Image: https://stocksnap.io/photo/E7OYDS1NK7

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Release Coordination
Image: https://stocksnap.io/photo/CTKY2SVZM8
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Release Train

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What is a Release Train?
# Planned Code Freezes
# Fixed Release Dates
# Train is always on time
# Missing the train == features not live
http://adventuresinqa.com/2017/03/06/the-mobile-release-train/

30. Code Freeze/
Upload to Google
Coding
10 days
Beta
Testing
7 days
20% Users
2 days
50% Users
5 days
Code Freeze/
Upload to Google
100%
Users
Coding
10 days
Beta
Testing
7 days
20% Users
2 days
50% Users
5 days
Coding
10 days
Beta
Testing
7 days
20% Users
2 days
50%
5 d
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Scaling
Testautomation

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https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/
8/88/EspressoImg.png
Keep It
Functional

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# Two Frameworks
# No Code Sharing
# Different Languages

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Migrated to Calabash
Image: http://arnoldzwicky.s3.amazonaws.com/BottleGourd.jpg

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https://techglimpse.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/android-ios.jpg

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Build Pipeline,
Tools & Devices

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Local test
run
Create Pull
Request
Code
Review
Build Pipeline
Static
Analyzer
Unit
Tests
Int. Tests
End 2
End Tests
Alpha/ Beta
Release

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Internal App Store

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Mobile Devices

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Android Test Farm
www.openstf.io
http://adventuresinqa.com/2016/06/06/build-android-device-cloud/

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SUMMARY
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1. Communication is key
2. Hiring is not easy
3. Mobile skills are important
4. Invest time in your
environment
5. Reconsider your work &
setup regularly

45. Thank You
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Daniel Knott - @dnlkntt
www.adventuresinqa.com/publications

46. This is
our home!
#Hamburg
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