1. Agile BA from a testers point of view
Derk-Jan de Grood
IIBA Conference 2012
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2. The message
Doelen vanavond…

3. Change ahead
Choices to be made
Skills required

4. Is this presentation
about
Testing or BA ?

5. Definition
BA DEV Test

6. Agile
BA DEV Test

7. with agile
activities may
best be
represented
by networks
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8. Impact

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10. The BA-er
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12. Opportunities
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13. Co-Create
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14. New
Roles
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15. Challenges 15

16. A new generation of
application developers is
among us. A word of advice:
Don't let managers tell you
when the software will be
ready—you tell them when it
is ready. Don't say it's ready
when it isn't
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17. KanBan
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18. Preparation. Before you start !
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19. Preparation. Before you start !
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20. Who does …. What and when ?

21. Review
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22. Goals
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23. Agile review triangle
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24. ATDD

25. Business
BA Test
DEV

27. Acceptance management
Fears
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28. Acceptance
Demo Demo
Demo
Demo Demo
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29. Business oracle
An oracle with a watch..

30. ?
BA Test
DEV

31. Who represents business?
Product owner
BA
Acceptance tester
the business self
Other…

32. Keeping track on
the solution
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33. Threats
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35. When to asses risks?
We’ll do it after
we’ve defined
the requirements
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36. Skills required

37. A testers view….
Check if messagetype
and sender
combination allowed
Yes?
Return error: <sender>
is not allowed to send
messages of type
<messagetype>
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38. Persuasive
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39. Your contribution
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40. Waarom?
Waarom?
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41. Networks
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42. We need proffesionals that…
Understand their job and their
relevance of their contribution
Know s/w dev and what the impact
of an poor job
Know their way in organisational
networks
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43. Wrap-up
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44. Wrap-up
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45. Derk-Jan
Valori
Coltbaan 4a
3439 NG NIEUWEGEIN
The Netherlands
• derkjandegrood@valori.nl
• +31(0)651807878
• www.valori.nl
• @DerkJanDeGrood
• http://djdegrood.wordpress.com
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