1. Lisa
Crispin
Co-­‐Author
with
Janet
Gregory,
Agile
Tes)ng:
A
Prac)cal
Guide
for
Testers
and
Agile
Teams,
and
the
upcoming
More
Agile
Tes)ng

2. • A
bit
of
lecture
and
story-­‐telling
• Learning
through
exercises
and
discussions
• Ac>on
items:
experiments
to
try!

3. With
Janet
Gregory:
Agile
Tes)ng
2009
More
Agile
Tes)ng
Oct
2014
www.lisacrispin.com
www.agiletester.ca
First
agile
team
–
2000
Currently
tester
on
Pivotal
Tracker
team
TwiOer:
@lisacrispin
Email:
lisa@agiletester.ca

6. • more
than
“just”
tes>ng
code
• an
ac>vity
-­‐
not
a
phase
6

7. Instead
of
◦ We’re
here
to
find
bugs
…
or
ensure
requirements
are
met
…
or
break
the
so[ware
…
Think
– How
do
we
“bake
quality
in”?
7

8. Can
you
think
of
some
ways
that
you
cross
boundaries
in
how
you
work?
8
Also
DevOps,
UX
designers,
others

9. Mul>-­‐
discipline
skills
Expert
/
Discipline
skills
T-­‐Shaped
Skills

10. Copyright 2015: Lisa Crispin
Breadth of Skills
DepthofSkills
Square-­‐shaped
Team
See
links
for
more
by
Rob
Lambert
and
Adam
P.
Knight

11. Idea from Marcelo Leite

12. • Listening
• Informing
construc>vely
• Elici>ng
shared
understanding

13. • Programming
concepts
• High
level
architecture
• IDEs,
other
tools
• Database
knowledge
• Maintaining
test
environments
• Domain
knowledge

14. for
tes>ng
in
agile?
Discuss
at
your
tables,
be
ready
to
share
your
list
14

15. What
skills
are
missing?
Choose
the
top
three
for
your
table,
be
ready
to
share
your
list
15

16. • For
the
top
missing
skills,
what
collabora>ve
experiments
can
you
think
of?
16

17. • Design
at
least
two
experiments
you
can
try
with
your
team
to
transfer
tes>ng
skills
17

18. 18
Challenge
Yourself
!
What
experiments
will
you
try
back
at
work?

19. • Adzic,
Gojko,
Impact
Mapping:
Making
a
Big
Impact
with
So@ware
Products
and
Projects,
2012a
hOp://impactmapping.org
• Adzic,
Gojko,
Specifica)on
by
Example:
How
Successful
Teams
Deliver
the
Right
So@ware,
Manning,
2011
• Gärtner,
Markus,
ATDD
By
Example:
A
Prac)cal
Guide
to
Acceptance
Test-­‐Driven
Development,
Addison-­‐Wesley,
2012a
• Keogh,
Liz,
hOp://lunivore.com
-­‐
look
for
her
posts
on
BDD,
Real
Op>ons
• Lambert,
Rob,
"T-­‐shaped
Testers
and
Their
Role
In
a
Team",
hOp://
thesocialtester.co.uk/t-­‐shaped-­‐testers-­‐and-­‐their-­‐role-­‐in-­‐a-­‐team/
,
2012
• Karten,
Naomi,
"Are
You
Listening?",
hOp://www.agileconnec>on.com/ar>cle/are-­‐
you-­‐listening,
Agile
Connec>on,
2009
• Knight,
Adam
P.,
"T-­‐shaped
Tester,
Square
Shaped
Team",
hOp://
thesocialtester.co.uk/t-­‐shaped-­‐tester-­‐square-­‐shaped-­‐team/,
2013
• Levison,
Mark,
"The
Beginner's
Mind
-­‐
An
Approach
to
Listening",
hOp://
www.infoq.com/news/2008/08/beginners_mind,
InfoQ,
2008
• McMillan,
Darren,
"Mind
Mapping
101",
for
Tes>ng:
hOp://
www.beOertes>ng.co.uk/content/?p=956,
2011
• PaOon,
Jeff,
User
Story
Mapping,
2014
• Wynne,
MaO
and
Aslak
Hellesoy,
The
Cucumber
Book:
Behavior-­‐Driven
Development
for
Testers
and
Developers,
Pragma>c
Programmers,
2012

20. Agile
Tes)ng:
A
Prac)cal
Guide
for
Testers
and
Agile
Teams
By
Lisa
Crispin
and
Janet
Gregory
20
More
Agile
Tes)ng:
Learning
Journeys
for
the
Whole
Team
By
Janet
Gregory
and
Lisa
Crispin
www.agiletester.ca
www.agiletester.com
lisacrispin.com
email:
lisa@agiletester.ca
TwiOer:
@lisacrispin