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- 2. AboutUs Ben Williams – Agile Coach @13enWilliams Tom Roden – Agile Coach & Test <something> @TommRoden
- 4. Agilemethodsareonacontinually increasingtrend Computer Weekly Jobs, 8th November 2012
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- 18. Goes Away in Agile Team (incl. SM & PO) should cover Team should own, but likely to need outside support Dedicated role outside the team Control Resolving team conflicts Mediating cross team discussions and disputes Establishing QA Function and operating model Writing Test Plans Test Planning Raising team profile Accountable for testing quality output Report Writer Deciding when enough testing has been done Coach Product Owners on testable acceptance criteria Test tool adoption and usage (tool proliferation and rationalisation) Project data analysis (needs further definition?) Lead & motivate within the team Process Improvement (cross team / divisional) Contribute to business decisions Managing People Test approach and acceptance requirements Team Development Lead & motivate across teams Facilitate comms between business and IT teams defect manager Line Management Measure and Report on project / test progress Involved from concept to cash and in operation risk mitigation (identification and owner) Test Recruitment Process development improvement Use case challenger Test reporting measure level of quality Mitigating the SDET myth Test Activity Planning (MS Project) running system integration tests Coach non testers on design for testability Project resourcing Counter point to Project Manager (quality vs time) security and other non-functional testing mentor feature team members Push for long term efficiency not just short term requirements Providing sign-off OAT coaching in testing Testing is an activity not a single role test specification Lead by example No need for a Test Mgr in a truly agile team Reviews and approvals Fighting / standing up for the team Team appraisals? QA Management Have the broader view, are the business getting what they really wanted People Management Managing tests Test environment coordination Personal development plans Test environment definition Training and skills development Managing offshore partners Test Data Management Test Process Improvement Comms with senior stakeholders Organise reviews of Test Basis Docs (func specs etc.) Identify new tools, processes and practices to facilitate improvement Educate on effective test techniques Provide Metrics articulation and management of non-functional risks (to auditable std) Develop Junior Testers to work better for teams Making it all add up(?) take important decisions regarding quality Quality Conscience? ensure enough testing has happened Define and agree test strategy Team Resourcing? Release management and documentation Thought leadership (around testing) Identify quality process problems / opportunities Issue resolution Test infrastructure requests and management Building a team Provide info on quality of systems and services Promotion / enforcement of validation / verification Telling people the truth about quality provision of professional cynicism (iceberg avoidance) Plan and manage the testing Test environment ownership Report test coverage What problem is agile testing trying to solve? Business Liaison Co-ordinate disparate testing activities (cross projects, companies) Report and Manage metrics Lead strategic discussions (needs qualifying further) Gaining stakeholder buy-in to the test approach Risk Management motivating and engaging testers Firstrefinementofthesetasks
- 22. Coachteamsintestingpractices& techniques Writing good tests Self- documenting Isolated Concise A spec not a script About behaviour Readable Clear intention
- 28. ThankYoufor listening Ben Williams – ben@13enWilliams.com @13enWilliams Tom Roden – Tom.roden@neuri.co.uk @TommRoden