Keith Klain is one of my favorite thought leaders in the software testing space and it was inspirational to hear him share his secrets on how to transition from tester to test leader. He shared how to increase the value of yourself and your testing organization at your company. Keith's Presentation was Split into Two Sections - Why arn't there more people in testing with leadership positions -Three takeaways to improve your value at your organization

1. transition
making the
Keith Klain
from
LEADER
TESTER
to

6. CULTURE
EATSSTRATEGY
FOR BREAKFAST
Peter Drucker

7. testing is…
TOO SLOW
DOESN’T UNDERSTAND OUR BUSINESS
UNNECCESARY
EXPENSIVE
NOT TECHNICAL
NEEDS TO BE AUTOMATED

8. developers
consultants
TEST TOOL VENDORS
agile
outsourcing
x-treme programming
RUP
DSDM
V-Model
scrum
certification
RAD
TDD
LEAN KANBAN
test
maturity
models
metrics
Cost
process
improvement
YOUQuality
of

10. YES

13. focus on the
business

15. interactional
expertise
“expertise in the language
of a specialism in the
absence of expertise in its
practice”
Rethinking Expertise
Harry Collins, Robert Evans

16. rethink test
management
focus on the
business

18. “We never
are right,
we can only
be sure we
are wrong.”
Richard
Feynman

20. KNOW YOUR
MISSION
rethink test
management
focus on the
business

21. what is the
mission
of testing?

22. nformation!

23. answers for their CFO
• regulatory and financial risk
• operational governance
threats to their business
• defect impact – found in test
• what problems are your competitors
experiencing?
market data
• what are your competitors doing?
• what should we be doing now?
• two years from now?
business opportunities

24. …and lastly!