Test first, code later: the value of embedding test engineers
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In this presentation originally shared at the London #TestGathering on 20th March, The App Business' QA Manager Christina Ohanian shares her view on the need to embed testing at the very earliest stages of software development. Christina focuses not on tools, but the need for better communication, commitment and the understanding that in software development, conversations with the right people will save you.
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- 1. © 2014 The App Business Test first, code later Embedding the value of test engineers
- 2. © 2014 The App Business Originally presented at: London #TestGathering Christina Ohanian - QA Manager
- 3. © 2014 The App Business© 2014 The App Business (Yep, I know what we’re building.) #TesterGathering@theappbusiness
- 4. © 2014 The App Business© 2014 The App Business (OK, now we all know what we’re building.) #TesterGathering@theappbusiness
- 5. © 2014 The App Business© 2014 The App Business Understand in order to define what you’re building. (hold on…I thought it was a rectangle?!) #TesterGathering@theappbusiness
- 6. © 2014 The App Business© 2014 The App Business We found another bug. Great! Let’s log it in Jira (that makes 50 bugs…we must be doing a great job?) #TesterGathering@theappbusiness
- 7. © 2014 The App Business© 2014 The App Business Chasing and managing bugs ≠ technical excellence. (this is all testers do btw…apparently) #TesterGathering@theappbusiness
- 8. © 2014 The App Business© 2014 The App Business Building the right thing… with quality! (What do you mean you’ve only found 5 bugs?!) #TesterGathering@theappbusiness
- 9. © 2014 The App Business is it a bird? is it a plane? Test First! Code Later… © 2014 The App Business
- 10. © 2014 The App Business© 2014 The App Business Conversations matter. (no, not on Google chat!) #TesterGathering@theappbusiness
- 11. © 2014 The App Business© 2014 The App Business We all speak a different language. (What you mean by smoke testing?!) #TesterGathering@theappbusiness
- 12. © 2014 The App Business© 2014 The App Business #TesterGathering@theappbusiness (Never Assume!)
- 13. © 2014 The App Business (Jedi mind tricks) A New Hope © 2014 The App Business
- 14. © 2014 The App Business© 2014 The App Business Inspect and Adapt (Use the force, not a silver bullet) 1 #TesterGathering@theappbusiness
- 15. © 2014 The App Business© 2014 The App Business Team Commitment (Short lived is success without commitment) 2 #TesterGathering@theappbusiness
- 16. © 2014 The App Business© 2014 The App Business Continuous team collaboration (Two heads are better than one*) 3 #TesterGathering@theappbusiness *except if you’re attacked by a Troig
- 17. © 2014 The App Business© 2014 The App Business (and incase you’re wondering) #TesterGathering@theappbusiness
- 18. © 2014 The App Business© 2014 The App Business A culture shift (The lightsaber at the end of the tunnel) 4 #TesterGathering@theappbusiness
- 19. © 2014 The App Business© 2014 The App Business Have we built the right thing? Are we building the right thing? (Ahaa!…It’s a Hexagon!) #TesterGathering@theappbusiness
- 20. © 2014 The App Business© 2014 The App Business Technology is wide awake (now more than ever). (but nothing matters if you don’t know what you’re building) #TesterGathering@theappbusiness
- 21. © 2014 The App Business© 2014 The App Business Test First, Code Later (conversations will save you!) #TesterGathering@theappbusiness
- 22. Thank You © 2014 The App Business Christina Ohanian - QA Manager christina@theappbusiness.com ! www.theappbusiness.com Twitter @theappbusiness