The document discusses the changing role of test managers and the need for test leaders. It argues that test managers promote stability while test leaders press for change. It then provides examples of test strategies like continuous delivery and risk-based automation. It presents a coaching model and emphasizes creating the right environment for teams to thrive. It advocates for pushing decision making down, making work visible, and constantly reinventing and building relationships.

1. TEST MANAGEMENT
REVISITED

2. THE END OF
THE ROAD
FOR TEST
MANAGERS?
http://stephenjanaway.co.uk/stephenjanaway/
management/end-road-test-managers/

3. BAD NEWS
FOR
TEST
MANAGERS
http://thesocialtester.co.uk/follow-the-work-bad-
news-for-test-managers/

4. TEST LEADERSHIP

5. MANAGERS PROMOTE STABILITY
LEADERS PRESS FOR CHANGE
What Leaders really do - John P Kotter

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Testers Pivots

7. Satir Change Model as described by Stephen M Smith

8. VISION
https://flic.kr/p/6gQk2R

9. BEST TESTING PRACTISE
IN AUSTRALIA

10. EVERY TESTER
IS
A TEST LEAD

11. STRATEGY
https://flic.kr/p/cpLKpJ

12. TESTING STRATEGIES

13. TESTING RELATED STRATEGIES
➤ Continuous Delivery
➤ Testing in production
➤ Microservices
➤ Risk Based Automation
➤ Embedding Testing
➤ Performance Testing
➤ Operational Testing
➤ Test Environments
➤ Business Engagement
➤ Training & Growth

14. MOTIVATION

15. MODEL
SYSTEMS
ASSESS
RISK
QUESTION
ASSUMPTIONS
OFFER
ALTERNATIVE
VIEWPOINTS
ACTIVE
PARTICIPATION
SHARE
KNOWLEGE
TEST
SOFTWARE
PERFORM
RESEARCH
DEVELOP
STRATEGIES
AUTONOMOUS
RESPONSIBLE
AUTODIDACTIC
SELF-AWARE
COURAGEOUS
TEST INFECT
TEAM

16. COACHING

17. Logs
(the task)
Bruce
(the coach)
Jimmy
(the student)

18. COACHING TASKS
➤ Test Strategy with MindMaps
➤ Risk Based Testing
➤ Analysing a Story
➤ Test Strategies
➤ Exploratory Testing
➤ Modelling
➤ Oracles
Coach

20. “WHEN A FLOWER
DOESN’T BLOOM
YOU FIX THE
ENVIRONMENT IN
WHICH IT GROWS
NOT THE FLOWER”
A. Den Heijer
https://flic.kr/p/63xfk8

21. PEOPLE WILL MAKE
DECISIONS
YOU DON’T AGREE WITH
AND THAT HAS TO BE
OK

22. STRATEGY
https://flic.kr/p/cpLKpJ

23. TESTING STRATEGIES

24. TESTING RELATED STRATEGIES
➤ Continuous Delivery
➤ Testing in production
➤ Microservices
➤ Risk Based Automation
➤ Embedding Testing
➤ Performance Testing
➤ Operational Testing
➤ Test Environments
➤ Business Engagement
➤ Training & Growth

25. ALIGNMENT
https://flic.kr/p/6gQk2R

28. COACHING & TRAINING
PUSH DECISION MAKING DOWN
MAKE WORK VISIBLE
WORK ON ENVIRONMENT
CONSTANTLY RE-INVENT
BUILD RELATIONSHIPS

29. ““What leaders really do is prepare
organizations for change and help
them cope as they struggle through
it”
-John P Kotter

30. THANK YOUAnne-Marie Charrett
amcharrett@testingtimes.com.au
mobile: +61410560923
Twitter: charrett