The document discusses testing challenges for teams transitioning to agile and provides recommendations for addressing them. It recommends starting with automating frequent, time-consuming tasks to "stop the bleeding". It also suggests beginning pair testing and programming to facilitate collaboration between testers and developers. The document advocates filling in test automation over time using the test automation pyramid and testing quadrants frameworks as guides.

1. Testing Legacy AppsDawn Cannan, agile tester

2. You are a tester on a team that is “going agile” or has “gone agile”Most testing has been people manually clicking and typing on the “QA Server”Bug reports have been filed and many ignored for a while, leading to a huge bug databaseThe test team now has to figure out how to “go agile”, tooOr, maybe you’re new to a team that has never had a tester or test team beforeDoes this sound familiar?

3. So many “types” of testing, and how much of each do we need?What’s the “big picture”?

4. Test Automation Pyramid* Pyramid via Mike Cohn

5. Agile Testing Quadrants* Quadrants via Lisa Crispin and Janet Gregory

6. Mike Cohn describes it well in a 3-step processWhere do we start?

7. Stop the bleedingIdentify frequent and time-consuming tasksBegin to automate themBegin to run them regularly“Hey developer, can youhelp me with this?”

8. Pair Testing

9. Start pair-developing (pair tester with dev)Start writing testautomation with newfeaturesRegular builds or continuous integration“Done” means codedand tested (and documented, if needed)Stay Current

10. Pair Programming

11. Start to fill in automation of regression testsSome UI testsMany FitNesse/integration testsLOTS OF unittestsBegin to refactor both code and testsCatch Up

12. Test Automation Pyramid (revisited)* Pyramid via Mike Cohn

13. Agile Testing Quadrants (revisited)* Quadrants via Lisa Crispin and Janet Gregory

14. Collaboration

15. www.lisacrispin.com – Lisa Crispinwww.janetgregory.ca – Janet Gregory www.exampler.com - Brian Marick www.testobsessed.com – Elisabeth Hendricksonwww.mountaingoatsoftware.com – Mike Cohngojko.net – GojkoAdzicwww.passionatetester.com – me! www.testingreflections.com Agile Manifesto: http://agilemanifesto.org/Agile Testing References