TMAcad: We're work in Progress, Lessons on Becoming a Great Tester

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We’re Work in Progress
Becoming a Great Tester
by Maaret Pyhäjärvi

The value of another’s
experience is to give us
hope, not to tell us how or
whether to proceed
- Peter Block

Testing is done by People.
Our features define how
well testing gets done.

A Recipe
Test
Introspect
From a tester to a software
professional with a testing emphasis

Being and Becoming a
Tester
Developing into a Specialty

Empirical Evidence
over Speculation

Product is my external
imagination
I am my developer’s external imagination
1

The Tool: an A4 Paper
Mission
Sandbox Description
Current Charter
Other Charters Details
?# x

No one is just a tester
2

Tester identity helps you
find community to learn
with, tester skillset
makes you blend into
the system and overall
value chain.

I’ve been told I’m not a tester.

Job Crafting:
Shape the job based on
who you are

Continuous Learning
through Empirical Focus
3

Good Enough of
today is not good
enough of tomorrow.

See the Positive
amongst the Negative.
Balance.
4

Being and Becoming a
Software Professional
With Testing Emphasis

A Story of a
Disruptive Moment

Safety is a prerequisite
for learning
5

We don’t have to agree on
anything to be kind to one
another.

Ask for forgiveness, not
permission

Discover what makes
you better, experiment
6

Opportunity Cost:
time on one is
time away from another.

Sharing is a way
of learning
7

Who you are and
who you want to be?
8

Fear may tell you
what you should try.
9

We Co-CreateValue
10

Best ideas win
when you care
about work over
credit

Amplified Learning
Pair Development & Mob Programming/Testing

I have an idea…
Give me the keyboard
TRADITIONAL
I have an idea…
Please take the keyboard
STRONG STYLE

When you pair on
Hard problem è Solution
Easy problem è Innovation

"All the brilliant people working on
the same thing, at the same time, in
the same space, on the same
computer." -- Woody Zuill

We raise our collective
competence, allowing
individuals to use
specialized skills

Maaret Pyhäjärvi
Email: maaret@iki.fi
Twitter: @maaretp
Web: maaretp.com
Blog: visible-quality.blogspot.fi
(please connect with me through
Twitter or LinkedIn)

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