The document introduces TREDD (Test Requirement Driven Development), a methodology created by Mike O'Reilly to improve product development team performance. TREDD emphasizes quality, accountability, and collaboration by having engineers, analysts, and QA define test requirements early and using test results to measure team performance. It aims to engage all team member talents and move teams towards zero defects and high quality deliverables on schedule. Adopting TREDD has the potential to significantly increase the efficiency and effectiveness of development teams.

1. TREDD
Test Requirement Driven
Development
The
Product Development
Catalyst

2. Mike O’Reilly
• Management Performance specialist with a specialty in agility
and product development
• Niche talent in turning around low performing teams into high
collaboration product development communities for
Financial, Insurance, Educational, Managed Services, and
Manufacturing sectors.
• Master’s from Pace University; Dual Bachelor’s from St. John’s
• Published TREDD – Test Requirement Driven Development

3. ”It started with an idea...

4. Develop software

5. Develop software
with people contributing their talents

6. Develop software
with people contributing their talents
in an efficient, effective, and rewarding manner...

7. Companies assemble
product or software development teams
are composed with a mix of talent

8. They are tasked to develop outstanding
products of superior quality

9. They follow a development methodology
like SCRUM, KANBAN, or WATERFALL

10. However, they begin to struggle to meet
essential project deliverables like -

11. They contribute based on their roles and
not on their talents

12. There is a better way to realize the
full potential of the development
team

13. Test Requirement Driven Development
(TREDD)
engages the teams talents to
drive team effectiveness

14. Emphasizes Three Key Attributes
• Quality
• Accountability
• Collaboration

15. TREDD improves the performance of
people who are working with the process

16. Product Development Team members
no longer work in silos

17. TREDD allows them to combined their
talents, emphasizing their abilities

18. Their efforts focus on
“beginning with the end in mind”

19. The team utilizes
Test Requirements
Test Cases
(primarily QA)
Requirements
(user stories
and
acceptance
criteria)
TEST
REQUIREMENTS

20. Engineers, Business Analysts and
QA(Quality Assistants) combine efforts
and define the requirements
– Test Requirements –
early when the user story is defined

21. Quality Assurance Value is Knowledge

22. D T F
Developers
Test
F irst

23. Software Developers can now create the
product to successfully pass the
Test Requirement - verifying their work!

24. QA and team members are no longer
facing a tidal wave of testing at the end of
an iteration

25. Now the team performs a quality
validation task, not a defect search effort

26. So what exactly are
Test Requirements?

27. Test Requirements
Have the following characteristics:
Pass/Fail Aspect
Aligned with
User Story
Analysts & Engineers apply test
requirements early
Anyone can contribute
Classify at end of the iteration

28. Classify Test Requirements
Test Requirement
Passed
Defective
New
Rejected

29. Test Requirement

30. The team is now focused on quality
contributions through their talents
and collaboration

31. Retrospectives have objective metrics to
determine team performance
How well
did we
really do?

32. Team focuses on quality by striving for
100% Passed Test Requirements

33. Defective Test Requirements provides
accountability and the opportunity to
increase productivity

34. New Test Requirements show that the
team is adding value to the product

35. Rejected Test Requirements indicate
inefficient effort and loss of focus

36. TREDD moves the team towards
zero defects and high quality on schedule.
Saving time and money

37. Are you willing to allow TREDD bring your
development team to new heights?

38. TREDD
Don’t
Wait…
Get it
Now!

39. Is This What You Need?
This is how the TREDD methodology catalyzes and improves the efficiency
and effectiveness of Product Development Teams utilizing SCRUM.
If your SCRUM teams aren’t performing to the level you were expecting,
then it may be worth your while to contact Savvy Management, and
further explore how TREDD can raise the performance and quality of your
Product Development Teams!
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