Janet Gregory, DragonFire Inc. Copyright 2015

Agile Japan April 2015

@janetgregoryca With input from Lisa Crispin

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Agile TesEng; 2009 More Agile TesEng: Oct 2014

Website: www.agiletester.com www.agiletester.ca

DragonFire Inc.

www.janetgregory.ca @janetgregoryca

janet@agiletester.ca

Ill share my experiences to show that tesEng in agile projects

can span global teams

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And hopefully the lessons I learned can help you.

Co-located teams: Agiles sweet spot

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Mergers & acquisiEons Large global organizaEons Lack of experEse in-house Theore&cal cost savings ??

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Ability to hire the right people More diversity Follow the sun

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Extra communicaEon eorts Time zone dierences

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Dependencies Slower feedback

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Language

History, habits

InteracEons

Share everything. Play fair. Dont take things that arent yours without asking. Throwing sand is never OK. Being mean will eventually result in you playing, unhappily, on your own. No kicking or breaking other peoples sandcastles. Playing nice with others is best.

Misunderstandings Lack of trust Lack of face Eme Splidng work between teams CollaboraEon / communicaEon

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1. Find a pair 2. One person faces away

from the screen 3. The other person will

have 2 -3 minutes to describe the picture I show next

4. When I say stop, turn around and discuss any dierences in what was described.

1. 2. 3.

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Tes6ng Specic Issues

Separate test team

Too many dependencies

TesEng integraEon

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All team members should have access to decisions made planning sessions meeEng notes Equal opportunity

Everyone on headsets (for example)

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Email to broadcast, follow-up on conversaEons

Telephone Instant messaging

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Email

Use video Virtual tele-presence Pair screen share Big screen TVs

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Chat rooms Wiki CollaboraEve automaEon tools: Slack, Idobata Mind-mapping tools: Astah, XMind Story mapping: Cardboardit Remote pairing: VPN, Skype, Zoom

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Wiki (Slack, Idobata) Astah, Xmind Cardboardit :VPN, Skype, Zoom

Have fun! Get to Know each other!

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Tests provide fast feedback Tests show desired behaviour Testers think about the big picture MulEple skill sets mean bener soluEon

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DeniEon of DONE Power of 3 Draw pictures Repeat verbal conversaEons in wriEng

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DONE Power of 3

YIELD

Use tests and examples for shared understanding and common language

Keep the feedback cycle short Remove dependencies early

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Note: Feature teams are preferable with all team members co-located

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Common orientaEon O shore teams Acquired teams New remote team members Foster a learning culture

Tolerate mistakes Personal safety Give Eme to experiment, to try and fail and learn

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Schedules Overlapping Emes MeeEngs Share the pain Use retrospecEves

IdenEfy problem areas Experiment with soluEons

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Think constantly of other teams or team members Extend help to others Provide visibility into current quality of the product

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Whole team approach Use your diverse skills Respect culture: yours and others

Avoid silos geographical or funcEonal

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And have fun! Work together to a common goal, but make sure you enjoy

the journey.

Agile Tes&ng: A Prac&cal Guide for Testers and Agile Teams

More Agile Tes&ng: Learning Journeys for the Whole Team

By Janet Gregory and Lisa Crispin www.agiletester.ca

Contact info www.janetgregory.ca Email: janet@agiletester.ca Twiner: janetgregoryca

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Instead of saying NO,

or being the gatekeeper

Be the informaEon provider so business can make the decisions

Ques6ons?

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Prac&ces for Scaling Lean & Agile Development: Large, Mul&site and Oshore Product Development with Large-Scale Scrum, Craig Larman and Bas Vodde, Addison-Wesley, 2010

Agile SoGware Development in the Large: Diving into the Deep, Juna Eckstein, Dorset House, 2004

Agile-tesEng@yahoogroups.com Pictures taken on safari in Kenya and Tanzania with Nature Encounters Tours, or from Microsop oce clipart selecEons

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www.lisacrispin.com Rothman ConsulEng Group, Inc. Vol 9, #5: Building Trust in any Team

hnp://leadingsopwaretesEnginanagileworld.blogspot.co.uk/2011/03/distributed-agile-test-teams-making-it.html

hnp://sites.google.com/site/visualisingquality/ hnp://www.slideshare.net/johannarothman/agile-testandtestmgmtatd

Linda Rising: hnp://www.agilevancouver.ca/video/who-do-you-trust/

Make Your Tele-Team Work hnp://lisacrispin.com/downloads/teleteam.pdf

hnp://www.bridgetdicello.com/playing-nice-in-the-sandbox/

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