test management revisited atd2k16

TEST MANAGEMENTREVISITED

THE END OF THE ROAD FOR TEST

MANAGERS?

http://stephenjanaway.co.uk/stephenjanaway/management/end-road-test-managers/

BAD NEWS FOR TEST

MANAGERShttp://thesocialtester.co.uk/follow-the-work-bad-news-for-test-managers/

TEST LEADERSHIP

MANAGERS PROMOTE STABILITY LEADERS PRESS FOR CHANGE

What Leaders really do - John P Kotter

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Testers Pivots

Satir Change Model as described by Stephen M Smith

VISIONhttps://flic.kr/p/6gQk2R

BEST TESTING PRACTISE IN AUSTRALIA

EVERY TESTER IS

A TEST LEAD

STRATEGYhttps://flic.kr/p/cpLKpJ

TESTING STRATEGIES

TESTING RELATED STRATEGIES

➤ Continuous Delivery

➤ Testing in production

➤ Microservices

➤ Risk Based Automation

➤ Embedding Testing

➤ Performance Testing

➤ Operational Testing

➤ Test Environments

➤ Business Engagement

➤ Training & Growth

MOTIVATION

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

COACHING

Logs

(the task)

Bruce

(the coach)Jimmy

(the student)

COACHING TASKS

➤ Test Strategy with MindMaps

➤ Risk Based Testing

➤ Analysing a Story

➤ Test Strategies

➤ Exploratory Testing

➤ Modelling

➤ Oracles

Coach

“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

PEOPLE WILL MAKE DECISIONS

YOU DON’T AGREE WITHAND THAT HAS TO BE

OK

STRATEGYhttps://flic.kr/p/cpLKpJ

TESTING STRATEGIES

TESTING RELATED STRATEGIES

➤ Continuous Delivery

➤ Testing in production

➤ Microservices

➤ Risk Based Automation

➤ Embedding Testing

➤ Performance Testing

➤ Operational Testing

➤ Test Environments

➤ Business Engagement

➤ Training & Growth

ALIGNMENThttps://flic.kr/p/6gQk2R

COACHING & TRAINING PUSH DECISION MAKING DOWN

MAKE WORK VISIBLE WORK ON ENVIRONMENT CONSTANTLY RE-INVENT BUILD RELATIONSHIPS

““What leaders really do is prepare organizations for change and help them cope as they struggle through it”

-John P Kotter

THANK YOUAnne-Marie Charrett

amcharrett@testingtimes.com.au mobile: +61410560923

Twitter: charrett