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Time to smash the boundaries: The evolution of an effective agile team
Derrick Qin Senior QA SpecialistPavel Shmueli QA Specialist
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Who we are
Pavel ShmueliQA Specialist at [email protected]://www.linkedin.com/in/pavelshmelkin
Derrick QinSenior QA Specialist at [email protected]://au.linkedin.com/in/derrick-qin-94640437
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A few words about ourselvesA couple of years ago Derrick and Pavel did:
Automation testing of various systems and different platforms
Manual Exploratory testing
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T-shape peopleThe vertical bar on the T represents the depth of related skills and expertise in a single field. The horizontal bar is the ability to collaborate across disciplines with experts in other areas and to apply knowledge in areas of expertise other than one's own.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-shaped_skills
Picture by James Royal-Lawson
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Case Study: Our process last year
Propose feature Code is ready, dev is done
Devops helps to set up environment
TestingTesting in production
Deployment to production
Product manager/Business Analyst Development Team Devops Team
Test TeamDev/Devops TeamsTest Team
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Case study: Last year - Downsides
Bottlenecks Slow way to production
People sit in comfort zone
Very few options for upskill
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We want to Change!!
Faster Delivery
Better Quality
Individual Development
Bottlenecks
Slow way to production
People sit in comfort zone
Very few options for upskill
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Our Company wants
Build high performing
teamsDeliver the customer
value/ product faster
Continuous delivery/
integration
To develop broken comb
people
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Broken comb people“Broken Comb people are continuously striving to learn and improve and to go deeper than just the surface, whatever discipline they are learning about.”
~ Brittany Hunter, Software Designer
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How we changed: BehavioursMindset change (we stopped being role minded!)
we’re not just Devs/QAs/BAs/Devopswe swap our ’hats’ easilya lot of pairing between all of us
People started to share their skills
People are keen to learn new skills
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How we changed: Challenges
People are not comfortable to change
No time to implement the new approach
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How we changed: Gains
Bottlenecks
Slow way to production
People sit in comfortable zone
Very few options for upskill
No key person dependency
Quicker way to production
People swap the zones/get new
skills
Plenty of options to learn
Better collaboration
Team members can challenge
each other
We understand better what we
actually do
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Case study: future
Card on Agile wall to add/fix
functionalityKick-off/Analysis Development/Code
Review
TestingTesting in production
Deployment to production
Anyone Anyone Anyone
AnyoneAnyoneAnyone
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Future we’re moving toEveryone is capable to pick up any piece of work based on projects needs
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Take Baby Steps
Don’t be afraid to challenge existing status quo
Encourage the team to change, learn/upskill
Give them the time to learn Allow time to adopt new culture/approach
Ask them to be open and share
Encourage everyone to participate and be actively involved
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Q & A
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Current state ‘swaps’Role Front End
DevBack End Dev
Devops QA BA Product Manager
Front End Dev
Back End Dev
Devops QA BA Product Manager