QA Evolution to the present day

Presener: Michael YavinQA Engineer

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Evolution

Analytic School

Analytic Schooltesting process

• Testing is a branch of Mathematics• All developers are testers• Good for mathematic oriented products• Is a base of testing schools

Analytic School(50th)

Standard School

• Came from growing industry• Soft = Standart = Success• Testing must be managed (i.e. predictable, repeatable, planned)• Testing measures development progress

Standard School

Quality School

• Quality (standart) can be only for customer • Testers may need to police developers to follow the rules.• Testers have to protect users from bad software.• Gatekeeper - QA

Quality School

Agile School

• Iterative develop small features and show• Software is an ongoing conversation• Agile manifesto • Product owner as quality identificator• Testing tells us when development story is complete• Tests must be automated

Agile School(begin of 90th)

Context-Driven School

• Context is a main thing• Product have quality, if it solve proper issue• Software created by people. People set the context.• Testing provides information to the project.• Testing is a skilled, mental activity.• Testing must be flexible

Context-Driven School

Who is Quality Engineers and what they do

ХТО МИ ТАКІ?

МИ ТЕСТУВАЛЬНИКИ!

Here do this, there do that.

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Workflow in small companies

Workflow in big companies

Quality Engineer

Quality Engineer

Feature knowledge

Quality Engineer

Feature knowledgeCritical side view

Quality Engineers in SysIQ

• Nobody wants pay for testers, but all want quality products• Testing is a product thermometer• All depends of context• Main question is: how to choose right approach or combine them

Conclusion

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