test management revisited atd2k16
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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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AUGUST NOVEMBER FEBRUARY MAY AUGUST NOVEMBER FEBRUARY
Testers Pivots
Satir Change Model as described by Stephen M Smith
BEST TESTING PRACTISE IN AUSTRALIA
EVERY TESTER IS
A TEST LEAD
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
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
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
