welcome to the future! preparing for our agile testing journeys, agile testing days 2014
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Keynote by Janet Gregory and Lisa CrispinTRANSCRIPT
WELCOME TO THE FUTURE! �.�
PREPARING FOR OUR AGILE TESTING JOURNEYS
AGILE TESTING DAYS – POTSDAM, GERMANY NOVEMBER 2014
Lisa Crispin & Janet Gregory @lisacrispin @janetgregoryca
The Timid Tester
THE WORLD AS IT WAS…
The Cowboy Programmer
ENTER … SUPER AGILE PERSON �
AND THEN … �COLLABORATION �
From Shrek�
AS WE CONTINUE TO GO WHERE NO MAN (OR
WOMAN) HAS GONE BEFORE… �
CAN WE REALLY PREDICT WHAT WILL BE? �
• Challenges • What would we like to help? • What can we do?
• Changing the conversation
• What can we do this week to prepare?
TOPICS�
CHALLENGES�
• Always more for testers to know … • Specific contexts: • big data, distributed teams, the
enterprise, embedded, mobile, robotics, gaming
• New technologies, techniques • Building the right thing – adding value • Continuous delivery, continuous testing
THE FUTURE WHAT WE WANT (MAYBE NEED)
VS
THE PRESENT WHAT WE HAVE & HOW WE CAN ADAPT
THE AGILE TESTER�Needs to: • learn new skills • keep up with new technologies • communicate well • keep their finger on the pulse
of product quality In other words, be a shape-shifter to adapt to ever-changing needs
Mystique: X-men�
Odo, Star Trek – Deep Space 9�
The ability:
• to learn
• to become a T-shaped tester
• to use cognitive thinking skills
• to take charge of your career
WHAT WE DO HAVE … IS
BREADTH
D E
P T
H
• Technical awareness – to collaborate with other roles • Exploratory testing • New techniques, eg. • Swarming • Generative testing • Dealing with ‘big data’
YOUR CONTEXT
Superman – his cave / crystals
A COMMON CHALLENGE
Want to be able to talk face-to-face
WHENEVER THEY WANT!
Distributed teams
In other words, they need a transporter
Original Star Trek series-
• Use existing tools better • Video conferencing, webcams • Collaboration aids – eg. mind mapping • Air travel, road trip, feet
• Learn to respect other’s cultures
WHAT WE CAN DO … IS
Original Star Trek series – Spock, Vulcan Live long and prosper
Next Generation Star Trek series- Warf, Klingon
OUR NEXT CHALLENGE: GIVING CUSTOMERS WHAT THEY NEED
Customers want us to deliver exactly what they are thinking.
arstechnica.com Original Star Trek series – Vulcan mind meld
Learn tools to help us determine what the real problem is - like impact mapping (Gojko Adzic)
WHAT WE CAN DO… IS
Or story mapping (Jeff Patton)
Incorporate other disciplines - like business analysis (eg. 7 product dimensions)
From Discover to Deliver by Ellen Gottesdiener and Mary Gorman
- or user experience experts
WE CAN ALSO ….
• Guide development with real examples • Not only the API level, but in UI as well
AND ….
IS IT TIME TO CHANGE THE CONVERSATION?
SO, WHAT MAY NOT WORK IN THE FUTURE?
Original Star Trek series- Season 2: Episode 15
• Know your stakeholders • What are their objectives? • What problem are they trying to solve • Create a shared understanding
BUSINESS VALUE
Original Star Trek series cast
Original Star Trek series “bad guys”
More than project or product risk
Uncertainty
Models can help us chose how we attack a problem
• For example: knowing the difference between complexity vs.. complicated vs.. simple or even chaotic
Read Liz Keogh on the Cynefin model
USE DIFFERENT APPROACHES AND TOOLS
TO:
- Understand the problem - Mitigate your risk - Manage your uncertainty - Understand the value
- Validate the solution
for example: • How will mobile apps
evolve? • How will we test them?
CAN WE PREDICT THE FUTURE? �.�
IT WOULD BE HELPFUL… �
Perhaps we start with a risk profile, and focus on a risk-‐based or value-‐based solu9on delivery.
Note: not test-‐based
"WHEN CAN I STOP DOING CUSTOMER VALIDATION AND
EXPERIMENTATION?
UM. NEVER. “
CHERYL QUIRION
Original Star Trek series – Scotty, the engineer
NEW HORIZONS��
WHAT’S NEXT FOR YOU? �
THE WORLD AS IT IS… �
CELEBRATE & ENJOY THE CONFERENCE!
Agile Testing: A Practical Guide for Testers and Agile Teams
By Lisa Crispin and Janet Gregory
www.janetgregory.ca email: [email protected] Twitter: @janetgregoryca
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