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How To Implement ATDD In Large Scale Agile Projects

Raj Subrameyer

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AGENDA● CONTEXT

● PROBLEMS

● ATDD IMPLEMENTATION

● RESULTS

● Q & A

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CONTEXT

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PROBLEMS

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PROBLEMS● No transparency

● Ambiguity in requirements

● No one owned the stories

● No one knew about the

automation framework

● No QA-Dev collaboration

● Frequent scope creep

● Team morale - all time low

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HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE FACED THESE PROBLEMS?

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Source: https://giphy.com

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ATDD IMPLEMENTATION

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WHOLE TEAM (25 people)

TEAM B (13 people)TEAM A (12 people)

WILL FOLLOW ATDD WILL CONTINUE OLD PROCESS

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ATDDIMPLEMENTATION

CYCLE

Training and experimentation

Increasing visibility

Iterative learning and feedback

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STEP 1

TRAINING AND EXPERIMENTATION

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TRAINING● How to write Gherkin (GWT)?

● Key attributes of a good story

● Demonstration of automation framework

● Exercises to write test code as a team

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Cucumber(Feature File)

Step Definition

WebDriver script(.net, java, nodeJS, php, etc…)

Device Or Emulators(iOS/Android)

Requirement

Methods to Implement

JSON/HTTP UI Automation

APPIUM Server

Cucumber withAppium Work Flow

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STEP 2

INCREASING VISIBILITY

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DAILY PROCESSES & CHECKLISTS

CHECKLISTS● Kick-off meetings

● QA-Dev handoff meetings

● Unit Test Written

● Automation Tests Written

● Story Testing complete

● PO demo complete

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Daily processes Process Hawk Automation visibility

INCREASING VISIBILITY

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STEP 3

ITERATIVE LEARNING AND FEEDBACK

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ITERATIVE FEEDBACK

Bi-Weekly retrospective

meetings

Quick 30 min meeting/week with Team A

Daily standup meetings

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IMPACT OF ATDD ON TESTING

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ATDD AND TESTING● Clarity on what is automated vs

not automated

● Paired exploratory testing

● Dev-QA paired up to write

automation code

● Tagging modules in

automation code

● Had separate automated

Smoke and Regression Test

● 2 day PR rule for automation

code

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SESSION BASED EXPLORATORY TESTING● 45-90 minute Time Boxed Sessions

● Charter/Goal

● Note Test Ideas/Scenarios

● Paraphrase/Debrief

● Discuss Observations

● Post Defects

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ATDD AND TESTING● Clarity on what is automated vs

not automated

● Paired exploratory testing

● Dev-QA paired up to write

automation code

● Tagging modules in

automation code

● Had separate automated

Smoke and Regression Test

● 2 day PR rule for automation

code

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RESULTS

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Source: https://giphy.com

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Source: http://123RF.com

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CONCLUSION

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CONCLUSION● Aligns with “Shift-Left Paradigm”

● More visibility into automation

● Not “One size fits all” approach

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YOU CAN DO THIS TOO

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