test first - testing in agile teams

Test FirstTesting in an Agile Team

Tomas Malmsten @tomasmalmsten

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What then?

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Testers are in from the startTestable Requirements

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Tools for requirements

• TextTest

• Fitnesse

• BDD Gherkin

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Tools for automation

• Selenium

• Cucumber

• Fitnesse

• Sikuli

• And more…

Exploratory TestingI want you to break it!

Demo and ReleaseRelease working software

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Summary• Testable requirements

• Define exit criteria up front

• Automate as much as possible

• Exploratory testing to break the system

• Release to customer

• Use retrospective for continuous improvement

• Make sure everyone wants to take part

Q & A Your experiences?

Tomas Malmsten http://www.tomasmalmsten.com

@tomasmalmsten tomas.malmsten@diversify.se

Øresund SoftwareCraftsmanship Group

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Links• http://www.scrumplop.org

• http://coding-is-like-cooking.info/2013/09/approval-testing/

• http://fitnesse.org

• http://www.sikuli.org/

• http://www.seleniumhq.org/

• http://oredev.org/videos/test-manager-in-an-agile-team

• http://www.stickyminds.com/article/developers-exploratory-testing