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TEST MANAGEMENTREVISITED

TEST MANAGEMENT

THE END OF THE ROAD FOR TEST

MANAGERS?

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BAD NEWS FOR TEST

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TEST LEADERSHIP

MANAGERS PROMOTE STABILITY LEADERS PRESS FOR CHANGE

What Leaders really do - John P Kotter

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Testers Pivots

VISIONhttps://flic.kr/p/6gQk2R

BEST TESTING PRACTISE IN AUSTRALIA

EVERY TESTER IS

A TEST LEAD

CONTEXT-DRIVEN TESTING

PRACTISE

PROCESS

TESTERS

TOOLS

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MODEL SYSTEMS

IDENTIFY RISK

QUESTION ASSUMPTIONS

OFFER ALTERNATIVE VIEWPOINTS

ACTIVE PARTICIPATION

SHARE KNOWLEDGE

TEST SOFTWARE

PERFORM RESEARCH

DEVELOP STRATEGIES

AUTONOMOUS RESPONSIBLE AUTODIDACTIC SELF-AWARE COURAGEOUS

COACH TESTING

Satir Change Model as described by Stephen M Smith

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

TESTING RELATED STRATEGIES

➤ Continuous Delivery

➤ Testing in production

➤ Microservices

➤ Risk Based Automation

➤ Embedding Testing

➤ Performance Testing

➤ Operational Testing

➤ Test Environments

➤ Business Engagement

➤ Training & Growth

Pivot your Strategy Question Approach

Open to Experiments Diversify your Strategy

Woman in Tears - Picasso

EXPLORATORY TESTING TESTER DICTATES PROCESS

STRATEGY AT TEAM LEVEL

PAIRING WITH DEVELOPERS TESTER IS CENTRAL TO SOLUTION

MOTIVATION

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

AND THAT HAS TO BE OK

PEOPLE WILL MAKE DECISIONS

YOU DON’T AGREE WITH

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TESTER RETROS KNOWLEDGE SHARING

TESTER STANDUPS BE AVAILABLE

““What leaders really do is prepare organizations for change and help them cope as they struggle through it”

-John P Kotter

““What leaders really do is prepare organizations for change and help them cope as they struggle through it”

-John P Kotter

THANK YOUAnne-Marie Charrett

amcharrett@testingtimes.com.au mobile: +61410560923

Twitter: charrett