Session Based Test Management

in practice

Control adaptive accountable

1. Overview

S B

MT

MManaging

TTesting

SSessions

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SBTM

2. Elements

Mission:

Test X because Y...

Charter

uninterrupted time:Short: 60

normal: 90

long: 120

Types of sessions

Discovery or

Touring

Bug

investigation

Retesting bug

reports

Whatever idea you

pick

Test object

specific

SESSION LOG FILE

What I did

and saw

ISSUES

(process/

project)

BUGS

(product)

Link to

screen

recordings

ID of

data files

Who –

What –

When

DEbrief

Testing time

Bug reporting time

setup time

a good round figure will do....

What about time

outsidesessions ?

3. Dangers

This can still go wrong:

Resistance

breaking the time box

Skipping debriefings

Who’s

managing this

s*** anyway ?

.. ohh.. I do!

MManaging

TTesting

SSessions

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4. Overview Managing

Sessions

Dangers

Debrief

Testing

Accountable

Control

M

Managing

T

Testing

S

Sessions

for Coverage

metrics for Accountability

Adaptability is called for

Requires knowledge sharing

Build skill – and keep building

Session logs provides details – as many

as are requested

Based on Charters – directed by the tester

Uninterrupted time – 60, 90 or 120 min

Debriefed every day

Can be done by single tester or a pair

AcknowledgementsJames Marcus Bach and

Jonathan Bach

Michael Bolton

Louise Perold, Chris Blain and Paul

Carvalho

Testers I have worked with

Search the internet for SBTM!!

for making this possible by inventing SBTM

http://www.developsense.com

for loving to do SBTM and bearing with me

for supplying ideas and reviewing this

http://www.satisfice.com

for providing me with insightful notes

Gerald M. Weinberg

for the constant inspiration

Thank you!

My name is

Carsten Feilberg

Email: carsten.feilberg@s-d.dk

Skype: carsten.feilberg

Twitter: Carsten_F

I’ll be happy to talk to you!

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