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TEST MANAGEMENTREVISITED
TEST MANAGEMENT
THE END OF THE ROAD FOR TEST
MANAGERS?
http://stephenjanaway.co.uk/stephenjanaway/management/end-road-test-managers/
BAD NEWS FOR TEST
MANAGERShttp://thesocialtester.co.uk/follow-the-work-bad-news-for-test-managers/
TEST LEADERSHIP
MANAGERS PROMOTE STABILITY LEADERS PRESS FOR CHANGE
What Leaders really do - John P Kotter
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Testers Pivots
BEST TESTING PRACTISE IN AUSTRALIA
EVERY TESTER IS
A TEST LEAD
CONTEXT-DRIVEN TESTING
PRACTISE
PROCESS
TESTERS
TOOLS
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
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
