The

Speed to Cool:

Valuing Testing

& Quality

in Agile Teams

Craig Smith

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Welcome…

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The speed

to cool…

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Thumbs up…

Cool!

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Choke...

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So, What is a

Tester?

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Look left…Look

right…

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Look up…

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CSI: Software

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Testers in an agile team

Analyst /

Customer

Developer TesterAutomation

Elaboration /

SpecificationAcceptance

Criteria

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Developers need

more testing involvement

Testers need more

technical involvement

Analysts need more

testing involvement

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Definition of

Quality…

(noun) the standard of something as measured

against other things of a similar kind; the degree

of excellence of somethingoxforddictionaries.com

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Implicit / Explicit Quality

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Quality means

different things

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Testing≠

Quality

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BuildingQuality

In

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Quality is everyone’s

responsibility

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Everyone likes to be

seen to value

quality

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Agile &

Testing

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We reflect work like

this...

To Do Analysis Develop Test Done

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Which is really

working like this...

To Do

Analysis

Develop

Test

Done

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Remind you of

something?

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Let’s ponder

the Agile

Manifesto

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Responding to

change

over

following a

plan

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Time to play the “Agile Manifesto

Tester’s Challenge”

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Challenge #1

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Individuals and interactions over

processes and tools

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Challenge #2

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Working software over

comprehensive documentation

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Challenge #3

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Customer collaboration over

contract negotiation

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Challenge #4

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Responding to change over

following a plan

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Measuring

Quality

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Success sliders

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Interoperability - + - +

Efficiency - - - - - - - -

Testability + + + + - +

Maintainability + + + - +

Reusability - - + + - + + +

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Shared understanding

of quality

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Quality Assessment

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Quality Assessment

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Reporting & metrics

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Understand continuous integration

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Understand code

metrics

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Report how

testing is going

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HEALTH

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ATDD / Specification

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Specification by

example

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Testing Skills

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Architecture Skills

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Technical Skills

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Share with

community

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Tools & Automation

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Get Involved

Early

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Queue To

Join

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Wrap

Up

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Do you have a testing skillset

(or are you just doing testing)?

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Does everybody understand their role in

quality?

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Is testing bringing

your agile process down?

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Are you thinking

differently about

measurement

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Are you testers

empowered?

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Testing is cool…

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...but I love it when quality

comes together

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Questions

???

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