We re Moving to Agile: What Are Our Testers Going to Do?

We re Moving to Agile: What Are Our Testers Going to Do? <Discussion of an Agile Testing mindset> A Webcast by Pradeepa Narayanaswamy and Scrum.org Moderated by Ravi Verma

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About Pradeepa Narayanaswamy https://www.linkedin.com/in/pradeepanarayanaswamy pradeepa_n@yahoo.com 16 Years in the Software Development Profession 6 Years Agile Training & Coaching Organizer for DFW Scrum Masters in Computer Applications Enterprise Agile Coach and Trainer 1993-2015 Scrum.org, All Rights Reserved 4

What is Agile Testing??? 6

Agile Testing Asynchronous Done in Parallel with Development Not Possible without Collaboration Incremental Testing Feedback Guides Development on a Daily Basis

Testing is a Design Activity Test Business Requirement Potentially Shippable Product Requirement Code

Agile Testing in a Nut Shell Test Start Testing Specialist Coding Specialist Done Understand the User Story Execute domains Test Writing Emphasis Testing Specialist Coding Specialist Understand mutual domains Testing Specialist How will we build this? Testing Specialist Coding Specialist Code Writing Emphasis How will we test this? Coding Specialist Chad Albrecht

Agile Testing Goals Quality = Acceptance Criteria + Definition of Done Quality is Measured by Customer Feedback Fix Defects instead of Managing them

Avoiding Mini-Waterfall

Agile Testing Mindset

Collaboration is Inevitable Stakeholders

Team Owns Quality

Planning is Always Ongoing

Communication is Critical

Different Modes of Communication Most Preferred CENTARE.COM Least Preferred

Requirements are NOT set in Stone!!

Cross-Functional Teams Depth of Expertise

Are they Cross-Functional?

Typical Metrics Matter Least

Keep an Eye on the BIG Picture

Testing to Aid Fast Feedback

Failure is OK, Fail Fast & Learn

Testers Contribution in Events

Planning Approach the Planning from Testing Perspective Identify Test Scenarios Identify ilities Challenge Technical Discussions from Testing Standpoint Assist Team Identify Tasks that may be Specifically around Testing

Backlog Refinement Understand Feature Technical Details Define & Refine Acceptance criteria Effort Estimation Testing Items are Included Test Related Intricacies may be Discussed/Understood

Daily 15 Minutes Discuss your progress, plan for next 24 hours Gets at least a Daily Opportunity to Discuss Impediments with other Team Members Proactively find Opportunities to Collaborate with Other Team Members

Retrospective Discuss Testing pain points Quality Issues Quality Improvements Identify Action Items

Sprint/Iteration Testing Related Activities Offer Assistance wherever Possible Learning and Mentoring opportunity Testing in Parallel to Development Fast Feedback

Testers Contribution in Artifacts

Backlog Assist the Team with the User Stories and Acceptance Criteria Discuss Test Scenarios with the Team To Add Clarity To Determine Testability

Product Increment As a team Demonstrate the DONE work Gather Feedback for the DONE work from the Stakeholders/Customers

Defect Management

Agile Testing = Defect Prevention

What do you do with the Bugs? Determine Shippability Un-shippable Bugs means Undone Work Communicate to your Product Owner Help Understand Criticality Determine Next Steps

Metrics that Matter!

Hawthorne Effect

What behavior is this Driving??

Metrics to Consider Metric Purpose Audience Working Software To gain review feedback Scrum Team, Stakeholders, Customers Sprint Burndown Team s progress during a Sprint Development Team Velocity Trend Team s throughput over Sprints Development Team Release Burndown To forecast feature completion based on team s historical velocity over Sprints Scrum Team, Stakeholders, Customers

Documentation What Matters??

What to Document?? Help Documents/User Manuals Deployment/Maintenance Documents Technical Documentation Details can be gathered from the Code Definition of Done Other documents that are typically produced Product Backlog Item, User Story, Exploratory Charters, Test cases do Just Enough Documentation

To Conclude

What is NOT Agile Testing?? Separate Verification and Validation phase Bug Fix phase Pre-Release phase Independent teams Automation Regression System Performance

Testing from Day 1 Defining Behaviors as a Team Pairing between Specialties Creating Testable Task List

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In Summary Test in Parallel to Development Quality is Owned by the Whole Team Testing is NOT the responsibility of just the Testers Testing Feedback guides Development on a Daily Basis 47

https://www.linkedin.com/in/pradeepanarayanaswamy Pradeepa_n@yahoo.com Dallas, Texas, USA Thank You! 48