Cherrypic 2016-agile-testing
This document discusses Agile testing principles and practices. It defines Agile as valuing individuals and interactions over processes, working software over documentation, customer collaboration over contract negotiation, and responding to change over following a plan. It describes typical Agile team roles including the Agile Coach, Tester, Developer, and Product Owner. It then discusses Agile testing principles such as continuous feedback, delivering value, face-to-face communication, simplicity, and continuous improvement. The document outlines the Plan, Run, Evaluate, Improve steps of Agile testing and emphasizes the importance of continuous feedback and learning. It concludes that an Agile testing mindset is customer-focused, collaborative, and passionate about timely delivery of business value.
Cherrypic 2016-agile-testing
- 3. What is Agile? 1. Individuals And Interactions over processes and tools 2. Working software over comprehensive documentation 3. Customer collaboration over contract negotiation 4. Responding to change over following a plan That is, while there is value in the items on the right, we value the items on the left more. Better ways of developing software, doing it and helping others do it. Through this work we have come to value: 3
- 4. Agile Software development Teams Team Composition • Agile Coach (AC) • Agile Tester (Tester) • Developer (DEV) • Product Owner (PO) PO AC DEVs Tester(s) 4
- 5. Agile Testing What the heck is that? 5
- 6. Agile Testing Principles Continuous feedback. Deliver Value to the Customer Enable face-to-face communication Have Courage Keep it Simple ENJOY Practice Continuous Improvement Respond to Change Self-Organize Focus on People 6
- 8. Agile Testing Step By Step PLAN 8
- 9. Agile Testing Step By Step RUN 9
- 10. Agile Testing Step By Step EVALUATE 10
- 11. Agile Testing Step By Step IMPROVE 11
- 12. How can we Improve? 12
- 15. “I think it’s very important to have a feedback loop, where you’re constantly thinking about what you’ve done and how could be doing it better” Elon Musk 15
- 16. Conclusion: Promote or Impose quality? 16
- 17. How I see things 17
- 18. An “agile testing mind-set” is customer-focused, results-oriented, craftsman-like, collaborative, creative, eager to learn, and passionate about delivering business value in a timely manner. Attitude is important, and it blurs the lines between testers, programmers, and other roles on an agile team. 18