Cross-team Pair Testing: Lessons of a Testing Traveler (TestBash Brighton 2019)
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The document describes Lisa Hocke's experience becoming a "testing traveler" by pairing with other testers around the world over 10 months and 25 sessions. Some key lessons learned include gaining new skills and insights from each pairing, as well as the value of sharing knowledge with the broader testing community. The document encourages other testers to start their own tours by pairing with others, and to then share their experiences.
Cross-team Pair Testing: Lessons of a Testing Traveler (TestBash Brighton 2019)
- 1. CROSS-TEAM PAIR TESTING LESSONS OF A TESTING TRAVELER @lisihocke
- 2. Fan art by François Coutu | http://fav.me/d5q8gpd TOUR OUR JOURNEY TODAY @lisihocke START TIPS
- 3. Fan art by Aaron Godwin | http://fav.me/d2bf9n0 LET‘S START WITH WHY GETTING INSPIRED @lisihocke
- 4. HAVE YOU EVER ASKED YOURSELF… @lisihocke
- 5. CHALLENGE: BECOME A BETTER SKILLED TESTER @lisihocke
- 8. PAIRING UP FOR LEARNING @lisihocke
- 9. “I believe that pairing and mobbing with fellow testers from the community on hands-on exploratory testing and automation will result in continuously increasing skills and knowledge as well as serendipitous learning. I’ll know I have succeeded when I noted down at least one concrete new insight or applied one new technique per testing session and shared that with the community.” MY HYPOTHESIS @lisihocke
- 10. THE EXPERIMENT: BECOME A TESTING TRAVELER @lisihocke
- 11. THE EXPERIMENT: BECOME A TESTING TRAVELER @lisihocke PROBE:
- 13. SOURCES OF INSPIRATION @lisihocke Lisa Crispin @lisacrispin
- 14. SOURCES OF INSPIRATION @lisihocke Lisa Crispin @lisacrispin Sallyann Freudenberg @SalFreudenberg
- 15. SOURCES OF INSPIRATION @lisihocke Lisa Crispin @lisacrispin Sallyann Freudenberg @SalFreudenberg Maaret Pyhäjärvi @maaretp
- 16. THE TESTING TOUR LESSONS LEARNED @lisihocke
- 20. THE PEOPLE VISITED ON MY TOUR #01 Maaret Pyhäjärvi @maaretp #02 Thiago Amanajás @ThiagoAmanajas @lisihocke Explore Automate
- 21. THE PEOPLE VISITED ON MY TOUR #01 Maaret Pyhäjärvi @maaretp #02 Thiago Amanajás @ThiagoAmanajas #03 Thiago Amanajás @ThiagoAmanajas @lisihocke Explore Automate Debug
- 22. THE PEOPLE VISITED ON MY TOUR #01 Maaret Pyhäjärvi @maaretp #02 Thiago Amanajás @ThiagoAmanajas #03 Thiago Amanajás @ThiagoAmanajas #04 Dianë Xhymshiti @dxhymshiti @lisihocke Explore Automate Debug Setup
- 23. THE PEOPLE VISITED ON MY TOUR #01 Maaret Pyhäjärvi @maaretp #02 Thiago Amanajás @ThiagoAmanajas #03 Thiago Amanajás @ThiagoAmanajas #04 Dianë Xhymshiti @dxhymshiti #05 Lisa Crispin @lisacrispin @lisihocke Explore Automate Debug Setup Explore
- 24. THE PEOPLE VISITED ON MY TOUR #01 Maaret Pyhäjärvi @maaretp #02 Thiago Amanajás @ThiagoAmanajas #03 Thiago Amanajás @ThiagoAmanajas #04 Dianë Xhymshiti @dxhymshiti #05 Lisa Crispin @lisacrispin #06 Pranav KS @IgnorantTester @lisihocke Explore Automate Debug Setup Explore Formulate
- 25. THE PEOPLE VISITED ON MY TOUR #01 Maaret Pyhäjärvi @maaretp #02 Thiago Amanajás @ThiagoAmanajas #03 Thiago Amanajás @ThiagoAmanajas #04 Dianë Xhymshiti @dxhymshiti #05 Lisa Crispin @lisacrispin #06 Pranav KS @IgnorantTester #07 Peter Kofler @codecopkofler @lisihocke Explore Automate Debug Setup Explore Formulate Penetrate
- 26. THE PEOPLE VISITED ON MY TOUR #01 Maaret Pyhäjärvi @maaretp #02 Thiago Amanajás @ThiagoAmanajas #03 Thiago Amanajás @ThiagoAmanajas #04 Dianë Xhymshiti @dxhymshiti #05 Lisa Crispin @lisacrispin #06 Pranav KS @IgnorantTester #07 Peter Kofler @codecopkofler #08 Viv Richards @11vlr @lisihocke Explore Automate Debug Setup Explore Formulate Penetrate Access
- 27. THE PEOPLE VISITED ON MY TOUR #01 Maaret Pyhäjärvi @maaretp #02 Thiago Amanajás @ThiagoAmanajas #03 Thiago Amanajás @ThiagoAmanajas #04 Dianë Xhymshiti @dxhymshiti #05 Lisa Crispin @lisacrispin #06 Pranav KS @IgnorantTester #07 Peter Kofler @codecopkofler #08 Viv Richards @11vlr #09 Cassandra H. Leung @Tweet_Cassandra @lisihocke Explore Automate Debug Setup Explore Formulate Penetrate Access Use
- 28. THE PEOPLE VISITED ON MY TOUR #01 Maaret Pyhäjärvi @maaretp #02 Thiago Amanajás @ThiagoAmanajas #03 Thiago Amanajás @ThiagoAmanajas #04 Dianë Xhymshiti @dxhymshiti #05 Lisa Crispin @lisacrispin #06 Pranav KS @IgnorantTester #07 Peter Kofler @codecopkofler #08 Viv Richards @11vlr #09 Cassandra H. Leung @Tweet_Cassandra #10 Alex Schladebeck @alex_schl @lisihocke Explore Automate Debug Setup Explore Formulate Penetrate Access Use Explore
- 29. https://twitter.com/alex_schl/status/998867221828063233 #10 Alex Schladebeck @alex_schl YOU HAVE REACHED YOUR DESTINATION @lisihocke Explore
- 30. MORE PEOPLE TO VISIT! #11 Viktorija Manevska @Iki_Kviki @lisihocke Explore
- 31. MORE PEOPLE TO VISIT! #11 Viktorija Manevska @Iki_Kviki #12 João Proença @jrosaproenca @lisihocke Explore Explore
- 32. MORE PEOPLE TO VISIT! #11 Viktorija Manevska @Iki_Kviki #12 João Proença @jrosaproenca #13 Peter Kofler @codecopkofler @lisihocke Explore Explore Penetrate
- 33. MORE PEOPLE TO VISIT! #11 Viktorija Manevska @Iki_Kviki #12 João Proença @jrosaproenca #13 Peter Kofler @codecopkofler #14 Mirjana Andovska @mirjando @lisihocke Explore Explore Penetrate Evaluate
- 34. MORE PEOPLE TO VISIT! #11 Viktorija Manevska @Iki_Kviki #12 João Proença @jrosaproenca #13 Peter Kofler @codecopkofler #14 Mirjana Andovska @mirjando #15 Toyer Mamoojee @tottiLFC @lisihocke Explore Explore Penetrate Evaluate Recon
- 35. MORE PEOPLE TO VISIT! #11 Viktorija Manevska @Iki_Kviki #12 João Proença @jrosaproenca #13 Peter Kofler @codecopkofler #14 Mirjana Andovska @mirjando #15 Toyer Mamoojee @tottiLFC #16 Thomas Rinke @thomrinke @lisihocke Explore Explore Penetrate Evaluate Recon Explore
- 36. https://twitter.com/eviltester/status/1021150238663487488 #16 Thomas Rinke @thomrinke THERE’S SO MUCH MORE TO LEARN @lisihocke Explore
- 37. NOT OVER YET… #11 Viktorija Manevska @Iki_Kviki #12 João Proença @jrosaproenca #13 Peter Kofler @codecopkofler #14 Mirjana Andovska @mirjando #15 Toyer Mamoojee @tottiLFC #16 Thomas Rinke @thomrinke #17 Simon Berner @alientester @lisihocke Explore Explore Penetrate Evaluate Recon Explore Map
- 38. NOT OVER YET… #11 Viktorija Manevska @Iki_Kviki #12 João Proença @jrosaproenca #13 Peter Kofler @codecopkofler #14 Mirjana Andovska @mirjando #15 Toyer Mamoojee @tottiLFC #16 Thomas Rinke @thomrinke #17 Simon Berner @alientester #18 Amitai Schleier @schmonz @lisihocke Explore Explore Penetrate Evaluate Recon Explore Map Mob
- 39. NOT OVER YET… #11 Viktorija Manevska @Iki_Kviki #12 João Proença @jrosaproenca #13 Peter Kofler @codecopkofler #14 Mirjana Andovska @mirjando #15 Toyer Mamoojee @tottiLFC #16 Thomas Rinke @thomrinke #17 Simon Berner @alientester #18 Amitai Schleier @schmonz #19 Guna Petrova @alt_lv @lisihocke Explore Explore Penetrate Evaluate Recon Explore Map Mob Explore
- 40. NOT OVER YET… #11 Viktorija Manevska @Iki_Kviki #12 João Proença @jrosaproenca #13 Peter Kofler @codecopkofler #14 Mirjana Andovska @mirjando #15 Toyer Mamoojee @tottiLFC #16 Thomas Rinke @thomrinke #17 Simon Berner @alientester #20 Claire Reckless @clairereckless @lisihocke #18 Amitai Schleier @schmonz #19 Guna Petrova @alt_lv Explore Explore Penetrate Evaluate Recon Explore Mob Explore Explore Map
- 41. BONUS SESSIONS #21 Alex de los Reyes @cyber_decker @lisihocke Access
- 42. BONUS SESSIONS #21 Alex de los Reyes @cyber_decker #22 Rachel Kibler @racheljoi @lisihocke Access Explore
- 43. BONUS SESSIONS #21 Alex de los Reyes @cyber_decker #22 Rachel Kibler @racheljoi #23 Marianne Duijst @marianneduijst @lisihocke Access Explore Automate
- 44. BONUS SESSIONS #21 Alex de los Reyes @cyber_decker #22 Rachel Kibler @racheljoi #23 Marianne Duijst @marianneduijst #24 Gem Hill @Gem_Hill @lisihocke Access Explore Automate Explore
- 45. THE FINAL STOP #21 Alex de los Reyes @cyber_decker #22 Rachel Kibler @racheljoi #23 Marianne Duijst @marianneduijst #24 Gem Hill @Gem_Hill #25 Peter Kofler @codecopkofler @lisihocke Access Explore Automate Explore Penetrate
- 46. LESSONS ABOUT PAIRING & THE TOUR @lisihocke
- 47. LESSONS ABOUT PAIRING & THE TOUR https://twitter.com/maaretp/status/952637976877699073 @lisihocke
- 48. WELL, AM I A BETTER SKILLED TESTER NOW? @lisihocke
- 49. “I believe that pairing and mobbing with fellow testers from the community on hands-on exploratory testing and automation will result in continuously increasing skills and knowledge as well as serendipitous learning. I’ll know I have succeeded when I noted down at least one concrete new insight or applied one new technique per testing session and shared that with the community.” WELL, AM I A BETTER SKILLED TESTER NOW? @lisihocke
- 50. “I believe that pairing and mobbing with fellow testers from the community on hands-on exploratory testing and automation will result in continuously increasing skills and knowledge as well as serendipitous learning. I’ll know I have succeeded when I noted down at least one concrete new insight or applied one new technique per testing session and shared that with the community.” WELL, AM I A BETTER SKILLED TESTER NOW? @lisihocke YES
- 53. KICK-START YOUR OWN TOUR TIPS FOR PAIR TESTING SESSIONS @lisihocke
- 56. WHAT‘S YOUR CHALLENGE? https://twitter.com/maaretp/status/1027434673943834624, https://twitter.com/Reumaysa/status/1019846702881234944 @lisihocke
- 57. DECIDE ON TOUR DESIGN AND TOOLING @lisihocke
- 58. DECIDE ON TOUR DESIGN AND TOOLING @lisihocke
- 59. PREPARE EACH SESSION, JUST ENOUGH @lisihocke
- 61. SHARE YOUR LESSONS SO EVERYONE CAN LEARN @lisihocke
- 62. SHARE YOUR LESSONS SO EVERYONE CAN LEARN https://twitter.com/11vlr/status/1014237709009915905, https://twitter.com/tottiLFC/status/999932982566817793 https://twitter.com/thomrinke/status/1005174311794208768, https://twitter.com/11vlr/status/999565542980837376 @lisihocke