Developers who grok testing: why I love them and how they mitigate risk
- 1. CodeMash 2014 Lisa C rispin Copyright 2014 Co-‐author of Agile Tes)ng: A Prac)cal Guide for Testers and Agile Teams, Addison-‐Wesley 2009 (and now working on More Agile Tes)ng to be published 2014)
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- 6. They want to “bake quality in” photoshd.wordpress.com/2008/04/24/13/
- 7. How do they mi,gate risk? Copyright 2014 Lisa Crispin, Janet Gregory.
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- 9. Explore examples User Story Accept Story High level AT Fix defects Explore Expand Tests Exploratory TesWng Code & Execute tests Auto-‐ mate tests 9
- 10. Source: Bob Mar)n, h=p://blog.8thlight.com/uncle-‐bob/2012/08/13/the-‐clean-‐ architecture.html 10
- 11. Source: Gojko Adzic, StarEast 2011 keynote
- 12. Eg. “Group Hugs” (aka bug bashes, …) 12
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- 14. We can communicate so much better with a tester who understands programming concepts
- 15. How can devs learn enough about testing? Let’s look at some ideas
- 16. Expert / Discipli ne skills MulW-‐ d iscipline skills
- 17. T-‐shaped Skill-‐set Sources: Rob Lambert and Adam P. Knight Depth of Skills Breadth of Skills
- 18. "An individual with a deep level of knowledge in at least one domain and a collaborative understanding of at least one other." Source: Ma` Barcomb Advanced Basics Meta
- 19. • What tesWng skills do devs need? How can they learn? • Form groups of 5 – 6 people, around big sheet of paper • Write ideas on paper (directly or on sWckies) • Which ones would you try on your team? 19
- 20. Your stories?
- 21. Agile Tes)ng: A Prac)cal Guide for Testers and Agile Teams www.agiletester.ca More Agile Tes)ng Coming July 2014 .... www.lisacrispin.com Email: lisa@lisacrispin.com Twi`er: @lisacrispin 21