Dietmar Strasser - Traditional QA meets Agile Development
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The document discusses the integration of traditional testing practices within an agile development environment, emphasizing the importance of communication and team collaboration. It outlines the journey towards forming agile teams, highlighting workflows, roles, and lessons learned throughout the process. Key takeaways include the necessity of visibility in project management and the focus on people over processes and tools.
Dietmar Strasser - Traditional QA meets Agile Development
- 1. Traditional Testing meets Agile Development Dietmar Strasser Director QA, Lifecycle Quality Management dietmar.strasser@borland.com
- 2. Agenda Journey towards an Agile Team Our Environment we live in How do we provide Visibility? Q & A
- 3. Journey towards an Agile Team
- 4. Confidential Starting Point SilkPerformer Developers Test Manager Developers SilkTest Developers QA Doc PM PM PM PM ... Product Manager PO ... Product Owner
- 5. Confidential SilkPerformer Developers Test Manager Developers SilkTest Developers QA Doc PO PO PO PM PM PM PM ... Product Manager PO ... Product Owner Adding Product Owner
- 6. Confidential User Story Workflow – Testers not integrated Unassigned In Progress Dev In Progress QA Drafted QA Ready Approved Drop Ready RTM Ready PO PO QA Not Started In Progress PO Drop Ready RTM Ready QA Dev QA
- 7. Confidential User Story Workflow - „Small Waterfall“ Unassigned In Progress Dev In Progress QA Drafted QA Ready Approved Drop Ready RTM Ready PO PO QA Not Started In Progress PO Drop Ready RTM Ready QA Dev QA Coding •User story •Iteration x •4 weeks Release Testing •All user stories •Last Iteration •4 weeks Testing •User story •Iteration x+1 •4 weeks
- 8. Copyright © 2008 Borland Software Corporation. 8Confidential Lesson Learned “Ask the Team”
- 9. Confidential Adding Tester Skills SilkPerformer Developers Test Manager Developers SilkTest Developers Doc PO PO PO PM PM PM PM ... Product Manager PO ... Product Owner Tester Tester Tester
- 10. Confidential Adding Documentation Skills PO PO PO PM PM PM PM ... Product Manager PO ... Product Owner SilkPerformer Developers Test Manager Developers SilkTest Developers Tester Tester Tester Doc Doc Doc
- 11. Confidential SilkPerformer Engineering Team Transition to Engineering Team PO PO PO PM PM PM PM ... Product Manager PO ... Product Owner SilkTest Engineering Team Test Manager Engineering Team
- 12. Confidential Adding QM Coach PO PO PO PM PM PM PM ... Product Manager PO ... Product Owner QM Coach SilkPerformer Engineering Team SilkTest Engineering Team Test Manager Engineering Team
- 13. Confidential Test Manager Engineering Team Splitting & Re-Locating Teams PO PO PO PM PM PM PM ... Product Manager PO ... Product Owner QM Coach SilkPerformer Engineering Team SilkTest Engineering Team
- 14. Confidential In Progress User Story Workflow - Agile Unassigned Drafted Approved PO PO Not Started In Progress PO DONE Scrum Team DONE Agile Finish user story in one 4-weeks Iteration
- 15. Copyright © 2008 Borland Software Corporation. 15Confidential Lesson Learned “Agile is a journey, not a destination”
- 16. Confidential Product Scrum Team(s) Distributed Team Environment EQC Contact Daily Quarterly EQC Resource Pool QM Coach Q uarterly
- 17. Copyright © 2008 Borland Software Corporation. 17Confidential Lesson Learned “Communicate, communicate, communicate, …”
- 18. Our Environment we live in
- 19. Confidential Scrum Team(s) Iteration Management Our Environment we live in RBT Environment Scrum Team(s) Test Management Product Owner Requirements Management Management Project Management, Reporting Scrum Team(s) xUnit Scrum Team(s) Functional/ Performance Testing Scrum Team(s) Source Management
- 20. Copyright © 2008 Borland Software Corporation. 20Confidential Lesson Learned “People are more important than processes & tools”
- 21. How do we provide Visibility?
- 22. Confidential Types of Visibility • Internal Visibility • Daily Stand-Ups • Iteration Review Meetings • Regular Updates on Production Systems • Project Dashboard • External Visibility • Regular „Drops“ for customers and field people
- 23. Confidential Project Dashboard Goal Story Report (Executive Summary) Scrum Team Reports Iteration-Related Quality-Related User Story Reports GettingintoDetails ProvideVisibility
- 26. Q & A Email to:dietmar.strasser@borland.com