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Efficiency with the right
techniques, tools & methods
Derk-Jan de Grood
Belgium Testing Days 2014
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My 1st Pocket knife
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3
4
5
Definition tool
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7
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The wrong tool…
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Searching for tools
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11
What do we do when testing?
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Analyse
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15
Challenge
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James Wittacker
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Some examples
Reduce the bandwidth of the network connection
Make the network fail
Limit the disk space available for the application
Interruptions
SQL statement injection
Searching for overflows (256, 1024, 32767, etc…)
Change the order of activities
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Think, Challenge and Observe
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Observe
Test Recognition Techniques
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Inconsistencies: external
Extras
Searching for tools
Test Design
Error Creation
Error Detecting
Two Trends
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24
Agile testing Characteristics
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• Cooperation and teamwork
• Variety in cooperation and workshops
• Roles merging and testers get involved
into design and development
• Automated or Exploratory testing
• Keep track on progress and quality
Test Design
Error Creation
Error Detecting
Focus
(Scope & Prio)
GRIP
(Planning&Control)
Test
Improvement
Facilitation
Methods
Searching for tools
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The IIBA- BABOK guide…
Jan Jaap Cannegieter (QATest 30-10-2013)
Scoping techniques
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PRIMA
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KANO
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Story Decomposition
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Story Mapping
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Getting a grip on the project
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Kanban
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Release Charts
Subway mapping
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4 5
6
1 3
7 8 9
11 12
3.Credit
m
anagem
ent
ensuresthat
only
paid
goods
are
delivered
4.Usercan
accesssite
and
create
account
5.ProductDB
iscorrectly
M
igrated
and
usercan
add
selected
productsto
shopping
basket
6.Usercan
select
and
payproduct
8.Orderscan
be
processed
7.Ordersare
handled
to
back
office
11.FrontOffice
ordersare
processed:Picking,boxing
and
delivery
QGQG
1.Paym
entscan
be
m
ade
12
Pilot
11.Allthree
chainsare
integrated.Reallive
test
2
2.Paym
entsare
processed
on
financialdept.
15July
1Aug.
15Aug.
1Sept.
15Sept.
10
To be done (on me)
In progress (on me)
In progress (cri cal)
Done
Order processing
Front End Web shop
Payment
Delivery
In progress (delayed)
24 July 2013
6a
Project X
Subway map
Date: <Date >
By: <Name>
6a.User
getstrackand
trace
no
fica
ons
Business Benefit (MFF)
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Lets do it a little different, this time
Facilitation Methods
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Facilitation methods
Standup meetings
Mind map
Brown paper session
Sorting and Prioritizing
Process simulation
Gaming
Role playing
Demo
Interview techniques
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Improvement techniques
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Value Stream Map
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Service Virtualisation
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Assume a Process within a system that requires
interaction with other systems.
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Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4
Ext
Syste
m
Ext
Syste
m
Ext
Syste
m
Considerations that
define the waste on the
interface:
• How often used
• Error proneness of
the interface
• Delay in processing
• Manual effort on the
interface
• Cost for processing
• Ability to test rainy
scenarios’
• Easy of investigating
errors
• Support issues
• High risk due to not
testing at all or error
situations
1 = delay
(waste) per day
based on normal
usage (or
testing)
1 3
5
Business Capacity model
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Persona’s
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Persona’s
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Test Design
Error Creation
Error Detecting
Focus
(Scope & Prio)
GRIP
(Planning&Control)
Test
Improvement
Facilitation
Methods
Draw-back
When showing one techniques,
people are are likely to state that
they missed another technique.
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Test Design
Error Creation
Error Detecting
Focus
(Scope & Prio)
GRIP
(Planning&Control)
Test
Improvement
Facilitation
Methods
Root Cause
Analysis
techniques*
*Thanks to Jan van Moll
Test Design
Error Creation
Error Detecting
Focus
(Scope & Prio)
GRIP
(Planning&Control)
Test
Improvement
Facilitation
Methods
Root Cause
Analysis
techniques*
*Thanks to Jan van Moll
Wrap-up
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Quick replay
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More reading…
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SUCCESS !
Derk-Jan
Valori
Coltbaan 4a
3439 NG NIEUWEGEIN
The Netherlands
derkjandegrood@valori.nl
+31(0)651807878
@DerkJanDeGrood
http://djdegrood.wordpress.com
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