Julian Harty - Open Sourcing Testing - EuroSTAR 2012
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The document discusses the importance and growth of open source testing, highlighting its potential to improve testing processes through collaboration and community involvement. It addresses various aspects such as certification schemes, best practices, and the competitive advantages that open source testing can provide to teams and organizations. Additionally, it raises concerns about privacy, quality, and the need for sustainable practices within the open source testing framework.
![WE’RE SPECIAL…
REALLY?
We like to believe we are
• special,
• unusual,
• better than average[1]
[1] "all the women are strong, all the men are good
looking and all the children are above average,"
Garrison Keillor: Lake Woebegon http://www.randomhouse.com/kvpa/gilbert/](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/th2-opensourcingtestingforeurostar2012-141029111526-conversion-gate02/85/Julian-Harty-Open-Sourcing-Testing-EuroSTAR-2012-14-320.jpg)
![HOW MUCH IS
ENOUGH?
Levels
0. Sufficient to assess and reproduce
1. Permit modification and enhancement
2. Encourage competition
Minimum Investment?
• Multiples of 30 minutes[1]
• Flows of investment
[1][ http://www.pomodorotechnique.com/book/](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/th2-opensourcingtestingforeurostar2012-141029111526-conversion-gate02/85/Julian-Harty-Open-Sourcing-Testing-EuroSTAR-2012-23-320.jpg)
Julian Harty - Open Sourcing Testing - EuroSTAR 2012
- 1. OPEN SOURCING TESTING EUROSTAR 2012 CONFERENCE 08 NOV 2012 JULIAN HARTY Contact me: julianharty@gmail.com
- 2. MY AIM… To answer, in part What sorts of things would help us be better testers and do better testing?
- 3. DEFINITIONS & SCOPE OPEN SOURCE
- 4. OPEN SOURCE Public Available for Study, Use & Modification The Open Source Definition http://www.opensource.org/docs/osd
- 5. OPEN SOURCE TESTING Publish • Charters, Tests, … • Environment • Data • Techniques • Results • Assessment • Code PERMISSIVE COLLABORATIVE
- 6. STATE OF THE NATION HEADLINES
- 7. HEADLINES Certification schemes Best Practices Death of the Tester: James Whittaker • StarWest 2011 - All That Testing is Getting in the Way of Quality • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOrPuMCdVXA The Future of Quality: Goranka Bjedov • http://www.belgiumtestingdays.com/program.php?p=12 The growth of open source test automation tools • Mobile test automation • Web test automation
- 8. WHY? Enlightened self-interest Professionalism / Engineering Practices Improving the craft Renovate our testing Feedback loops
- 9. OPEN SOURCE TESTING SIMILAR PRACTICES
- 10. SIMILAR PRACTICES EXPERIENTIAL Peer Workshops Let’s Test Conference EVIDENCE Scientific Method (in Software Testing) Open Data PRACTICE Code Retreats Test Automation Workshop Hackathons SHARING Open Innovation Blogs Open publications
- 11. WHAT IS SCIENCE? C Weidemann’s material at Let’s Test 2012
- 12. OPEN DATA Government Initiatives • http://data.gov.uk/ • Freedom of Information Act Scientific Initiatives • Distinguish Publishing Data from Publishing Papers http://www.springerlink.com/content/m15520un02772l61/fulltext.pdf
- 14. WE’RE SPECIAL… REALLY? We like to believe we are • special, • unusual, • better than average[1] [1] "all the women are strong, all the men are good looking and all the children are above average," Garrison Keillor: Lake Woebegon http://www.randomhouse.com/kvpa/gilbert/
- 16. MORE CONTEXT COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE
- 17. COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE WHAT DOES IT DO? CONCERNS Political aspects? Who are our competitors? Who are we competing with? EFFECTS Acceleration First among equals Exhilaration Stimulating Exhausting Scary?
- 18. COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE WHO ARE WE COMPETING WITH?
- 19. OPEN SOURCE TESTING BENEFITS
- 20. BENEFITS SCOPE Me Team Project Company Country Community Industry STAKEHOLDERS Testers Business Boss Customers End Users
- 21. BENEFITS Repeatability Review Correction Refinement & Enhancement Community education Attracting better people to your organisation? Freedom to invest & reap the rewards of the investment Evolution vs. Repetition
- 22. OPEN SOURCE TESTING HOW MUCH IS ENOUGH?
- 23. HOW MUCH IS ENOUGH? Levels 0. Sufficient to assess and reproduce 1. Permit modification and enhancement 2. Encourage competition Minimum Investment? • Multiples of 30 minutes[1] • Flows of investment [1][ http://www.pomodorotechnique.com/book/
- 24. OPEN SOURCE TESTING THINGS TO CONSIDER
- 25. CONCERNS TO CONSIDER Protecting • Privacy • Secret Sauce Overcoming • Stiction, Lethargy, Vested interests, Employment contracts Risking • What are we gambling? • What are we afraid of? New practices and business models Not a panacea • Open not necessarily High Quality!
- 26. SUCCESS FACTORS Sustainability Benign Dictators What do you want to optimise situations and outcomes for? Merit-based feedback sqa.stackexchange.com Ask “What can I share?” that doesn’t risk “too much” Maintaining and encouraging good quality
- 27. OPEN SOURCE TESTING SUPPORTING MATERIAL
- 28. SUPPORTING MATERIAL Legal Structures • Creative Commons • Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) Licenses
- 29. OPEN SOURCE TESTING IF NOT NOW, WHEN? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillel_the_Elder
- 30. IF NOT YOU, WHO? Opening the Kimono • Be open and be open to correction • The tester, tested? Breaking stupid rules for smart results http://www.gutenberg.org/files/18735/18735-h/18735-h.htm http://www.hackingwork.com/wp-content/uploads/HWChaps1-4.pdf
- 31. THE UNASKED QUESTIONS OVER TO YOU Contact me: julianharty@gmail.com