The 7 habits of Effective Agile Testers SofTec2010 Vipul Gupta Sr. Test Architect

Agenda  Why Agile?  What Agile development demands?  Challenges it poses for testers  Habits tester should develop  Introduction to Test360 0

Who am I?  tester by heart  test architect by choice  current leader of test engineering R&D vipul gupta

Who all here follow Agile?

Who all here TRULY follow Agile?

Why Agile?  build gradually  review and demonstrate incremental

Why Agile?  take small steps, have multiple checkpoints  development and testing works together iterative

Why Agile?  replan based on learnings and feedback adaptive

Why Agile?  granular user stories  defined acceptance criteria predictive

What Agile Development Demands?  collaboration  pairing between teams high

 organization  onus on deliverables self What Agile Development Demands?

 achieving adequate test coverage in each iteration  incomplete code delivered with each iteration  user stories not clearly drafted  developers do most of the testing challenges Challenges for Testers

Does it mean testers existence is jeopardized?

 expand user stories  validate completeness of requirements  perform more specialized testing need to Testers Still Needed

 be proactive  open in communication with team and stakeholders  own the tasks that are assigned Habits testers need to develop habit 1

 begin with the end in mind  define the scope correctly  retrospect Habits testers need to develop habit 2

 put first things first  strategize before moving forward  continuous planning Habits testers need to develop habit 3

 think win/win  pair up with the business and development team  stay away from blame game Habits testers need to develop habit 4

 seek first to understand, then to be understood  identify the root cause of the problem  identify multiple solutions  discuss the solutions within team  do not make personal attacks on any team member Habits testers need to develop habit 5

 synergize  testers and developers collaboration can help in improving test coverage  share the tasks within team  share the learnings with other team members Habits testers need to develop habit 6

 sharpen the saw  learn new techniques  exploit OSS tools Habits testers need to develop habit 7

 integrated toolset and set of practices based on proven product testing patterns Introduction to Test360 0 test360 0

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 be proactive  begin with the end in mind  put first things first  think win/win  seek first to understand, then to be understood  synergize  sharpen the saw Summary 7 habits

 Derived from “The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People” written by Stephen R. Covey Acknowledgements references

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