A Test Management Christmas Carol
Scrooge’s Testing Christmas
About Us
Ben Williams –
Tom Roden –
Test manager is not the same as
Test management
The Ghost Of Test management past
Analysis
Blue sky, thought showering ideation
Development
Implement
All conceivable testing
UtterlyImmovableLive Date
All conceivable testing, hey maybe even unit testing
Test Planning
Test Estimation Techniques
Exploratory testing =Smoke testing =
Stress testing = Penetration testing =
We say… They hear…
Step 1. Remove brain
Step 2. Login to Quality Centre
Step 3. Follow 67 more steps without looking at how the application is behaving
Step 4. Test fails for reason unrelated to test step
Step 5. Step 4 does not compute, enter tight loop until sickness or darkness descends
If the test didn’t find the defect, does the defect really exist?
Stay On Target
The Ghost Of Test Management Present
Agile is still on the increase
Computer Weekly Jobs, 8th November 2012
There is no prescribed Test Manager role in Agile methods
What does this mean?
Has the role changed?•
How many have experienced a change?
lots of people almost no-one
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The Ghost Of Test Management Future
“As agile methods continue to replace traditional, the role of test manager will cease to exist.
Test managers will cover a different role, with a broader scope, utilising a different skillset.
Teams will need to assume more accountability for test activities than they have done in the past”
Our Hypothesis
Inside the teamor
Outside the team
Defect management?
Inside the team
Outside the team
Test Automation?
Inside the team
Outside the team
Writing good tests
Self-documenting
Isolated
Concise
A spec not a script
About behaviour
Readable
Clear intention
Test Tool Selection?
Inside the team
Outside the team
Principles & Strategy?
Inside the team
Outside the team
Principles of Testing
In order that you ensure qualityAs a team member I want you to be responsible for a
lot more
This isn’tManagement
Test “Managers”, the point is…
Stop ManagingStart enabling!!!
Tom Roden – @tommroden
Ben Williams – @13enWilliams
What Do You Do?