Today’s webinar is presented by Jeroen Mengerink and he will discuss Test Improvement for Agile.

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Test Improvement for Agile

Jeroen Mengerink, Test Consultant, PolteqJeroen is a test consultant for Polteq. Next to his work for clients, he is involved in

various test innovations. His main area of expertise is Agile. Jeroen teaches several test courses e.g. about Agile (CAT), SOA and Cloud. He is co-author of the book and approach Cloutest(r) on how to test when cloud computing is involved.

He has contributed as a speaker to various events for Polteq and her clients. In international assignments he has presented the results of TPI assessments to

senior management. He presented several times at events like EuroSTAR, ChinaTest and TestNet on a large variety of subjects.

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Test Improvement for Agile

Jeroen Mengerink, Test Consultant, Polteq

Email: jeroen.mengerink@polteq.com

Twitter: @AngusVB

Blog: http://jmengerink.wordpress.com

Website: http://www.polteq.com

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Agenda

• Agile• Scrum• Test improvement roadmap• Assessment model• Key areas

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What is Agile?

agile /’æd3aIl; NAmE ’æd3l/ adj. 1. able to move quickly and easily SYN nimble: a strong and agile

athlete2. able to think quickly and in an intelligent way: an agile mind / brain

(source: Oxford Advanced Learner’s dictionary)

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Agile Manifesto

Individuals and interactions over processes and tools

Working software over comprehensive documentation

Customer collaboration over contract negotiation

Responding to change over following a plan

That is, while there is value in the items on the right, we value the items on the left more.

(source: http://www.agilemanifesto.org/)

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Agenda

• Agile• Scrum• Test improvement roadmap• Assessment model• Key areas

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Scrum

Goals:• Raise the effectiveness of the team• Guard the progress of the team• Solve impediments• Guard the project progress• Minimizing of project risks

Scrum is an iterative and incremental method for managing software projects and product or application development

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Scrum

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Agile/Scrum

Agile

• Set of basic ideas

• Little overhead

• Focused on people

Scrum

• Process management

• Short iterations

• Multidisciplinairy teams

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Agenda

• Agile• Scrum• Test improvement roadmap• Assessment model• Key areas

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PerformingNormingForming .

Evolution of Agile testing

Pioneering

Structured

Agile

Time

Str

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TI4Agile roadmap

Quick wins,good practices

Goals, scope

Interviews, meetings

Assessment

Awareness, commitment, buy-

in Implement and evaluate

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Assessment

“If you don’t know where you are,a map won’t help.” (Watts Humphrey)

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Good practices

• Good practices describe “Practices that have proven to be of value in different settings”• From testing perspective• From Agile perspective• For each key area

• Provide related information

• Based on practice and current setting

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• Agile• Scrum• Test improvement roadmap• Assessment model• Key areas

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Assessment modelKey Area Forming Norming Performing

1 Stakeholder commitment 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3

2 Planning & Estimation 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

3 People 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3

4 Interaction 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

5 Teamwork 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

6 Test process 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 1 2 3

7 Test management 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 1 2 3

8 Test profession 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3

9 Test automation 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

10 Regression & E2E testing 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 1 2 3 4

11 Defect management 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 1 2 3

12 Test environment 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 4

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Example assessment resultKey Area Forming Norming Performing

1 Stakeholder commitment 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3

2 Planning & Estimation 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

3 People 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3

4 Interaction 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

5 Teamwork 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

6 Test process 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 1 2 3

7 Test management 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 1 2 3

8 Test profession 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3

9 Test automation 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

10 Regression & E2E testing 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 1 2 3 4

11 Defect management 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 1 2 3

12 Test environment 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 4

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TI4Agile maturity levelsForming Norming Performing

Agile testin

g levels

Set the basis and the first steps towards working in an Agile

manner

Adopt a process that facilitates the Agile

view on working

Continuously improve the way you

work by living the Agile way

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Assessment model

• There is no initial level like in other models

• Each key area has a number of checkpoints

• Checkpoints are continuous• Next maturity level builds on previous level

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Agenda

• Agile• Scrum• Test improvement roadmap• Assessment model• Key areas• Teamwork• Test management• Defect management

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Teamwork

• Respect and trust each other

• Commitment as a team• Work towards a team goal

• Help each other where possible• Multi disciplined

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TeamworkForming Norming Performing

TI4Agile

The team executes a task

The team is committed

The team is self managing

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Teamwork - Multi disciplinary

• Everyone has his own specialization• Think from the perspective of other roles• Assist each other where possible• Communicate your expectations

Tester

Developer

Designer

Customer

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Teamwork - Team development

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Teamwork - Keep the goal visible

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Test management

• People management

• Generic test approach / strategy

• Risk analysis

• Release planning

• Keep the big picture (birds eye view)• Cross teams• Cross sprints• Cross projects

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Test managementForming Norming Performing

TI4Agile Generic approach Support the process Support the people

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Test management - Generic test approach / strategy• Training and coaching• Defect management• Risk analysis• Non-functionals• E2E testing• Tooling and automation• Environment management• Metrics and reporting• …

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Generic test approach / strategy

RisksMaturity

SkillsProduct

SizeTime

Culture

Band

wid

th

Test management - Generic test approach / strategy

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Defect management

• Decide when to log a defect• Decide what to log• Pay attention to traceability • Use one system for all defects

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Defect managementForming Norming Performing

TI4Agile Defects are logged Not all defects are

loggedFocus on fixing

defects

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Defect management

• Factors that influence whether a defect is recorded and if so, the amount of information that needs to be recorded: • Co-location • Maturity of team • Number of defects • Organizational influence • Drive for metrics • Size of development • Complexity of development

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• For test improvement within Agile focus on:• People

• Development process

• Testing

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