The tester is Dead… Long live the tester

Bernd Beersma |18-03-2014| Erik Bits

Belgium Testing

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International Software

Testing

“Doing” Conference

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Introduction Growth Maturity Decline

<1956•debugging-oriented period

1978•demonstration-oriented period

1982•destruction-oriented period

1987•evaluation-oriented period

>1988•prevention-oriented period

Gelperin, Hetzel”The Growth of Software Testing” [ Communications of the ACM, Volume 31 Issue 6, June 1988, pp. 687-695].

Too many Functions

Too manymethodologies

We know too littleabout too much

NOW!

Evolving Technology

Changing Customer Demands

Changing Development

Methods

Quality EngineerQuality Director

Heritage

Internal External

• Exploratory• Verification & Validation• Helicopter View • Craftsmanship

• Techniques• Functionality versus

Characteristics• Test automation• Virtualization

Tester 2014

Quality Director

Arm against external

factors

Quality Engineer

Extent Maturity fase

Generalist Heritage Specialist

Maintain & Gain

characteristics/skills

Tester 2020

For those who are convinced that their life as a tester is over by 2020 ,

We’d like to say: “Don’t wory…”

“…It’s Not the end of the world”