Wim Decoutere & Michaël Pilaeten
Situational Leadership Styles
On Test Approaches
SOME WARMING UP
What do YOU do?
You’ve done this before… You first read the instructions carefully You sort the box contents first You follow the instructions step by step
KOLB’S LEARNING CYCLE
Kolb’s Learning Cycle
Discovery
Abstraction
Experimentation Reflection
Kolb’s Learning Cycle
Discovery
Abstraction
Experimentation Reflection
Perceiving
Kolb’s Learning Cycle
Discovery
Abstraction
Experimentation Reflection
Thinking / Planning
Perceiving
Kolb’s Learning Cycle
Discovery
Abstraction
Experimentation Reflection
Applying
Perceiving
Thinking / Planning
Kolb’s Learning Cycle
Discovery
Abstraction
Experimentation Reflection
Doing
Perceiving
Thinking / PlanningApplying
Kolb’s Learning Cycle
Discovery
Abstraction
Experimentation Reflection
Doing Perceiving
Thinking / PlanningApplying
Test Manager ?
Test Analyst ?
Structured Tester ?
Test Manager?
Test Analyst ?
Test Tooler? Test
Executer?
Test Data Provider?
Unit Tester?
Agile Evangelist ?
Team Leader
Testing ?
Exploratory Tester ?
Reflection
Abstraction
Experimentation
Discovery
Kolb’s Learning Cycle
Explorat
ory Testing
Error Guessin
g Reviewi
ng
Executin
g Test
Cases
Automat
ed Tests
TPI assessm
ent
Tool selection
Creating
Defects
Set up
Test Environm
ent
Go / No
Godecision
Writing
Test Cases
Writing
Test Plan
LEADERS
LEADERSHIP STYLESHersey & Blanchard’s
ParticipatingTelling4 different leadership styles:
SellingDelegating
Leadership Styles
Rel
atio
nshi
p fo
cus
Task focus
SellingParticipating
Delegating Telling
Leadership Styles
Junior
Testing
TeamOffshore
Hotfixes
UAT
Experienced
Testing
Team2nd release
Agile
approach
Exploratory
testing
New
manager
Senior
Testing
TeamTest
Manager
with
# projects
WHAT’S IN IT FOR ME?Conclusion
SellingParticipating
Delegating Telling
Leadership Styles
Discovery
Abstraction
Experimentation Reflection
Discovery
Abstraction
Experimentation Reflection
Discovery
ReflectionExperimentation
Abstraction
PLEASE TRY THIS AT HOME!
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Wim Decoutere – [email protected]
Michaël Pilaeten – [email protected] – @mpilaeten
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