Effective Distributed Test Teams

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1. Crea%ve  Commons  A-ribu%on  Non-­‐Commercial  Share  Alike  3.0  Making  Distributed  

   Tes%ng  Teams   Work (Effec%vely,  Even!)

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   [email protected]

3. Crea%ve  Commons  A-ribu%on  Non-­‐Commercial  Share  Alike  3.0 What  Makes  

   Great   Distributed  Test   Teams?

4. Crea%ve  Commons  A-ribu%on  Non-­‐Commercial  Share  Alike  3.0 The  same  things

    that   make  great  co-­‐located   teams!

5. Crea%ve  Commons  A-ribu%on  Non-­‐Commercial  Share  Alike  3.0 This  is  the

    op%mum Menlo  Ins%tute  (www.menloinnova%ons.com)  in  Ann  Arbor,  MI.    Courtesy  of  @RobGibbens

6. Crea%ve  Commons  A-ribu%on  Non-­‐Commercial  Share  Alike  3.0

7. Map:  h-p://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/BlankMap-­‐World-­‐large.png Crea%ve  Commons  A-ribu%on  Non-­‐Commercial  Share  Alike  3.0 This

    was  the  my  reality

8. Crea%ve  Commons  A-ribu%on  Non-­‐Commercial  Share  Alike  3.0 How  to  get

     from  this to  this? Map:  h-p://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/BlankMap-­‐World-­‐ large.png

9. Crea%ve  Commons  A-ribu%on  Non-­‐Commercial  Share  Alike  3.0 Deal  With 9

   Trust Communica9on Process

10. Crea%ve  Commons  A-ribu%on  Non-­‐Commercial  Share  Alike  3.0 Deal  With Trust

11. Crea%ve  Commons  A-ribu%on  Non-­‐Commercial  Share  Alike  3.0 11

12. Crea%ve  Commons  A-ribu%on  Non-­‐Commercial  Share  Alike  3.0 Find  Great  Folks

13. Crea%ve  Commons  A-ribu%on  Non-­‐Commercial  Share  Alike  3.0 Use  Your  Networks

14. Crea%ve  Commons  A-ribu%on  Non-­‐Commercial  Share  Alike  3.0 Ge]ng  unknown  

    referrals?

15. Crea%ve  Commons  A-ribu%on  Non-­‐Commercial  Share  Alike  3.0 Use  A  Ques%onnaire

    h-p://bit.ly/eiLsu2

16. Crea%ve  Commons  A-ribu%on  Non-­‐Commercial  Share  Alike  3.0 PAIRING!

17. Crea%ve  Commons  A-ribu%on  Non-­‐Commercial  Share  Alike  3.0 Working  with  

    subcontractors?

18. Crea%ve  Commons  A-ribu%on  Non-­‐Commercial  Share  Alike  3.0 USE  THE  SAME

      PROCESS!

19. Crea%ve  Commons  A-ribu%on  Non-­‐Commercial  Share  Alike  3.0 Mindset   Ma-ers

    (lots)

20. Crea%ve  Commons  A-ribu%on  Non-­‐Commercial  Share  Alike  3.0 Deal  With Communica9on

21. Crea%ve  Commons  A-ribu%on  Non-­‐Commercial  Share  Alike  3.0 GIVEN  I  have

     an  issue  to  discuss WHEN  I  chose  how  to  communicate THEN  phone  or  Skype  are  greater     than  instant  message AND  instant  message  is  greater     than  e-­‐mail

22. Crea%ve  Commons  A-ribu%on  Non-­‐Commercial  Share  Alike  3.0 Time  Zones  Ma-er

    6  PM 12  AM 3  PM

23. Crea%ve  Commons  A-ribu%on  Non-­‐Commercial  Share  Alike  3.0 Find  Great  Tools

24. Crea%ve  Commons  A-ribu%on  Non-­‐Commercial  Share  Alike  3.0 (or  at  least

     ones  that  suck  the  least)

25. Crea%ve  Commons  A-ribu%on  Non-­‐Commercial  Share  Alike  3.0 Get  Communica%ng IM

     +  Skype,  FTW! Campfirenow.com IRC

26. Crea%ve  Commons  A-ribu%on  Non-­‐Commercial  Share  Alike  3.0 26

27. Crea%ve  Commons  A-ribu%on  Non-­‐Commercial  Share  Alike  3.0 Interac%ve  /  Pairing

    SharedView  (Windows) TeamViewer  ($) Join.me

28. Crea%ve  Commons  A-ribu%on  Non-­‐Commercial  Share  Alike  3.0 Sharing  (one  way)

    WebEx.com LiveMee%ng GotoMee%ng.com

29. Crea%ve  Commons  A-ribu%on  Non-­‐Commercial  Share  Alike  3.0 29 Photo: Mike

    Thomas http://tinyurl.com/2av8aqd/  

30. Crea%ve  Commons  A-ribu%on  Non-­‐Commercial  Share  Alike  3.0 Deal  With Process

31. Crea%ve  Commons  A-ribu%on  Non-­‐Commercial  Share  Alike  3.0 Op%mal Courtesy  of

     @TimWingfield

32. Crea%ve  Commons  A-ribu%on  Non-­‐Commercial  Share  Alike  3.0

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34. Crea%ve  Commons  A-ribu%on  Non-­‐Commercial  Share  Alike  3.0 Work  Tracking AgileZen

    Pivotal  Tracker Unfuddle Hosted  TFS

35. Crea%ve  Commons  A-ribu%on  Non-­‐Commercial  Share  Alike  3.0 Boost   Collabora%on

36. Crea%ve  Commons  A-ribu%on  Non-­‐Commercial  Share  Alike  3.0 Collabora%on  Isn’t  Just

     a  Buzzword

37. Crea%ve  Commons  A-ribu%on  Non-­‐Commercial  Share  Alike  3.0 Planning  /  Storyboarding

    Cardmapping.com

38. Crea%ve  Commons  A-ribu%on  Non-­‐Commercial  Share  Alike  3.0 Share  Notes Titanpad.com

39. Crea%ve  Commons  A-ribu%on  Non-­‐Commercial  Share  Alike  3.0 DO  YUR  RETROSPECTIVZ,

     K? Twiddla.com

40. Crea%ve  Commons  A-ribu%on  Non-­‐Commercial  Share  Alike  3.0 The  Mechanics  

    of  Tes%ng

41. Crea%ve  Commons  A-ribu%on  Non-­‐Commercial  Share  Alike  3.0 Distributed  Tes%ng  

    ==   More  Infrastructure

42. Crea%ve  Commons  A-ribu%on  Non-­‐Commercial  Share  Alike  3.0 Distributed  Tes%ng  

    ==   More  Self-­‐Reliance

43. Crea%ve  Commons  A-ribu%on  Non-­‐Commercial  Share  Alike  3.0 Distributed  Tes%ng  

    ==   More  Automa%on

44. Crea%ve  Commons  A-ribu%on  Non-­‐Commercial  Share  Alike  3.0 A  Day  In

     The   Life...

45. Crea%ve  Commons  A-ribu%on  Non-­‐Commercial  Share  Alike  3.0 Whole  Team  Standup

46. Crea%ve  Commons  A-ribu%on  Non-­‐Commercial  Share  Alike  3.0 Whole   Team

     Standup Not  just  “Test  Team”

47. Crea%ve  Commons  A-ribu%on  Non-­‐Commercial  Share  Alike  3.0 Leverage  Timezones (And

     OVER  communicate!)

48. Crea%ve  Commons  A-ribu%on  Non-­‐Commercial  Share  Alike  3.0 Leverage  Skills (Automa%on,

     exploratory,  building  support   APIs,  baseline  datasets,  etc.)

49. Crea%ve  Commons  A-ribu%on  Non-­‐Commercial  Share  Alike  3.0 Don’t  Skip  Slack

     Time

50. Crea%ve  Commons  A-ribu%on  Non-­‐Commercial  Share  Alike  3.0 What  Makes  

    Great   Distributed  Test   Teams?

51. Crea%ve  Commons  A-ribu%on  Non-­‐Commercial  Share  Alike  3.0 The  same  things

     that   make  great  co-­‐located   teams!

52. Crea%ve  Commons  A-ribu%on  Non-­‐Commercial  Share  Alike  3.0 @aJimHolmes FrazzledDad.com bit.ly/JimAtTestStudio

    [email protected]