Coaching Your Team to Test

Presentation given at CAST 2019, Cocoa Beach Florida

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1. COACHING YOUR TEAM TO TEST ALI HILL @ALI_HILL91 #CAST2019
2. ABOUT ME • DELIVERY CONSULTANT • ECS DIGITAL • EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND • @ALI_HILL91
3. WHAT WILL I BE DISCUSSING? • HOW WE DISCOVERED TESTING WAS A BOTTLENECK • COUNTERMEASURES WE PUT IN PLACE TO REMOVE THIS BOTTLENECK • THE BENEFITS WE SAW FROM THESE COUNTERMEASURES @ali_hill91
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5. SETTING THE SCENE @ali_hill91
6. LEAN THINKING VISUALISED OUR WORKFLOW USING A KANBAN BOARD @ali_hill91
7. OUR KANBAN BOARD – START OF SPRINT TO DO IN PROGRESS DONE Test Test Dev Test Arch. Dev Dev Arch. @ali_hill91
8. OUR KANBAN BOARD – MID-SPRINT TO DO IN PROGRESS DONE Test Test Dev Test Arch. Dev Dev Arch. @ali_hill91
9. OUR KANBAN BOARD – END OF SPRINT TO DO IN PROGRESS DONE Test Test Dev Test Arch. Dev Dev Arch. @ali_hill91
11. WHAT WAS OUR PROBLEM? TESTING WAS A BOTTLENECK @ali_hill91
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13. LEAN THINKING UTILISED OUR 3CS BOARD TO SOLVE PROBLEMS @ali_hill91
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15. TESTING AN IDEA • ASKED QUESTIONS TOGETHER • HELPED PROMOTE CRITICAL THINKING @ali_hill91
16. DURING THE PLANNING STAGE • SHARED TEST IDEAS • MOBBED PROBLEMS AT DESIGN SESSIONS • GAINED A SHARED UNDERSTANDING @ali_hill91
17. EARLY ITERATIONS • TESTED TOGETHER • REMOVED FRUSTRATIONS • WORKED TOGETHER ON FEATURE CODE REVIEWS • DISCUSSED MONITORING METRICS @ali_hill91
18. AUTOMATED TESTING • PAIRED PROGRAMMING • AUTOMATED TEST CODE REVIEWS • SHARED OWNERSHIP @ali_hill91
19. WHAT DIDN’T I DO? • EXPLORATORY TESTING • MOB TEST SESSIONS • SCALE THE COACHING • EXPLORING TESTING TOOLS TOGETHER @ali_hill91
20. POTENTIAL CHALLENGE LACK OF INTEREST @ali_hill91
21. WHAT DID I LEARN? • MAKE SMALL CHANGES • GOOD RELATIONSHIPS ARE KEY @ali_hill91
22. BENEFITS • IMPROVED COMMUNICATIONS • SHORTER FEEDBACK LOOPS • QA NO LONGER SEEN AS GATEKEEPER • QUALITY IS EVERYONE’S RESPONSIBILITY @ali_hill91
23. WHAT CAN YOU TAKEAWAY? • COACHING YOUR TEAM TO TEST CAN REMOVE THE TESTING BOTTLENECK • IDEAS FOR GETTING NON-TESTERS INVOLVED IN THE TESTING EFFORT • BENEFITS OF GOOD COMMUNICATION AND COLLABORATION WITHIN THE TEAMS @ali_hill91
24. “TESTING IS A CROSS FUNCTIONAL ACTIVITY THAT INVOLVES THE WHOLE TEAM, AND SHOULD BE DONE CONTINUOUSLY FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE PROJECT.” @ali_hill91