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Ali Hill
August 14, 2019
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Coaching Your Team to Test
Presentation given at CAST 2019, Cocoa Beach Florida
Ali Hill
August 14, 2019
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Transcript
COACHING YOUR TEAM TO TEST ALI HILL @ALI_HILL91 #CAST2019
ABOUT ME • DELIVERY CONSULTANT • ECS DIGITAL • EDINBURGH,
SCOTLAND • @ALI_HILL91
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
@ali_hill91
SETTING THE SCENE @ali_hill91
LEAN THINKING VISUALISED OUR WORKFLOW USING A KANBAN BOARD @ali_hill91
OUR KANBAN BOARD – START OF SPRINT TO DO IN
PROGRESS DONE Test Test Dev Test Arch. Dev Dev Arch. @ali_hill91
OUR KANBAN BOARD – MID-SPRINT TO DO IN PROGRESS DONE
Test Test Dev Test Arch. Dev Dev Arch. @ali_hill91
OUR KANBAN BOARD – END OF SPRINT TO DO IN
PROGRESS DONE Test Test Dev Test Arch. Dev Dev Arch. @ali_hill91
None
WHAT WAS OUR PROBLEM? TESTING WAS A BOTTLENECK @ali_hill91
@ali_hill91
LEAN THINKING UTILISED OUR 3CS BOARD TO SOLVE PROBLEMS @ali_hill91
@ali_hill91
TESTING AN IDEA • ASKED QUESTIONS TOGETHER • HELPED PROMOTE
CRITICAL THINKING @ali_hill91
DURING THE PLANNING STAGE • SHARED TEST IDEAS • MOBBED
PROBLEMS AT DESIGN SESSIONS • GAINED A SHARED UNDERSTANDING @ali_hill91
EARLY ITERATIONS • TESTED TOGETHER • REMOVED FRUSTRATIONS • WORKED
TOGETHER ON FEATURE CODE REVIEWS • DISCUSSED MONITORING METRICS @ali_hill91
AUTOMATED TESTING • PAIRED PROGRAMMING • AUTOMATED TEST CODE REVIEWS
• SHARED OWNERSHIP @ali_hill91
WHAT DIDN’T I DO? • EXPLORATORY TESTING • MOB TEST
SESSIONS • SCALE THE COACHING • EXPLORING TESTING TOOLS TOGETHER @ali_hill91
POTENTIAL CHALLENGE LACK OF INTEREST @ali_hill91
WHAT DID I LEARN? • MAKE SMALL CHANGES • GOOD
RELATIONSHIPS ARE KEY @ali_hill91
BENEFITS • IMPROVED COMMUNICATIONS • SHORTER FEEDBACK LOOPS • QA
NO LONGER SEEN AS GATEKEEPER • QUALITY IS EVERYONE’S RESPONSIBILITY @ali_hill91
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
“TESTING IS A CROSS FUNCTIONAL ACTIVITY THAT INVOLVES THE WHOLE
TEAM, AND SHOULD BE DONE CONTINUOUSLY FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE PROJECT.” @ali_hill91