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Coaching Your Team to Test

Ali Hill
August 14, 2019

Coaching Your Team to Test

Presentation given at CAST 2019, Cocoa Beach Florida

Ali Hill

August 14, 2019
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  1. 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
  2. OUR KANBAN BOARD – START OF SPRINT TO DO IN

    PROGRESS DONE Test Test Dev Test Arch. Dev Dev Arch. @ali_hill91
  3. OUR KANBAN BOARD – MID-SPRINT TO DO IN PROGRESS DONE

    Test Test Dev Test Arch. Dev Dev Arch. @ali_hill91
  4. OUR KANBAN BOARD – END OF SPRINT TO DO IN

    PROGRESS DONE Test Test Dev Test Arch. Dev Dev Arch. @ali_hill91
  5. DURING THE PLANNING STAGE • SHARED TEST IDEAS • MOBBED

    PROBLEMS AT DESIGN SESSIONS • GAINED A SHARED UNDERSTANDING @ali_hill91
  6. EARLY ITERATIONS • TESTED TOGETHER • REMOVED FRUSTRATIONS • WORKED

    TOGETHER ON FEATURE CODE REVIEWS • DISCUSSED MONITORING METRICS @ali_hill91
  7. WHAT DIDN’T I DO? • EXPLORATORY TESTING • MOB TEST

    SESSIONS • SCALE THE COACHING • EXPLORING TESTING TOOLS TOGETHER @ali_hill91
  8. WHAT DID I LEARN? • MAKE SMALL CHANGES • GOOD

    RELATIONSHIPS ARE KEY @ali_hill91
  9. BENEFITS • IMPROVED COMMUNICATIONS • SHORTER FEEDBACK LOOPS • QA

    NO LONGER SEEN AS GATEKEEPER • QUALITY IS EVERYONE’S RESPONSIBILITY @ali_hill91
  10. 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
  11. “TESTING IS A CROSS FUNCTIONAL ACTIVITY THAT INVOLVES THE WHOLE

    TEAM, AND SHOULD BE DONE CONTINUOUSLY FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE PROJECT.” @ali_hill91