Effective Distributed Test Teams

My talk from StarEast on how to get distributed test teams (or ANY distributed team) working effectively. Pro Tip: There are no magic bullets, just a lot of hard work and constant monitoring for things to adapt.

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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!)
2. Crea%ve  Commons  A-ribu%on  Non-­‐Commercial  Share  Alike  3.0 @aJimHolmes FrazzledDad.com bit.ly/JimAtTestStudio Jim.Holmes@Telerik.com
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
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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
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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
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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?
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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
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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
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29. Crea%ve  Commons  A-ribu%on  Non-­‐Commercial  Share  Alike  3.0 29 Photo: Mike Thomas http://tinyurl.com/2av8aqd/  
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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 Jim.Holmes@Telerik.com